Leganés leaves Barça touched

Barça confirmed yesterday against Leganés that it is a bipolar team. After the victory in Dortmund, the team led by Hansi Flick showed their worst version in Montjuic, in a flat match in which they found themselves behind on the scoreboard as soon as it began. The culés did not know how to react to Sergio González’s goal in the opening minutes and became frustrated against an opponent who knew how to be organized throughout the match, to aggravate the crisis of the Barça team in the League, where they have only managed to add five of the last 18 points .

“Everything depends on us, on whether we play 100% focused,” Flick warned in the preview, and he was right. The German coach must have seen something to raise the alert and time ended up proving him right. Barça jumped onto the pitch of the sleeping Lluis Companys and found a responsive Leganés eager to go. And the pepineros had vertigo and in just four minutes they were able to cause a scare with a one-on-one from Munir, which Iñaki Peña thwarted, and also to open the scoring after a corner kick in which Sergio González finished off the goal. network without any opposition.

And Flick practically repeated the eleven of the great nights, with the novelty of Eric García at the back instead of Cubarsí, but the start, however, was not as expected. Barça was like the night on Montjuic mountain, cold. And it was going to be even more so after Lewandowski missed a called goal and Lamine Yamal writhed in pain after a challenge with Neyou. Fortunately the young winger was able to continue, but the sepulchral silence of Lluis Companys suggested a less placid night than expected.

And so it was until the break. Barça was constantly in an almost, but no. The culés reacted, advancing ranks until they incorporated the centre-backs into the creation phase and put the two full-backs in the opposite field to start an all-out siege. Marc Casadó, who grows his figure more every day, appeared between the lines and the opportunities began to follow one after another. Dani Olmo shot wide and gave way to Dimitrovic’s show. The Serbian goalkeeper exasperated Flick’s team, who grimaced in the stands, with a superb handball to Raphinha that ended up on the post and with a one-on-one shot to Lewandowski who repelled with his foot to take his team ahead at pace. through locker rooms.

After the restart, Barça began to move all the machinery, but ran into a low-block rival and the impossibility of having transitions, where this year the Blaugranas are being more dangerous. With the static attack, the offensive production was reduced to lateral centers by Balde and Raphinha in which Lewandowski was not fine and a left-footed shot by Koundé that went close to the post line defended by Dimitrovic.

Sterile changes

The uncertainty was in crescendo in the Lluis Companys and Flick couldn’t take it any longer and began a carousel of changes in which he surprised by removing Lewandowski, Dani Olmo and Lamine Yamal from the field, despite the adverse score. Ferran Torres, Fermín and Gavi came on, but they did not alter the scene of a match in which Barça kept crashing into a fronton again and again.

Leganés continued like a cat on its belly, but suffering less than expected against an opponent that became predictable as the minutes passed. Not even the agglomeration of attacking players or the inclusion of players with more mobility was able to alter a script that went awry four minutes into the game with Sergio González’s decisive goal. With this defeat, the Barça team has five points from the last 18 in the League and sees Real Madrid and Atlético tighten the fight for leadership for one more day.