Barça 3 – 0 Brest: Barça stops Brest’s dream and puts its place back on track for the knockout stages of the Champions League

This new Champions League It started off really bad for him. Barca. He Monaco This surprised the culés on the first day, but it is already seen in the rearview mirror and is practically forgotten. Now Barcelona wins easily in Europe, and the latest victory on Brest allows you to channel the ranking in this group phase. [Así vivimos la victoria del Barcelona ante el Brest]

Hansi Flick’s men chased away the ghosts of Vigo and they easily got rid of one of the revelations of this Champions League in Montjuïc. They stopped the initial momentum of the French and ended up destroying a completely controlled rival as the minutes passed.

Lewandowski was grateful for the visiting goalkeeper’s childish mistake to lead the victory from the penalty spot, and already in the second half. Daniel Olmo He got the situation back on track before “Lewy” himself was killed in extra time. Three points which allow Barça to continue to climb the rankings and give them serious options to sneak into the top eight which will go directly to the round of 16.

Lewandowski, centenary

Frantic. It was the start of the match for both teams. I was tired just watching from the stands the very high pace that everyone was giving in the first minutes, as if everything was going to end now.

Brest, “Cinderella” disguised as a revelation in this Champions League, did not flinch at all in these early days and warned Barça of its very bad intentions. A header of Ajoque The fact that it came out alerted Flick’s people, who quickly reacted.

The good intentions of Brest, who quickly resigned himself to giving in to the domination that Barça was beginning to exercise. Fruit of this push of the culés, and above all of a puerile and obscene error of Bizot, the visiting goalkeeper, a clear penalty came in favor of the locals.

The goalkeeper came out at the wrong time and, on his inexplicable path, landed a Robert Lewandowski that his back was to the goal and that he was trying to control. The gift, of course, was not wasted by the Polish striker who calmly deceived the goalkeeper and scored his 100th Champions League goal. Legend.

This goal leaves Brest stunned. His good intentions were ruined when he found himself late to the scoreboard, probably due to the push of the Barcelona It was too much to bear.

Those of browse They became the indisputable owners of the game and found Raphinha and in Fermin to its great offensive bastions. The Brazilian struck again and again from the right wing, while the midfielder repaid the trust placed in him with constant finishes into the box that almost turned into goals.

Raphinha almost scored with a shot from outside the area that was poisoned after hitting an opponent, and Fermín executed a more typical header from a center forward into the heart of the area that was met with a nice response from the Brest goalkeeper. It was only because of this lack of success that Barça left with a greater advantage at the break.

Dani Olmo kills

In the second half, Brest lost some of that timidity that had led them to defend for most of the match and tried to take a step forward. Without stridency, without exhibitions, but at least he showed the intention of entering the zone of an Iñaki Peña who could well have been in the stands.

Of course, the one who came closest to the goal most clearly was Barça. In a perfectly executed counter-attack on the right side, Lewandowski gave in with a backheel for Fermín to meet the midfielder’s shot on the opposite side. Another arrival of Fermin, and once again he came across the answer of Bizot.

Intending to take a look at the attack from time to time, Sima took advantage of the space behind the culé defense to reach the area and test Iñaki Peña. Great opportunity if it wasn’t for being ruled out for offside at the start of the game.

From there those of browse They once again intensified their dominance in the match. The ball once again became that of the culés and so did the chances. Dani Olmo began to refine his shot as he took advantage of another mistake by the goalkeeper inside the area, but that loose ball was pulled back on the goal line by a French defender in the last minute.

Brest could not resist the next opportunity. Gerard Martín moves up to the left wing, linking up with Elm and he took care of the rest. Although he didn’t have his most brilliant match, he had a huge hat-trick and ended up finishing one-on-one against Bizot.

The match didn’t have much additional story to tell. Barca, of course, continued to play on the limit with offside and advanced defense, and due to an illegal position a goal against Brest was disallowed, which could have added some spice to the end of the match.

This time it didn’t happen like it did in Vigo. There was no expulsion or disconnection. Flick’s team adds and continues and looks with great optimism to the round of 16 of the Champions League.