that he Barcelona was going to suffer from a very tight schedule, it was a question of time. And before Osasuna finally arrived. It seemed almost an anomaly that, with the small squad at its disposal, the Barça team was the sole leader with seven wins in seven La Liga games. Hansi Film was forced to rotate to El Sadar this Saturday, leaving two of his three best men –Lamine Yamal and Raphinha– and they ended up paying dearly for it.
“Lewandowski needs to rest. Everyone needs to rest. Every three days we have a match and we do it for the good of the team and so far we have done very well,” said Hansi Flick after the match. And the German coach was unable to start his three men -Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Lewandowski-. For obvious reasons. The team played this week, it did it this Saturday, it will play this Tuesday in Champions League in front of him Young boys and will play again next Sunday in the League.
SO, Hansi Film He had no choice but to rotate. And he did it in large quantities. Leave on the bench Iñigo Martínez, Balde, Casadó, Lamine Yamal and Raphinha. Otherwise they played Sergi Domínguez, Gerard Martin, Pablo Torre, Pau Victor and Ferran Torres. A priori, the team seemed uncompetitive and with a lot of young people to face Osasuna in El Sadar. And so it was. Before him Villarreal A few days ago, it was heads, but against the rojillos, it was heads.
Barcelona made many mistakes and suffered from Osasuna’s intensity. An intensity that they could not match and which caused the first defeat of the season in the League. Hansi Flick also admitted it to the media after the match: “We made a lot of mistakes. They did very well. There is a foul on the second goal. “I’m not sure because I didn’t get to see it but from what I heard there was a foul at the start of the game and that made the difference.”
Barcelona suffers from Lamine’s absence
As if it was a matter of time before Barcelona was going to end up falling in the League, it was also a matter of time before Lamine Yamal I will rest one day. And it was precisely this Saturday. After a real battle against Getafe during the week where he limped out due to the multitude of kicks he received from the blue players, Hansi Film He decided to leave him on the bench to preserve his health.
And Barcelona paid dearly for it. Who would have thought that the Barca team would be dependent on a 17-year-old player, but that’s the reality. Lamine Yamal He became the team’s most important player despite not yet reaching the age of majority. And upon entry, his presence and the danger he carries in his boots were noticed. In fact, the Spaniard returned to the goal path with a goal of spectacular beauty across the whole team, although it served no other purpose than to mask the result.
