This time, Koeman was untrue. The best players I had on the team were the players who were on the field. And those who scored the goals. Pedri the 0-1 and Messi, the 1-2 and the 1-3. But there were more partners, especially De Jong and Dembélé. This was the one by one of Barça:
Ter Stegen. He tends to hesitate in space balls. In Williams 1-0, he wisely stayed in his large area. But it should play a little more forward. It could avoid more dangerous actions. Under sticks, great goalkeeper. In the open field, one more. He also suffered in the crusader centers.
Dest. Hand in hand with Muniain, he suffered in the first minutes with him and with Yuri's increases. He has a lot of will. He was able to score the tying goal but he threw the bulge. Competitive.
Araújo. Bad in defensive coordination with Lenglet in the first goal, then he recovered and played a great game. With hierarchy.
Lenglet. Once again, candid in the 1-0 play against Iñaki Williams. Instead of giving him his right, he beat himself and was dribbled by the forward, who made the goal easily. Then he had an absurd card taken out of him that will prevent him from playing in Granada. The errors of bulk condemn parties in which later, in general, it is better.
Sunrise. As usual. Up, good. Back has many problems. Physically he can no longer return to the same rate as he climbs. In rival field he has criteria to play and intuits the actions very well. It's your double face
Busquets. Terrible start to the game. It left an ocean of spaces between the lines. When Barça got together, they improved somewhat and ended up stable in their usual position.
De Jong. Good. Brave, as asked, to believe in the 1-1 action. An action in which only he believed with an uncheck that no one from the Athletic defense wanted to follow. But that is asked of him, to step on the rival area, to be more decisive.
Pedri. Canarian cathedral match, which scored the first goal, assisted Messi in the second and moved the team with that rhythm so much his own that has made him the fashionable player for Barcelona.
Dembélé. An exciting player. Play so fast that when you want to take a break and stop, everyone fears the worst. Although he unrepentantly mixes successes with errors, this time the good actions weighed more. And, above all, that he encouraged the team to put pace when they lost 1-0.
Messi. His hug to Pedri, but especially his smile of satisfaction, recalled distant times with other partners that made him great. He gradually got into the game and was able to finish it with four goals, as he hit the posts twice and a goal was disallowed. If it was his last time in San Mamés, it was spectacular.
Griezmann. It didn't dial, but it moved with a lot of sense. It is true that at times he looks like the ugly duckling from the front, but he knows how to play this and has much more hierarchy than Braithwaite
In the second part they appeared Mingueza and Braithwaite, who fulfilled their mission of fulfilling the right side defensively. They replaced Dest and Dembélé, who already thought of Granada.