The errors of Koundé and Casadó make possible the return of Celta against a Barça which even more encourages the fight for La Liga

Major disaster for Barça at Balaídos. The team led by Hansi Flick let themselves come back from 0-2 down in the 84th minute and were on the verge of leaving empty-handed. The Blaugranas went offline after Marc Casadó was sent off for a double yellow card. In addition, a grotesque error from Jules Koundé allowed Celta to dream of a draw which they ended up achieving. [Así hemos vivido el empate del Barça]

Barça once again missed Lamine Yamal in attack. The team generated very few scoring chances and only the connection of Raphinha and Lewandowski allowed victory to be considered. Nothing could be further from the truth. Barça’s offensive efficiency contrasted with its defensive work.

In two minutes, Barça wasted all the work accomplished until the 84th minute. After the defeat against Real Sociedad, Hansi Flick’s men found their most efficient team with two goals in just two matches. Without many chances, the Barça team tried to put the match to sleep by taking control of the ball, but the players could not resist Vigo’s attack.

Barça tried to play direct football again, and that’s how the first goal of the match arrived. A long pass from Jules Koundé that Raphinha did not waste to open the scoring. The Brazilian has been in his moment since becoming a Barça player. After the check he escaped from Mingueza with a cut and with a superb finish he beat Guaita.

The Brazilian’s opening goal suggested Barca could score the goals they failed to score against Real Sociedad, but nothing could be further from the truth. The team was more concerned with containing Celta than looking for the second. Claudio Giráldez’s men leave with a bittersweet taste since the score could have been different without Soto Grado.

The party controversy

With the score 0-1, Iago Aspas was facing Iñaki Peña’s goal when, after a struggle with Gerard Martín, he fell to the ground. Light charge, the referee had to think not to award the maximum penalty. They did not call him from the VOR room to review the game due to the disbelief of the Celta de Vigo captain.

As half-time approached, Iago Aspas and Gerard Martín were again the protagonists. The Barça full-back tackled the Celta player who could have been sanctioned with a yellow card, although Soto Grado decided not to warn the culé player because he had already received a yellow card and giving him another one would result in his expulsion. .

Hansi Flick decided to recover and sat the player down at halftime.

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