A jab of impotence – AS.com

Getafe's faith prevailed 1-0 over an impotent Barça who missed the opportunity to take advantage of Madrid's hit in a game in which the Blaugrana deflated as the game progressed. A childhood error by De Jong when committing a penalty was the beginning of the end for a Barça unable to react.

Koeman moved into the Coliseum and introduced a couple of variants, in addition to the obligatory entry of Sergiño Dest as a starter, in the team that had been immovable since the start of the competition. The Dutchman gave Dembélé the umpteenth opportunity to rest Ansu Fati and placed Pedri in the midpoint instead of Coutinho while Griezmann started as nine and Messi started from the right wing. The first decision went bad, the second good with nuances.

Dembélé was again in the first half a machine to lose balls (up to 14 in the first 45 minutes) faithful to his particular interpretation of the game that is based on the idea that he plays a different game than the rest of the 21 people who are on the pitch. On the other hand, the appearance of the Canarian footballer confirmed the sensations that he had left in the minutes played so far. At the age of 17, he has presence, idea of ​​play, clairvoyance and unusual quickness of mind. Messi participated from the right until it was turned off in the second half, but where Barça again punctured the bone in a worrying way was with Griezmann.

The Frenchman in point hardly contributed anything. In fact, the difference between when he played on the right and when he played in the center was not noticed: one thing was nothing and the other nothing with bread.

And that after half an hour of the game had him to egg to claim. A perfectly conducted counterattack between Messi and Pedri ended with an assist from the Canarian that left the Frenchman alone against Soria. His shot went through the roof on one of those occasions that when he misses them, it gets Koeman on his nerves. In the second part he sent him to the stands.

Before, Messi had shot at the post after a play by Pedri with Dest in the other play that marked a highly contested and blocked first half. Barça competed from the start against a Getafe that made Getafe with a Cucurella at maximum revolutions and based on the chances created after stealing the ball from Barça at the start. Maksimovic and Mata threatened a Neto who maintains his good start to the season.

The game ended the first half balanced in intensity and on occasions waiting for someone to make a mistake and the first to screw up was De Jong, who five minutes after the restart committed an absurd and childish penalty to Djené al overwhelm him in the dispute for a ball without apparent danger. A failure of a child. Mata, with the usual solvency, scored the first goal and put the game in the ideal setting for the Bordalás team.

To change it, Koeman introduced Ansu and Coutinho by Dembélé and Pedri, thus returning to his most common drawing, but nothing changed. Barça had lost their footing and Getafe was in their sauce trying to sleep a game against an even more asleep rival.

In a last attempt to wake up their own, Braithwaite and Trincao entered for Griezmann and De Jong to play desperately and already in the final stretch Riqui Puig by Sergi Roberto to close with three.

Barça was already going for everything or nothing closing with three and Getafe had the option of killing the match in two against Cucho, one went to the crossbar and the other high that prevented Barça from taking a harsher punishment.