1. Barça exhibition in the Betic field
It was to advance to the quarterfinals and once again transmit power in Montjuïc. It was enough to see the first twenty minutes to confirm that both objectives could be achieved by the Super Cup champion. The Barça of flick entered the duel with Dani Olmo pointed but with a lot of mobility so that bartra and Nathan They did not fix position.
With De Jong in the midfield axis and Pedri By administering/presenting balls to the forwards, the Blaugrana established offensive football on the green and white field. With the collective winning pressure, Isco and Roque They only ran after the clearly Blaugrana ball, Betis only had to defend as best as possible.
He didn’t last five minutes, in the third Pedri he set up the play, Elm went to Gavi and finished after control with a low shot. Friday He glimpsed the storm and with shouts and fuss he asked for more closure, more forcefulness, from his companions.
In this first half, Barça was able to close the tie but between the post, the saves by the visiting goalkeeper and that bit of fortune with the offsides, the Pellegrini They were saved from a blushing marker. Only one did they let pass flick: a goal-mouth shot Vitor Roque to center of Jesus Rodriguez. Magnificent clearance of Iñaki Peña.
2. Koundé attacks more and better with Lamine
Barça always had control of the match and Betis was in disarray. The movements of the players who did not have the ball was a headache for the visiting defense and, even worse, when the ball fell on the left foot of Laminate.
The VAR froze the 2-0 score to the team Manuel Pellegrini but not his players. Iñaki Peña was still far away, and Fridayvery close. As close as the young Blaugrana winger wanted while inside, the football of Pedri/De Jong It was clean and creative for the permanent EXCHANGES of positions between Olmo, Gavi and Raphinha. Do you remember Ajax from the 70s? Well, in the offensive phase, I remembered that rhythm. You couldn’t know where the baseball players played. michels.
Returning to the consequences, it became evident that Laminate broke Betis. First giving away the 2-0, minute 26, to the plethoric Jules Koundé (he put it bouncing) and in the second act to Raphinha after taking advantage of a clearance by Araujo and making a run. With 3-0 flick He was able to make changes but we saw almost the same game.
3. The bench also responds
Araujo and Cubarsi They were notable in closing the border and Gerard Martin shined in the first half. To the Blaugrana rhythm and offensive verticality, Betica’s response was to advance lines. They achieved more than in the first act but conceded three more goals.
The 4-0 vision of Dani Olmo to the joy of Ferran Torres and the 5-0 was signed, definitively, after canceling ‘a few’, for Lamine Yamal. By the way, it is a spectacle to see how he intimidates rivals with his stylish dribbling. He made up Vitor Roquefrom a penalty, the tremendous Barça display in Montjuïc.
To conclude, here are my reflections: being a starter is getting expensive and how and how much the Blaugrana team played yesterday that I didn’t remember the great Robert Lewandowski. The team has taken flight again.
