Barça was impossible yesterday. The culé team was far superior to Athletic throughout the entire match, both in the first half and in the second. Since Martinez
Munuera he whistled the start of the game, it was found that the Catalans were highly motivated to win the title and their captain, the best player in the world, was willing to win the Cup for Barcelona yes or yes in what may have been his last final as a Barça player if he finally decides to leave at the end of this season.
As soon as the game begins, De Jong, one of the men of the match, hit a ball in the right post of the goal defended by Unai
Simon, the best yesterday without a doubt in the rojiblanco team.
Athletic went back and Barça had no difficulty or made any physical exhaustion to reach the vicinity of the Bilbao area. The right side Dest, who also played a great first half, shot with his left foot in the 7 'and three minutes later the one who had a chance was, of course, Messi. Athletic's first arrival came in the 11th minute and the first ball into space for Williams did not arrive until the 40th minute. The difference in the percentages of possession were abysmal: 18% for Athletic and 82% for Barça in the 37th minute. The miracle was that the game went into halftime with a zero-goal draw.
The set of Ronald
Koeman he put one more gear into the game at the beginning of the second period. So much so that the Catalans had three clear chances to beat Simon, one of Griezmann, another of Pedri and the third of Busquets point-blank. In both, the goalkeeper of Murgia He was impeccable, vindicating himself in this way after the mistakes he has made lately. The selector Lewis
Enrique He took good note from the box at La Cartuja.
So much came the song to the source that it ended up breaking in the first goal culé, with an opening to band of Messi toward From
Jong. The Dutchman put the ball into the area so that Griezmann He will score 0-1 with his left foot. The ex of the Ajax marked the second of head after a good pass from the left of Jordi
Sunrise.
The two usual goals from Leo
Messi. The Argentine star has already scored 28 goals for the rojiblanco team, six of them in the last four finals between both teams. So it is impossible