With doublet of Lionel Messi and many others from Francisco Trincao, in addition to a goal from Junior Firpo, the Barcelona achieved a comfortable 5-1 victory against the Alaves, where Ronald Koeman’s team prepares for the Champios League match against PSG.
Is the seventh consecutive victory of the barcelonistas, who had a good game, despite the fact that it was difficult for them to open the scoring, and they had some doubts when Alavés discounted with 2-1.
Thinking about PSG, Barcelona had a hard time stretching. It was a game to chew on, against a rival who did not hide his desire to wait and who crossed his fingers to surprise someone against, and during the first half hour it was like that.
The great chance for Antoine Griezmann, in minute 2, saved by Martín Aguirregabíria, was a mirage. The Frenchman was able to score, but he was unsuccessful and the game became very flat, with an indisputable dominance of Barcelona, but without depth, without interior or exterior corridors.
And until half an hour everything smiled at the people of Vitoria. Messi was failing, Trincao did not overflow, Riqui was very predictable and the physical work of Ilaix and Griezmann was not enough.
However, in a good action by Mingueza, increasingly looser on the right side, taking advantage of the losses of Sergi Roberto and Dest, the ball reached Ilaix who yielded to Trincao. The Portuguese spliced in minute 29 for the 1-0 and score his second goal in a row, after the one he got against Betis a week ago.
With the can open, Barça felt liberated and began to play better. With a pass into space, behind the centrals of Busquets, Griezmann found himself alone against Pacheco, the Frenchman did not hit the mark, but the rejection was captured by Messi to score 2-0, a goal that was annulled by the VAR, in an unclear action.
On the brink of rest Messi fixed it, with a dry shot that hit a stick and entered the other. The 2-0 seemed to end the game and Koeman returned to thinking about PSG, took Busquets off the field, put Umtiti and moved De Jong to the center of the field.
At the beginning of the second half, Lucas Pérez had the opportunity to get his team into the game and he didn’t hit the mark; but Luis Rioja made it 2-1 in 57.
Barça did not get nervous despite the tightness of the scoreboard. Trincao was 3-1 in 62, but Pacheco was very good; Messi wasted another in 64, also Griezmann, in 66, after a great pass from the Argentine.
And with a quarter of an hour to go, Trincao put the 3-1 to breathe; then Messi scored a great goal a minute later (75) and Junior Firpo closed the game. It seems that Barcelona reaches the Champions League, with good feelings.
RGS
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