Barcelona 1-Eibar 1 | The Barça culminates his 'annus horribilis'

On these dates there are plenty of summaries of the year and Barcelona concentrated in their 90 minutes against Eibar what this 'annus horribilis' has been for the Blaugrana drawing (1-1) against Eibar in a depressing match that once again erases any hint recovery that was sensed after the last game in Valladolid. Everything bad about Barça this year, which is a lot, was put on the table at the Camp Nou on a depressing end of the year for the Catalans.

Right from the start, the Barça staging came to show that for some time now, the happiness of the Blaugrana supporters is directly proportional to the time that passes between matches for their team. Especially after a hopeful performance like the one seen before Christmas in Valladolid. In such cases, the best thing is not to play right away, the preferable is to savor one of the few moments of satisfaction offered by a team that continues to offer an alarming inconsistency. After a good performance, the only thing the Barça supporter wants is that the next game, which will infallibly be the one of disappointment, comes the later the better.

So after a few days of tranquility caused by the fact that Barça could not spoil anything because they did not play, the blow of reality came. Barça came face to face with all their ghosts. Messi in the stands, Coutinho and Busquets on the bench, Griezmann on the field and Braithwaite shooting a penalty that could give the team confidence.

The maximum penalty came after a review of the VAR and the truth is that the discussion could have been saved because Braithwaite kicked it as the player that the coaches reserve in the third round of a final. The one who should not shoot the penalty under any circumstances, but who shoots it because there is no other. But it is that at Barça, the concept is conspicuous by its absence. The first shooter was in the stands just arrived from vacation, the second was afraid and then nothingness prevailed.

The failure of the penalty turned the game into torture for Barcelona, ​​who did not know how to get rid of the pressure of Eibar, that had he had more poison up, read Bryan Gil, he could have gone to rest winning.

The opportunity appeared to Barça out of nowhere, or from one of Pedri's few interventions, the opportunity to end the nightmare. The canary enabled Junior, who crossed for Braithwaite to score the revenge goal … which was just annulled for offside. Depression was returning. And before the lows, brave decisions: Koeman gave entry to Dembélé and the party could break in any sense: either absolute disaster or recital. Or big door or infirmary. And it turned out to be an infirmary with a deadly goring of need. After some fireworks by Dembélé, Araujo made a mistake against Kike García, who stole his wallet and beat Ter Stegen.

In search of the miracle, Koeman withdrew Pjanic and a grotesque Griezmann to admit Coutinho and Trincāo so that the minute, Dembélé will equalize the match to Junior's pass. Barça depended exclusively on Dembélé. With that I tell you everything and I don't tell you anything.

The game ended in the worst way: messy, with Coutinho retiring with an injury and with Trincāo missing the ball that could redeem him. A perfect summary of 2020.