He FC Barcelona Today he has one of those so-called ‘trap’ matches before him because the rival, the Brestis a semi-unknown but he is no more and no less than fourth in the classification of the league of the Champions League. All this thanks to three victories (Sturm Graz, Red Bull Salzburg and Sparta Prague) and a draw (Bayer Leverkusen) that gives them 10 points, just two behind the leader Liverpool. This surprising trajectory, for a modest team that currently occupies 12th place in the French Ligue 1, should cause Barça to not be the least bit confident.
On paper, the set of Hansi Flick is much superior, but that Brest not having lost any of their four Champions League games shows that in this competition they are giving a good performance, confirmed with 9 goals scored and only 3 conceded. Meanwhile, Barça has 9 points thanks to three wins (Young Boys, Bayern and Red Star Belgrade) and the initial defeat against Monaco.
The preview of the Barça-Brest of the Champions League
In this scenario, the Barcelona team can kill two birds with one stone by winning today Brest. On the one hand, overcome an unexpected direct rival, given that by beating the French they would pass them in the classification. On the other hand, because a convincing victory in Montjuic Tonight (9:00 p.m.) would return calm to the Barça waters, shaken by two consecutive disappointments in the League: the defeat against Real Sociedad prior to the national team break and the pyrrhic draw at Balaídos last Saturday, in which two points were lost. given that the culé team was winning 0-2 in the 83rd minute of the match. The expulsion of Casadó, the incomprehensible mistake of Koundé at 1-2 and the passivity of the Barça defensive structure at 2-2 left a taste of defeat in the culés’ hosts and a Hansi Flick very angry with his footballers.
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As a result of that tantrum, the coach decided to read the report card to his players and told them that by playing at only 80% they have nothing to do. Today we should see a reaction from a team that, with its setbacks, is leaving Lamine Yamal above what it is. Because the league defeats in Pamplona and Donostia and the draw Vigo They arrived without the young star in the eleven. In El Sadar he came out in the second half but in the last two setbacks he didn’t even play due to injury. It’s time for his teammates to show that, although he is great, they know how to win without him. If they don’t start doing it, they will be giving too many wings to a kid who, due to his age (17), doesn’t yet have as much weight in a big man like him. Barça.
