Barça approved and suspended: lane night and Messi icing

On your birthday, Ronald Koeman repeated eleven for the third consecutive game. Griezmann, after his great goal against Huesca, repeated in the starting team and accompanied Messi and Dembélé up front. De Jong returned to play further behind to give priority to the lanes, Dest and Alba. And with devastating success.

This was the one by one for Barça at the Reale Arena.

Ter Stegen. Once again, savior in the first half with two saves to Isak, although to be fair in the second he fixed his own mess with a bad delivery with his feet that compromised his team.

Mingueza. Intense, as always. Little precise in the pass in the first half. He threw a couple of stones at Dembélé and Dest. But he always complies and Koeman has made him one of his fixtures.

De Jong. Fallon in the first part. He made a hand that Munuera Montero ate and then let Isak win the toast in an action that did not end in a miracle goal and that questioned his presence as the last man in 3-4-2-1 in high-level matches. He didn't see yellow, as Koeman had announced.

Lenglet. It was not complicated and has minimized the number of errors in recent games. I laughed.

Dest. Sparkly. Surely his best game as a Barça player. He took advantage of the fact that Merquelanz is not a lateral to put him in trouble. He was at the start of the play from 0-1 and came in like a bullet at 0-2. He even had fortune in his face, as in 0-3.

Busquets. Very fine to find Messi in the play of 0-2; and brilliant in the 0-4 assist. Basic for Koeman who, like almost all coaches, find him a fundamental player. The Dutchman gave him rest in the second half. He saw yellow to cut a dangerous transition in the first half.

Pedri. Something more off. The kilometers you have played during the season may start to weigh on you. Koeman gave him rest

Jordi Alba. Fundamental again in attack. From him was born the play of 0-1, 0-3 and 1-6. He goes to the national team with good feelings. Decisive in attack.

Griezmann. Very good. Active. Generous in the defensive and opportunistic effort at 0-1.

Messi. On the day of his 768 match, he left three more stamps of his world class. First, a magnificent assistance to Dest that allowed him to forget a first part in which he had not been particularly fine. Then with two definitions of crack.

Dembélé. Familiarizing himself with his forward position, he likes to fall further to the left. He was not very participatory and failed 0-1. But it is a threat because of its tremendous speed. They disallowed a goal with his right for an offside limit and he retaliated with an equal goal but with his left leg

In the second part they appeared.

Ilaix. He gave the team oxygen in the second half.

Araújo. Half an hour to get up to speed.

Braithwaite. Testimonial minutes. He got a yellow card.

Riqui Puig. He participated in the action from 1-6 with a touch of distinction on the wall with Alba.

Trincao. Testimonial minutes.