Global Courant 2023-04-16 21:45:22
Barcelona added their second consecutive draw in the League against Getafe at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, who created a defensive tangle that was unable to overcome the Barça team, which crashed two balls into the posts in the first half.
Without Andreas Christensen, Pedri, Frenkie De Jong or Ousmane Dembélé, four fundamental players in Xavi Hernández’s eleven, and with Robert Lewandowksi also playing physically affected, the Catalans faced the game with fewer troops and immersed in a small hole in results after the cup elimination against Real Madrid and the league draw against Girona, also goalless.
Barcelona found a Getafe that did not wrinkle and that, after four minutes, warned of its intentions. It was with a chopped header from Munir, after a cross from the right by Borja Mayoral, which brushed the left post of Ter Stegen’s goal.
Shortly after, Sergi Roberto was injured after an incident with Juan Iglesias. The Barça full-back was replaced by Eric García, forcing Xavi to rebuild his defense against the push of Mayoral and Enes Ünal, who continually tried to throw off markers.
The one that came closest to opening the scoring midway through the first half was Barcelona with a double chance from Raphinha and Alejandro Balde that resulted in two shots to the left post by David Soria. Even so, that double play by the Catalan team was a mirage of what would come next, since the game would take place in the center of the field with hardly any depth in either of the two areas.
After the break, Barcelona advanced their lines and began to multiply their approaches to the defensive zone of Getafe, who did not want to be left behind either and was more incisive in their offensive line, especially seeing that the Catalan team was not worrying him excessively either. .
After 56 minutes, Barcelona tried again with a header from Lewandowski, after a measured cross from Jordi Alba, who went out glued to a post from David Soria’s goal, who later saved his team with a good stretch after a shot far away a Raphinha who did not take his departure well, since he was again angry after being substituted in the final stretch.
It seems surreal to me that Raphinha behaves like a brat every time he’s substituted, and he doesn’t do much on the pitch. pic.twitter.com/tc8wqApCMw
— Guti (@gutiifcb) April 16, 2023
Getafe completed a very solid game, especially in defense, and waited for their turn full of confidence. That moment came after 86 minutes, when he braided a good move down the right wing that, after a bad clearance by Ronald Araujo, was found by Borja Mayoral, whose crossed and slightly deflected shot lifted the local fans from their seats.
Barcelona tried until the end and in search of new ideas Xavi Hernández opted for youth player Pablo Torre, but again, for the third consecutive game, the Barça team was left without scoring and added their second goalless draw in the league, something That hadn’t happened for eighteen years.
#OJOALDATO – Barcelona had not linked two consecutive official matches with 0-0 since April 19-23, 2008 (0-0 Espanyol and 0-0 Manchester United). It had not happened to him in two consecutive games of the same La Liga season for… 30 years!!! (Sep-1993 with Cruyff).
— MisterChip (Alexis) (@2010MisterChip) April 16, 2023
