First blow for Quique Setién: for his third game on the Barça bench, the Spanish coach suffered his first defeat on Saturday (0-2) in Valencia on the 21st day of La Liga. What weaken the first place of the Blaugranas in the ranking since their Madrid dolphins have the opportunity to take three points ahead if they win Sunday in Valladolid.
A week after his recital against Granada, where he had peaked at 1,005 assists - 92% successful, with 82.1% possession of the ball, two records this season -, Barça renewed the game plan of its new coach, without success. The Catalans folded twice, first on an own goal by Jordi Alba then on a realization by the Uruguayan Maxi Gomez.
Messi also disappoints
Despite a great Marc-André ter Stegen, who pushed back the penalty of the same Maxi Gomez from the 8th minute and who multiplied the high-class saves in the first period, the Blaugranas, harmless in front of the Valencian and feverish cages in defense, n have failed to remain waterproof.
Ibiza winners (D3) in difficulty in the King's Cup Wednesday thanks to a double from Antoine Griezmann, the men of Quique Setién, already criticized less than two weeks after the dismissal of his predecessor Ernesto Valverde, lacked verticality in their game. The pair of central defenders Gérard Piqué-Samuel Umtiti was not the most reassuring.
Even Barel captain Lionel Messi couldn't do anything. While he has saved his family on numerous occasions this winter, the Argentinian delivered a very average performance on Saturday, chaining missed passes, missed free kicks and bad choices.
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