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FC Barcelona footballers properly scored three “points” against Real Valladolid.
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VIDEO: Dembele saved three important points for Barcelona at the very end
Ousmane Dembele decided the tightest favorite favorite in Monday’s match of the 29th round of the Spanish La Liga in the last minute of regular playing time. The French striker’s goal call means that Barcelona has moved closer to the leader of the Atletic Madrid competition by one point difference. On Saturday, the prestigious “El Clasico” awaits her at Real Madrid, who is three points behind the Athletics third in the table.
Barcelona stretched the winning string in the highest domestic competition for six matches, but against the opponent from the lower floors of the table, its players showed suffering in the end. Out of a total of 25 shooting attempts, ten of which were aimed at the goal, only one took place.
“We all have to add, such performance will not be enough for us in the next matches,” Argentine striker Lionel Messi was critical of the two-goal appearances against Huesca and Real Sociedad San Sebastian on Monday.
Before the initial kick-off, the officials gave him a framed commemorative jersey, which will remind him to break the club record in the number of starts. Messi competed against Valladolid for the 769th match in the Barcelona jersey, two times less for his Catalan big club by his former iconic playmaker Xavi Hernandez, currently the coach of the Qatari Al Saddu.
Coach Ronald Koeman was not happy with that team. “We couldn’t get into the pace in the first half. We lacked more movement and straightforwardness in attack, but also better pressing in defense. We didn’t have the match under control, the players felt tired and their reactions slowed down. After the change of sides, our game improved. I am glad that we finally finished the match, “ added Koeman.
His counterpart Sergio sweated profusely when composing the line-up, from which he lost up to twelve players. Five are quarantined after positive coronavirus tests, six have ruled out health problems, and Fabian Orellana was serving a card penalty.
“Hats off to the boys for the performance. Under normal circumstances, it would have been difficult to face Barcelona, and I admit that after a series of outages, I was very worried that we would catch a debacle at Camp Nou.
In the end, we almost caused a sensation, only a few minutes separated us from gaining a point. Too bad Kodro’s head was stopped by a crossbar. However, it must be acknowledged that, following the change of sides, Barcelona’s pressure was strong and its victory deserved to be won. “ admitted the coach to Valladolid.
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