2023-05-14 20:37:09
He 27th League title in Barça’s history he has arrived in the field of the eternal rival citizen, acuity due to pressure and nerves, immersed in a fight for permanence in which he does not have the best cards. The Blaugrana had to win to be champions and in the first half they already left the job done, turning the second into a formality that preceded the outburst of joy from a group that has left behind a strange period of transition in the that, between the pandemic and Messi’s farewell, an era of legend was traumatically liquidated.
One of the tricky debates of the preview was the suitability of the festive period enjoyed by the Blaugrana given that there was no day off the previous week. Xavi’s men dismantled any theory about a presumed lukewarm staging and during the first forty-five minutes they ran over a Spaniard who opted for a center of the touch field and no ability to bite.
Even though Joselu shot wide after fifteen seconds -in an action invalidated for offside-, the initiative was Barcelona’s. Pedri, who missed a good opportunity early in the morning, took the baton, De Jong, Busquets and Gavi multiplied and in the 11th minute Balde left Óscar Gil behind by collecting a long pass from Araújo and from the end line has centered towards one Lewandowski who, getting ahead of Darder, scored the first goal, his twentieth in the league and thirtieth of the season.
Barça were on the move and Pedri pulled off a cracking move from his hat that culminated in a cross from the bottom line towards the opposite post where Balde once again made a strip to Gil to make it 0-2, his first goal in the Blaugrana shirt. The Barcelona players had possession of the ball and Espanyol did not create any danger, although on the half hour Nico could have shortened distances if he had hit a header that went high. In the 40th minute, it was 0-3 when Raphinha received a stolen ball due to Barça pressure and crossed because Lewandowski, again in goal, scored the third goal of the night. Braithwaite, too slow, did not capitalize on a play that ended the first half.
Insufficient reaction
Luis García brought on Puado and Calero and Espanyol looked like they wanted to press. A high shot by Joselu served to tell Barça that the rival was still there. But Koundé headed in a magnificent cross from De Jong and with the 0-4 put the rubric on the victory. Then Dembelé entered, Barça picked up the pace again and, when they saw that the home team’s initial momentum had deflated again, Xavi’s men dropped three gears at once and the match entered an exchange of times that served the locals to make up the result with the goals of Puado and Joselu, this one in the last breath of life of the party.
Field and street invasion
With the final whistle, euphoria broke out on the Barça bench, that after a few minutes ended suddenly due to the irruption of a large group of fans with bad intentions on the pitch. The Barça players had to go to the dressing rooms, protected by the Mossos.
Tomorrow, the men’s and women’s teams will make a rue that will leave at 6 pm from the Camp Nou in the direction of the Arc del Triomf.
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