An agonizing Barça delays the sentence of Real Madrid

Barça does not give up and won three points in Pucela that, at least, will avoid the mathematical possibility of white alirón on Monday in Granada. The victory by 0-1 is worth more for the points than for the game, because once again Setién's men ended up asking for the time holding on to Vidal's goal, Ter Stegen's saves and Piqué's hierarchy. Beyond that, nothing.

Setién arrived in Zorrilla warned. Sergio González had made it clear that the three central system was choking on Barcelona and before the more than predictable drawing of the pucelanos he arranged the same. There is no better wedge than in the same way and the Cantabrian coach put Sergi Roberto as center-back with Piqué and Lenglet leaving the lanes for an Alba that once again showed that in that position it goes down a lot and a Semedo that produces in direct proportion to what it runs.

Out, Barcelona, ​​as expected, took control of the ball, the territory and the game. The presence of Riqui Puig, again one of the best, provided the imagination that compensated for the mistakes of a Griezmann who began the duel strangely unsuccessful. On two occasions he wasted an advantage against the goalkeeper unbecoming of a player of his category.

The match was broken by Vidal in the 15th minute after assistance from Messi, who remains more productive on the last pass than on the last shot. It was a goal for Suárez, who looked at him from the bench resting after accumulating more minutes than medically recommended for a recently operated player. The Uruguayan needed a rest and the Chilean perfectly interpreted his role crossing an impossible ball for Masip.

The lack of gunpowder up penalized a Valladolid who sought the miraculous counter. Kike could have it in the first part, but it slipped away at the last moment in a match that came to rest with Barça's dominance in the game, but again with little margin on the scoreboard.

Seeking to improve the offensive production so that it was adapted to the domain of the game, Setién retired a Griezmann who celebrated Blaugrana's first anniversary with a disastrous match for Suárez. The Uruguayan gave more war than the French, although he made it clear that the mess of so many parties is affecting him. The technician's next move was to withdraw a Lenglet who was playing the second yellow for Araújo and put Rakitic for Riqui Puig, until then the best of the average culé. But hierarchies again imposed themselves on performance.

The movements from the Blaugrana bench worsened Barça, which, as usual, began to suffer in the second half. The alarm of the reserve light of the Blaugrana deposit is already a classic from the time of the game.

Valladolid began to give Barça a bad life. The control of the blaugrana in the first half was history and it was Sergio's who were in charge. Ter Stegen, another classic in these games, reappeared miraculously or to save the goal from Unal's header. Barça began to suffer. And from suffering to agony it was one step.

As the minutes passed, Barça was physically sinking while Valladolid subjected to torture the Barcelona fans who could only shrink balls clinging to a monumental Piqué. The last ones went forever for a team that only lives in mathematics.