He Barcelona lgot the three points in the stadium The Ceramics beating the Villarreal 1-4 in a new black afternoon for football. The Barcelona team suffered the injury of Ter Stegen before the break in which it could be a serious knee injury. The very busy schedule gives no one any respite, players continue to get injured, but no one does anything. Speaking of football, Lewandowski and Raphinha twice and Pablo Torre were the scorers of the culé team, while Ayoze It was by the local team.
Hansi Flick was presented in The Ceramics with a revolutionary eleven. After the first setback of the season, the German coach was forced to rotate to safeguard the health of his players. Some footballers already somewhat tired due to the tight schedule. Casadó, Balde and Cubarsi They stayed on the bench and came in Pablo Torre, Gerard Martín and Sergi Domínguez. Names that are practically unknown, but that will become known this season.
He Villarrealone of the teams that is playing the best football at the beginning of the season, started the game by pressing. With its stadium and its people, it was clear that the beginning was going to be like this. And so it was. Minute 5 of the game and Ayoze crossed into the area from the left side and Pepé finished off the goal Ter Stegen. No danger, but it was the Submarine’s first warning.
But that occasion was not going to stop there. Minute 8 and Baena, as she has accustomed us to, gave a spectacular pass one by one. Yeremy Pino and he scored a great Vaseline goal, but was offside by millimeters. Second warning Submarine. Minute 12 and Nicolas Pepé broke the waist of Eric Garcia and he finished on goal, but Ter Stegen appeared to save the first goal of the afternoon.
Although he Barcelona He was not going to remain silent or stand still. In the 16th minute, Lamine Yamal He crashed the ball into the right post and this time it was the Villarreal the one who was saved. The first 20 minutes had not yet passed and a handful of chances had already been made. Total game that was being experienced in The Ceramics.
Lewandowski annihilates Villarreal
He Barcelona forgive once, but not twice. And that did Lewandowskiwho did not forgive the first time he had. The Polish striker received a great assist from Pablo Torre, who broke the defensive line, and sent the ball into the back of the net to make it 0-1 on the afternoon. He Pichichi of the League got ‘wet’ again after seeing its status in danger with the fourth goal of Mbappe in the League this Saturday.
As if the goal of Lewandowskithe Pole did a second. To crush the Villarreal in 35 minutes. Lamine Yamal crossed from his right wing, the ball headed towards the far post was finished off by Eric Garcia and there the killer of the area appeared to make it 0-2 with half a bicycle kick, half foreshortening. There you have it. 36 years old and scoring like a 20-year-old.
But the joy lasted exactly two minutes since Ayoze Perez shortened distances with a pass Pepe. With complete merit, the Canarian striker gave life to the Villarreal before the break.
Ter Stegen saves Barcelona and breaks
And one minute before the break, Ter Stegen He saved Barcelona from a called goal and ended up injured (probably seriously) to his knee. Pepé appeared alone before him and made perhaps the save of the season. The ball went for a corner and when he jumped to catch the ball he fell destabilized and left a very ugly mark on his knee. God forbid, but it could be an injury similar to that of Thibaut Courtois. That is, a torn cruciate ligament.
After the break, the Villarreal It came out with one more gear. In fact, he had several chances to equalize. Nicolas Pepé scored a goal, but he was allegedly offside, since the goal was not seen on television and the VAR told Busquets Ferrer to continue with the game when they didn’t stop for more than a minute to watch it. And a minute later, Pino hit the crossbar with a header. And all this in the first 4 minutes of the second half.
Pablo Torre increases distances
Just like in the first half, when Villarreal was better in the game, Barcelona arrived to open a gap on the scoreboard again. Pablo Torre, who was starting for the first time, scored from the edge of the area with a great left foot shot that touched Bailly’s body to divert the trajectory. Before the hour mark, the Barça team made it 1-3. In addition, Hansi Flick made changes to continue giving oxygen to his players. Casadó, Pau Víctor and Cubarsí took to the field and Pedri, Sergi Domínguez and Pablo Torre retired.
Lewandowski he was able to score his first hat trick of the season. Penalty. Deserved, by the way, because Bailly knocked down Lamine Yamal in the area. The Pole took responsibility, but sent the ball to the post. Villarreal continued dreaming of 1-3.
Raphinha seals the match
And if there were any doubts, Raphinha He sentenced the game in the 73rd minute of the game. The Brazilian finished off the Villarreal doing 1-4 and confirming personal improvement with the arrival of Hansi Flick. The Brazilian winger, today captain of Barcelona with the injury of Ter Stegen, joined to the goal celebration with an impossible left foot shot Diego Conde.
From there, the game was decided and the minutes only began to pass. He Villarreal he gave up, but Barcelona He continued to push until he scored the fifth of the afternoon in the 82nd minute. Spectacular connection between Lamine Yamal and Raphinha finished with a great goal from the Brazilian, the second of his day.
