The day that he could give the lace to the Ligahe Barcelona offered another demonstration of impotence against a great rival like the Girona. After the puncture of Real Madrid on Saturday against the Villarreal It was a good opportunity for the Catalans to sign a resounding victory that was like a kind of “this championship is not going to escape us”, a message to the rivals to “give up”, but what was seen was the opposite: a Nervous team with no ideas, who ended the game by centering from the wing without much sense, forgetting what it is to make a play, have the ball, move it quickly from one side to the other until they find the gap, until they dislodge the rival.. None of that happened and although he again left a clean sheet, his lack of football was notable. He leaves Real Madrid at 13 points, a very important distance with 30 remaining at stake, but with the feeling that he is going to have to fight for it every game because he is incapable of achieving a comfortable victory, with few exceptions.
Warning Michel that his team was going to be brave and he didn’t lie. He went out to press up, to look for the ball and started with a couple of interesting approaches. For many minutes he managed to have long possessions and despair at the Camp Nou, who whistled what he was seeing. Now he begins to miss Barça, the injured players. It has not survived badly without Pedri y Dembele’sbut right now the ideas are running out and the Sergi Roberto, Kessie, Ansu Fatifrustrated again as a starter; Ferran and company have entered a rut. Also Raphinha, who works and tries, but is not having much clarity. The team in general is heavy. The most important occasion that Barcelona had in the first part was a transfer from Santi Bueno to Gazzaniga. You don’t do that to a friend. The back pass was tense and he passed the goalkeeper, who had to sprint to send the ball into a corner. The goalkeeper also took a corner kick from Araujo on the line and was in his place in an attempt by Raphinha with little angle.
The leader managed to generate little, who, far from being relaxed due to the distance he has, got worse and even suffered a scare with a one-on-one from Castellanos that he threw wide. Michel couldn’t believe it. It was unbeatable. In the second stretch of the second half, the Catalans did manage to get Girona into their area, but the solutions they had to try to reach the goal were too basic. As the thing was going from lateral centers, he entered Jordi Alba and he tried some that went directly into the hands of Gazzaniga, who, yes, had to fly in another corner that he finished off Gavi.
Lewandowski was very disconnected throughout the game, although in the last action he almost scored with a heel. The action was generated by Araujo, who was central yesterday, in a career as if he were a right back or winger. A lack of control, deep down, but not even desperately did Xavi’s team move the score and although he leaves Madrid further away, he leaves with bad feelings and refuses to categorically confirm what everyone takes for granted: that he is going to win this league
0 – Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Koundé, Araujo, Eric Garcia, Balde; Sergio Busquets, Sergi Roberto (Kessié, min. 46), Gavi; Raphinha (Jordi Alba, min. 75), Lewandowski and Ansu Fati (Ferran Torres, min. 68).
0 – Girona: Gazzaniga; Arnau, Santi Bueno, Davi López, Javi Hernández; Oriol Romeu; Tsygankov (Riquelme, min. 71), Iván Martín (Valery, min. 84), Borja García (Aleix García, min. 46), Toni Villa (Yan Couto, min. 60); and Taty Castelanos (Stuani, min. 60).
Referee: Mateu Lahoz (Valencian Committee). Shown yellow card to Taty Castellanos (min. 32) of Stuani (min. 77).
Incidences: Match of the twenty-eighth day played at the Spotify Camp Nou in front of 78,425 spectators. Before the start of the game, the Barça roller hockey team offered the recently won cup title and the handball team, the league championship.