• Chronicle: Messi and Riqui Puig bless the premiere of Setién

With Quique Setién, the fund regained prominence at the Camp Nou. Although it was only for the substitutes to also exercise on the grass while the starting team carried out a very marked warm-up in which the combination was also given great importance. It was inevitable that a confessed Cruyffista like him would not accommodate him in his premiere in the Barcelona fief to the exercise that most characterized the Dutch coach in his stage as Barca coach. Even the substitute goalkeeper, Neto, who usually collaborated in the set-up prior to Ter Stegen's match participated.

Those who seemed to enjoy the rondo more were precisely two players with a lot of football in their boots: Arthur and Riqui Puig . Although there was much talk during the week about the possible ownership of the second, about the firm commitment to La Masia that goes through Setién's plans and his taste for the play of touch, both of them had to initially see the bulls from the barrier, although they would have minutes in the second part. Clément Lenglet, a regular companion of Gerard Piqué in the center of the rear, was also not at all uncomfortable, no matter how much Umtiti took his place at eleven.

The new Barça coach continued for many minutes the game of his team standing, within his technical area, enduring the guy in the face of a strong wind that caused multiple discomforts. And not only for soccer players. The advertising canvases that are located on both sides of the goals were greatly affected. So much so that one of them even got several meters into the field. Perhaps, the weather and the inclement weather had a lot to do with the fact that the first game of Quique Setién in the Barça bench 65,444 spectators came, far from the more than 98,000 that the Barcelona stadium can host.

The minute of silence that all of them kept in memory of Maria Rosa Carnicer, Sergi Roberto's mother was one of the most respected remembered at the Camp Nou. The shouts of encouragement towards the player multiplied as soon as they came to an end. One of the most applauded, however, would be an Antoine Griezmann who practically went from one end of the field to the other to collaborate in defensive tasks and who, in the end, managed to recover the ball. The Frenchman, with the prolonged loss of Luis Suarez, will now have to assume a lot of weight in the offensive tasks of a Barça who had a hard time opening the scoring against Granada. The game improved. The Barca environment recognized this through social networks during the game. The first win of the team now led by Quique Setién, however, will have to wait a little longer.

The triumph of Barça had another protagonist, possession, 82%. As in the times of Guardiola, although the overwhelming domain - 1,002 successful passes - only translated into a goal, the same as always, that of Messi in the second half, already with 10 Granada.

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