Barça-Rayo Vallecano de Liga: Time.news, goals and result

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Everything was ready to stage the cycle change. As if it were a ritual act to burn the memories of the past. A new name in the stadium, a new shirt, a new center forward, a bunch of debuting players and a dedicated fan base. Everything well calculated, everything well designed. But football does not allow the end of the script to be written before time and what was supposed to be a night of celebration ended up with sour apples. The new Barça ended up hitting a wall, hurting themselves and leaving themselves with two points to start with (0-0).

How beautiful summer loves are, but they don’t usually last. Barcelonianism, after years of penance, returned to its temple with a lot of hope, excited by the signings, by the levers, by the friendlies, by the promise of a better future. It’s been a while since the people of Barcelona didn’t have butterflies in their stomachs, they didn’t feel so special living their summer of love. Like San Francisco in the 60s, with flowers on your head and free love for everyone. The official match debut of the new stadium name was supposed to come with a Spotify playlist of love songs, but when you throw a party there’s always a guest who has a different idea in mind. In this case, Rayo Vallecano, the neighborhood team that has specialized in beating bigger rivals. Andoni Iraola’s team, as they did last year, proved to be as uncomfortable as a stone in the shoe. Like putting on a shirt when you’ve burned your back after falling asleep on the beach, dreaming of the titles that Barça will win.

But in order to win titles this season, it will take much more than this mood that Laporta has managed to create with his signings and his levers. Everything costs, in life. And it will be necessary to cut stone and learn from the mistakes. The joy of the pre-season gradually turned to the tension of the official games, especially as the clock stopped being a friend and became a rival. The minutes went by and Barça did not manage to beat the goal of a Rayo Vallecano who occasionally scored with very well organized counters, such as that of Álvaro García, in which Ter Stegen prevented the Spotify Camp Nou from staying in silence The Madrid team managed to make a Barça feel very uncomfortable where Xavi had moved Araujo to the side, after deciding to leave Sergiño Dest off the list of players who seems destined to leave the club. And all with Piqué on the bench. As if it were a message to make sure that the Catalan defender is clear that this season he will no longer be a bulwark that will play every game, no matter what happens. To begin with, Xavi started with Eric and one of the debutants, Christensen, in defence.

All eyes, however, were taken by Robert Lewandowski. The Pole, after using up all the W letters in the Barça stores to stamp his surname, tried to get off Catena, who occasionally left a reminder on his ankles in the form of a mole. The Polish striker’s movements dictated the attacks of an electric Barça on the wings, with Raphinha eager to endear himself to his new fans and a Dembélé closer to the version of recent seasons rather than the version on offer on tour by the United States. Xavi Hernández, however, would end up replacing the Brazilian first at the start of the second half.

De Jong, with minutes

The premiere of the new Barça, instead of being a walk, cost. It had to be like a series of those nice summer ones to watch and it was one thriller the ones that make you bite your nails. The ball was always in the boots of Busquets, Gavi and Pedri, three players with the ability to hide it, as if they had magic in their boots, but Rayo also had a trick: their players seemed to multiply as the loaves and fishes, always arriving in time to set the leg. It was necessary to try with shots from a distance, long dribbles taking advantage of Lewandowski’s good aerial game or changes of play, from side to side, to cause cracks in the opposition defense. But Rayo remained firm and Xavi did not want to reach the final minutes of the match suffering. So, in the 60th minute of the second half, Sergi Roberto and the most special boy of all, Ansu Fati, already removed from ostracism a Frenkie de Jong ready to show why he wants to stay in Barcelona. Unlike last season, when Xavi looked towards the bench and only saw the teenage faces of players from the subsidiary, now the coach from Terrassa has the back of his wardrobe. You can choose how to dress depending on the dance on the lawn. The board has made an effort to give him tools and it is the team that must continue this state of summer euphoria. The idea is that all of this is not just a summer night’s dream and is the start of a memorable course.

Xavi trusted a Kessie who came in to put some staple when Pedri’s petrol had already run out. But Rayo continued to do the trick, defending successfully and throwing counters that caused a lot of insecurity to a Barça that was burning its last ships with the entry of Aubameyang, who was a stone’s throw away from scoring on two occasions, when the match is already played with only one goal. Rayo sold their souls to the devil to get a point while Barça put fear into their body attacking madly. But neither Lewandowski nor Ansu were able to score in a cruel final game, as Busquets ended up seeing red in the final minutes. And the positive part is that this stumble will serve as a reminder for those who already saw Canaletes. In football, everything costs a lot. You only win if you suffer, first.

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