The League is one thing and the Champions League is another. And he took care of it himself. Barcelona demonstrate this Thursday in the Louis II of Monaco. After a devastating start to the national championship, those of Hansi Film -and the German coach himself- made their debuts this season in Europe and suffered the first defeat of the season, losing 2-1 to Monaco. The Spanish team played with one player less from the 10th minute after the (deserved) expulsion of Eric Garcia after a blatant error by Ter Stegen.
Hansi Film introduced only one forced change from the match against Girona. The injury of Daniel Olmo caused a slight defensive change from the German coach, where he introduced Eric Garcia in position ‘5’ to overtake Pedri and put him as a midfielder. The rest, all the same. The same ones who scored seven Valladolid and four in the Catalan derby.
Eric Garcia It was the novelty of the eleven of Barcelona and as a novelty, he became the protagonist from the 10th minute of the match, being sent off with a direct red card after a very clear and obvious error by Ter Stegen. As they say, it was the 10th minute of play and the German goalkeeper put the Spanish player in a difficult situation by giving him the ball with a player above him and on the edge of the area. The bad pass caused the loss of possession and Minamino He came forward to score first, but the Olympic champion pushed him on the line of the area and the referee did not hesitate to send him off.
At Barcelona He had to row with one less for 80 minutes… The ghosts of the past repeated themselves in the beginnings of browse. But Barça did not give up. In fact, Raphinha He had a very clear opportunity in the 12th minute, facing the goalkeeper alone Monacobut he stumbled and lost the chance to make it 0-1.
And you know the friends… Europe is Europe. And that made him know Monaco At Barcelona in the 16th minute. Akliouche He faced Balde, he faced again, he entered the area… And the goal. 1-0 to leave the culés players frozen and make it clear again that one thing is the League and another thing is the Champions League. The film of recent years has repeated itself.
Lamine Yamal is an elected official
When things got worse, he Barcelona inside Louis II of Monaco, appeared one more day this season Lamine Yamal. “The Chosen One” turned out to be the smartest in the class with vanderson. He destabilizes him a little to take the advantage, he appears at the edge of the area, faces and adjusts the ball low to the small post. GO-LA-ZO from the kid who, at 17, once again threw the team behind him.
And that was scoring the goal Barcelona and Monaco It seemed like it was someone else. In fact, they didn’t know how to take advantage of their superiority and it seemed like it was Barça themselves who had one more player. The reality is that the match went until halftime in a hard-fought and deserved 1-1 for both teams.
After the recovery, Hansi Film He made several tactical adjustments and it showed. In fact, with one player less, he is much better than his rival. And they were the ones who seemed to be the superior players. He Barcelona He went forward without fear and with the desire to take the three points. An abysmal difference compared to last year… we’re not going to lie to ourselves either.
Monaco crushes Barcelona
But the resistance of the culés lasted 71 minutes. They held and held, but on a long ball, the attacker IlenikhenaAfter a superb pass, Vanderson appeared alone in front Ter Stegen and this one did not fail. At 18, the Monaco striker overturned the Barça team in what would be the team’s first defeat of the season. Hansi Flick. The ghosts of the past have returned.
And it was already in the 80th minute when Hansi Film seemed to give up, leaving the playing field Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal giving access to Ferran Torres and Sergi Dominguez. There was not much to do and the German coach managed his efforts and his loads in view of a new “final” next Sunday against the Villarreal.
