Barça wants but can’t against a brave Girona: Time.news, goals and result

BarcelonaBarça’s coup in the League will have to wait. Girona’s first win at the Camp Nou, too. As if they were good friends, as their hobbies showed in the preview, the two Catalan teams shared the points. Not that it was a pact, they both tried. The Blaugrana, however, continue to miss the talent of Pedri and the contribution of players such as Dembélé, De Jong and Christensen. Lewandowski remains a shadow of what he showed in a blistering start to the season. It’s not that he doesn’t make the difference, it’s that he doesn’t even control the balls well anymore. Polish dark night. Neither Ansu nor Raphinha, both starters, did any good for Barça to recover the pride broken by Real Madrid in the Cup. With the tie (0-0), the Blaugrana add one more point which serves to extend the distance with the whites to 13. Girona can leave the Camp Nou with their heads held high and take another step towards permanence.

Unlike the match in the first round, in which Míchel renounced his style book by adopting a defensive, almost countercultural approach, Girona jumped onto the pitch at the Camp Nou uncomplicated. And presented battle. Not even two minutes had passed when Taty Castellanos woke up Kounde and Tsigankov connected with a shot that, depending on your position in the stadium, can cause you to startle. It was a small mirage, because Barça would not take long to answer either. In the absence of wingers with dribbling – Dembélé has already been injured for twice as many weeks as expected in the first diagnoses -, the team began to cheer up with the climbs on the left side of the tireless Balde: legs of gazelle, thin and long.

The first Blaugrana opportunity was for Lewandowski, after Ansu Fati smelled a mistake by Borja in the ball exit. Since Bori Fati burst out saying that he would take his son from Barça, the Blaugrana 10 has started in two of the last three games: Elche and Girona. In Alicante he scored a goal, but against Girona it was more or less. Ansu is still a 20-year-old boy who wants to succeed at the club that has seen him grow up. Punished by injuries, he is still very far from that ray of light that was when Barça wandered gray through the football fields. The fans love him and cheered him back, but his smile is long gone.

More Gavi than Messi

Girona’s brave display changed at times to nerves and more mistakes – Santi Bueno almost scored an own goal. Shortly after, the fans chanted Leo Messi’s name again in the 10th minute. This time, more timidly. Xavi, alleging a lack of talent in the squad, dreams of the return of the Argentine, with whom he shares a friendship and with whom he maintains contact. But above, in the offices, Mateu Alemany has nightmares and cold sweats seeing that the League of thefriend Javier Tebas still hasn’t let them even sign the new contracts of Gavi and Araujo. The nostalgic memory of Messi hangs over the Camp Nou. It hurts to see him sad in Paris, in a club as impersonal and artificial as PSG, but his fit seems financially chimerical. As if it was a return to reality, the fans shouted Gavi’s name more loudly in the 30th minute, his number.

In the battle between the two teams for possession, Barça’s pulses began to drop while the score remained 0-0. Míchel’s team deserves a tribute: it is the second team in the League with the lowest salary cap, and that’s not why he wanted to be less in a stadium where the best football in Europe has been played for too long .

The action that leaves the League of Thebes in evidence

That both teams had an attractive proposition drew an entertaining game, but the chances were slow to arrive. In the closing stages of the first half, with Lewandowski worryingly missing, Ansu found a slot to assist Raphinha. Gazzaniga was a giant to solve the Brazilian’s attempt. The action ended in a corner that would show the shortcomings of this League. Araujo finished with all his heart and the Girona goalkeeper once again dressed as a hero. It didn’t end there: the TV replay showed that the ball was almost in, but it wasn’t clear. It went by little more than a prawn’s whisker. The VAR review decided it was not a goal. Unlike other European championships, La Liga does not have the technology that vibrates the referees’ watch if the ball crosses the line.

Without the talent of Pedri and with the return of the 4-3-3, Xavi brought Kessie on for Roberto after the break. Míchel also moved his card, Aleix Garcia, Girona’s most talented footballer, was returning. A talent that Taty does not have, who squandered, alone in front of Ter Stegen, a delicious pass between the lines of Arnau Martínez. The two coaches continued to exchange pieces. The minutes passed and the opportunities did not come. Until the end. Gavi had the clearest, in added time, after a corner kick. Lewandowski failed in one last action. Jordi Alba, aged 34, was Barça’s main shocker, and this can in no way be good news. That there is less left to win the League, yes.

• FC Barcelona: er 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).
• Girona FC: 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); Taty Castelanos (Stuani, min. 60).
• Goals: None.
• Referee: Mateu Lahoz (Valencian).
• Yellow cards: Taty Castellanos (min. 32) and Stuani (min. 77).
• Red cards: None.
• Stadium: Sportify Camp Nou. 78,425 spectators.