Barça still hasn't thrown in the towel in the League. The team led by Xavi beat Cádiz 0-1 thanks to a solitary bicycle kick from Joao Félix and will reach the classic against Real Madrid with eight points of distance in the standings in favor of the whites. The culés achieved victory in a match lacking rhythm and in which they took the opportunity to give regular players a rest, thinking about the final against PSG next Tuesday.
With one eye on Cádiz and another on PSG. This is how Barça came out to Nuevo Mirandilla. Xavi's eleven was already a declaration of intentions with nine changes compared to the Champions League and with unusual players such as Fort, Marcos Alonso, Oriol Romeu, Fermín, Sergi Roberto and Vitor Roque. The idea of the one from Terrasa was, however, to form a “competitive team” and he achieved it in the first instance.
Cadiz
Ledesma, Iza, Ousou, Chust (Pires, min. 84), Javi Hernández, Álex Fernández (Samassekou, min. 77), Alcaraz, Sobrino, Robert Navarro (Darwin Machís, min. 77), Juanmi (Roger Martí, min. 77) and Chris Ramos (Maxi Gómez, min. 52).
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Barcelona
Ter Stegen Héctor Fort (Pedri, min. 62), Christensen (Koundé, min. 62), Cubarsí, Marcos Alonso; Oriol Romeu, Fermín (Raphinha, min. 80), Sergi Roberto; Joao Félix (Casado, min. 85), Ferran Torres and Vitor Roque (Lamine Yamal, min. 62).
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Goal
0-1: min.37. Joao Felix. -
Referee
Juan Luis Pulido Santana. He cautioned Cubarsí, Alcaraz, Sergi Roberto, Javi Hernández and Roger Martí -
Incidents
Match played at the Nuevo Mirandilla Stadium before 19,607 spectators.
And the culés came out very involved, maintaining the intensity of Cádiz, and causing the locals to have to retreat due to the good start from behind by the culés. It was the beginning of a trickle that ended up wearing out Pellegrino's men. Barça was not fast in circulation, they lacked overflow from the sides and did not even generate danger, but they were getting closer to Ledesma's goal. Fort and Fermín warned with deflected shots and the final goal came with a rebound in the area that Joao Félix took advantage of with a Chilean shot to open the scoring and put his team ahead before a break that was reached with another clamorous chance of Fermín to increase the income.
After the restart, Cádiz went up a gear. Pellegrino's team was risking their lives and that was noticeable in an atmosphere that little by little engulfed Barça. The locals were more intense in their pressure and made the Blaugranas uncomfortable to the point of generating constant ball losses and increasing nervousness in the Barça ranks. Juanmi scored, but it was disallowed for offside, and Chust shot just wide when Ter Stegen was already beaten. It was too much of a lack of control for Xavi, who put an end to the rotations at game time and brought on Koundé, Pedri and Lamine Yamal to fix the mess as soon as possible.
The changes took effect. Two players came in with two very different gears and that was precisely what Barça needed, a change of pace. Pedri was the pause that anesthetized the Nuevo Mirandilla and Lamine Yamal was the vertigo that could destabilize Pellegrino's team through individual actions. Between the two of them they modified the scenario and led Barça to a calmer final few minutes. Ter Stegen still had to fly to clear a distant shot from Samassekou, but it was his last intervention before starting to think about PSG. The culés are thinking about the Champions League but in the meantime they are not giving up on the League.
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