Villarreal 1-Barcelona 2 | Griezmann launches Barça bipolar

Barça brought out a new final with the same measure of good play in the first half and suffering in the second. He won thanks to two goals from Griezmann against Villarreal, in a great game in which despite playing 30 minutes in superiority he ended up asking for the time to continue depending on himself for the championship.

Neither Emery nor Koeman saved anything in their respective lineups and Villarreal and Barcelona came out to play a memorable match due to the intensity, rhythm and pressure to which both teams submitted to their rivals.

The staging of Villarreal, fiercely pressing the start of Barcelona's game, was deactivated by Koeman's team that, based on long passes, was looking for the back of the defense of the local team, which also suffered the pressure on their flesh. of the Catalans.

In both actions, the one to get the ball and the one to pressure the rival Barça had a titan in De Jong. The Dutchman completed a huge game in the physical display, the reading of the game and only needed to score two very clear occasions..

When it seemed that Barça settled in the game and the Submarine's goalkeeper was accumulating work, A wonderful ball out from Pau, left Chukwueze alone against Ter Stegen after an inopportune slip by Alba. The Nigerian dribbled over the goalkeeper and put Villarreal ahead.

The goal could have been a moral blow for a Barça that was playing better, but Griezmann solved the mess in a minute after receiving a magnificent pass from Mingueza that left him alone before Asenjo, who he beat with a master's vaseline. A great goal.

Accelerated by both the tie and Commanded by an unchained De Jong, Barça stepped on the accelerator and in an error by Foyth when trying to delay a ball to his goalkeeper, Griezmann appeared out of nowhere to score the second. The ten minutes that remained until the half were of a Barça thrown and Villarreal entrusting Asenjo, who took another ball from Griezmann.

To further settle his team's game and avoid losses, Koeman opted to bring in Sergi Roberto instead of a Dest that was explosive.

Villarreal came out better than Barça in the resumption and locked up the Blaugrana team, which lost the dominance it exhibited in the first half. Barça needed to threaten Asenjo to shake off the dominance of Emery's men and create doubts for their rival, who renewed legs with Coquelin and Estupiñán.

Seeing that the team was physically falling, Ilaix entered by a Pedri, who has already been a few days with the reserve light on. Barça clung to Ter Stegen, who avoided a very clear opportunity from Capoue just before the game changed the scene with the expulsion of Trigueros, who made a disproportionate entrance to Messi with the heels in front at ankle height when going to look for a ball that was escaping.

A new 25-minute game was decreed with the Blaugrana in superiority, but with Villarreal pressing hard despite playing with one less. Barça, suffered and waited for an opportunity to kill the ball on the counter. He had it seven minutes from the end with a one-on-one by De Jong against Asenjo, who despaired of Koeman on the wing, who knew that there was a large part of the championship options and chose to put Araújo in to end up defending the result by shrinking water parea end up winning three key points.