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We are exaggerated by nature. And it is in the hyperbole where much of the grace of football lies, both in the analysis of the conflict in turn - the VAR is a blessing for the polemicists - and in the ease with which we individualize success and failure. Nothing is new "Bilardo sees football on his back," Menotti said. "Playing well is a big lie: he who wins plays well," Bilardo replied. Quique Setién and José Bordalás contemplate different paths in the search for victory. But from that ideological confrontation, beyond the power of the media speakers, that the coaches will greet each other or not in the band, or even the management of their own ego, takes advantage of football. Although there are those who do not share it. Barcelona got mad at Camp Nou for denying the ball. As if part of the fans reneged on its origins. And the Getafe, titanic in the pressure -30 fouls indicated-, supportive and with the ways of a great, overcame a goal canceled and two points of disadvantage to take his rival to the limit. The duel, decided by the greatest talent in Barcelona, ​​was fabulous. In the suffering of each other the true beauty resided.

Also, seeing how Griezmann opened the scoring with a caress with the inside of the left booty after interpreting Messi's sixth consecutive assistance in the championship, he clenched his fists tightly and went to the bench. There was no joy in it. A handful of meters away, Bordalás tried to compose himself before such a change of scenery.

Because the Getafe came to cause the whistles in the Camp Nou after ten minutes in which Barcelona was disoriented. The Bordalás pressed with seven players in the Barca field, without fear of allowing a three against three in the rear. And those of Setién, who until then had managed to do so, were overwhelmed after Jordi Alba again asked for a shift in the infirmary. The Barcelona already has only 15 chips available from the first team.

Umtiti snatched a candid shot from Jorge Molina with his fingernail. Just after, at the exit of a corner, Nyom sought to block the French central, although with a very bad trace. With the right shoulder ahead before finishing off the net. The principal referee, Cuadra Fernández, did not make sure of it until he reviewed the action on the monitor.

Barcelona found some comfort in possession. It is there where this Setien team will live or die, which denied the security ball over and over again. Metaphoric was the action of the first goal, beyond the pass of Messi and the definition of Griezmann. Umtiti was the one who advanced with the ball and who offered a horizontal pass, very tense, that the Rosario and the French turned into gold.

It was the best stretch of Barcelona. So much so that Setién saw one of his fantasies come true, that one side-Junior Firpo-offered the goal to another side -Sergi Roberto-. Bordalás should not have liked that Cucurella lost the mark so easily.

But this Getafe has plenty of conviction. Barcelona, ​​no matter how much it tried to stop the game in the second half with such a slow pace that it revealed more fear than authority, had to entrust Ter Stegen again. Griezmann missed the sentence twice, and Angel, in whom the Barca club intends to place his hopes after his poor planning, put fear in the body to those who could be his new teammates.

Angel, who left by Molina, cut distances with a great bang at the first touch. And the tie would have been his were it not for Ter Stegen, who didn't hide the mitt until he also snatched the goal from Mata.

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