Footballers Barcelona for the inauguration La Ligi they came out in a very weakened line-up. For various reasons, Sergio Aguero, Ousmane Dembele, Ansu Fati, Oscar Mingueza and Marc-Andre ter Stegen did not play. In turn, the guests came to the Camp Nou without their most successful player from last season, the Swede Alexander Isak.
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“Messi’s leaving for free is a colossal blow to Barcelona”
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Barcelona’s great game
With absences of all five of the above-mentioned players, fans Barcelona they could make up. However, they are still furious with Leo Messi’s departure. Before the game, they hung offensive banners at Joan Laporta, blaming him for the Argentine’s departure to PSG. After ten minutes, the fans loudly chanted Messi’s name. On the other hand, there were also a large number of whistles at the same time.
Barcelona played very well from the start. With vigor, combination and completely, she pushed the fifth team of last season into the deep defense. Already in the 19th minute he made his first assist for Barcelona Memphis Depay. He cross from a free kick and Gerard Pique headed the goal. This goal was very symbolic. After all, it was this player who agreed to a significant reduction in his contract this week and Thanks to this, Barcelona was able to register new players to the La Liga: Depay, Eric Garcia and the young Albanian Ray Manaj.
In the second minute of added time games another interesting event took place. He scored the second goal for Barcelona Martin Braithwaite. And yet the 30-year-old player was on the list of players, which the club would like to get rid of and even look for a new employer for him.
– Barcelona is playing as if so far Messi he has never played for this club at all, commentators on Eleven Sports raved.
The Danish representative in the second half gave another signal that he could Ronald Koeman should give him a chance. Braithwaite, after Depay’s beautiful two-shots with Jordi Alba, finished off the latter’s strong cross and the uncertain intervention of goalkeeper Alex Remiro.
It seemed that nothing bad would happen to Barcelona anymore. Meanwhile, Julen Lobete Cienfuegos scored a goal in the 82nd minute, followed by a miraculous free-kick from Spain’s Mikel Oyarzabal.
It was only 3: 2 and the nervous Koeman took Depay off in the last seconds, and he introduced another defender Clementa Lengleta. In the first minute of added time, Oyarzabal had a loss in the middle of the field, and the counter-counter was completed by substitute Sergi Roberta, who when he appeared on the pitch in the 71st minute received some whistles. Braithwaite assisted his goal.
Other results of Matchday 1:
- Celta Vigo – Atletico Madryt 1: 2 (0: 1),
- Alaves – Real Madrid 1: 4 (0: 0),
- Cadiz – Levante 1: 1 (0: 1),
- Mallorca – Betis 1: 1 (1: 0),
- Health – Espanyol 0: 0,
- Valencia – Getafe 1: 0 (1: 0).
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