No one doubts it: the Barça will rest in Lamine Yamal and in the objectives of Lewandowski. They will do it surrounded by Raphinhaof Daniel Olmoof Fermin and another handful of local rookie players, but he will always be the one to silence the stadiums and intimidate his rivals. He knows it and yesterday, for a few minutes and with the emotional burden he carries on his back after his father’s assault, it was difficult for him to free himself. His team only became incisive when they found themselves with the score and the game against them, and he managed to get rid, for a moment, of the sticky shadow of Jesús Vázquez. Lamine only appeared to have set foot at Mestalla with the last ball of added time in the first half. He collected a cross from Balde at the far post and slotted home for Lewandowski to put the Catalans out of the situation. The Polish forward has shown a success that Barça fans will hope to continue this season, buoyed by his partnership with Hansi Flick.
It was a reaction to Valencia that developed as Hansi Flick’s team faltered. The German handed the engine room to two kids, Married et Bernalat 17, to direct the game to the wings where Ferran and Lamine were to be daggers and Raphinha, as a link, and the Pole to seize the opportunities. The plan was barely drawn. Barça had more control and cornered Baraja’s men, who came out victorious despite a young defense with Flycatcher et Yarek and always with the rear covered by Mamardashvili. Yamal intervened in two pieces and only one caracole in the area. The rest of the attack either. The thickness of the ideas made that the Valencians never abandoned the party. Despite the lack of resources and investments, they never give up. There were spaces to recover and run, you just had to try to choose well.
Diego Lopez He rushed towards Rafa Mir, who supported Hugo Duro before running into the box to finish off a ball that smelled like a goal at the near post. Then it was Almeida who won the duel against Casadó and his cross parallel to the end line was prevented To cub walking around looking for a goalkeeper. Even a header grazed the crossbar. Meanwhile, Mamardashvili was a spectator who saved only one shot.
Valencia were looking for a goal which they were denied In Stegen with an extraordinary hand that corrected a mistake by Cubarsi. The locals knew they had to turn this eliminated Barça around and they did so with a cross from Diego López to the head of the Valencian number 9, who flew alone in the area. It was the 44th minute and the moment when the game went crazy. Casadó was encouraged by a shot in a hubbub in the area that Yarek took under the sticks and then It was Cubarsí who returned the favor to his goalkeeper by taking a shot from Hugo Duro on the goal line..
In an endless extra time, it seemed that Valencia could hold on to the lead. Balde appeared, limping after a knock, and Lamine Yamal appeared to serve up the equalizer to Lewandowski. The passage to the locker room electrified Barcelona. Hansi Flick’s embrace of Lamine and Raphinha during the hydration break must have been reproduced in the dugout, because both returned to the pitch with extra equipment. The European champion positioned himself in the area and hit the Georgian goalkeeper with a shot that he did not have time to compose. If I could have done it, I would have ended up in the goal.
The Brazilian stepped up and took a penalty for crushing Mosquera.. A gray game against which Mestalla protested and that Lewandowski, despite the effort of Mamardashvili, sent it into the back of the net with an extraordinary shot. Barça breathed, which also ended with the “forgiveness” of the second yellow to Cubarsí, and once again a diabolical Yamal launched Ferran in a race so that he collided with the Valencian goalkeeper.
The return of Pedri
Unable to close the duel, Hansi Flick did not want to risk exchanging blows and changed his eleven. He looked for Eric García’s order in midfield and, above all, Pedri’s hierarchy to catalyze the attack. After the Canaries recovered from their knee injury in the European Cup, the German must be active to fuel the revolutions of his attack. Barça, with great expectations of improvement and Casadó’s 1-3 mistake, came out very alive from a sticky and uncomfortable duel against a Valencia that continues to fight each battle with an alarming lack of resources.