Barcelona is limited to survive

Barça behaves like that writer who limits himself to letting days go by in front of a blank paper with torment on top. When inspiration does not come, let at least the scribble of self-deception remain. The team lives in a catatonic state from which everyone is infected. Even the children. Even the good ones.

used to changing plans for the worse. And in the desert Camp Nou the silence hurts even more than the moan. Barça, after the first two slaps in the Champions League, achieved at least one Pyrrhic goal and the victory against a Dinamo who did not shoot. There will be those who will find comfort. But a classic looms.

Soccer is not always pleasant. He also lives off characters that seem fresh out of

black paintings

. Those with whom it is difficult to empathize because there is nothing in them that is pleasant in the eyes of the demanding fans.

is a hunk who is not only seemingly clumsy. It is also. The balls become medicinal whenever they pass through your boots. Everything seems to cost a life. The controls. The associations. Changes of pace. Even, who would say it for a boy that borders the 1'90, the shots with the head are torture. When he jumps, either the ball is still up, or it is almost on the ground. But there is no way to take your eye off the player. There the grace of football. And of life. Strange always attracts.

Luuk de Jong touched the first ball of the match. He did it to get out of the center. He did not touch him again until 17 more minutes had passed. The Camp Nou, once again soulless, noticed how the center forward was preparing to finish off a good center from

with his head

. He topped off the battering ram. And it would no longer be difficult for the fans to increase the reproaches to the beat of their mistakes. Although the goalkeeper

also had something to say

, who took a good hand to one of his shots.

I was walking in the stadium because there was not much to applaud.

Koeman started with the 4-3-3 he used in the win against Valencia, with

again at the right-handed end.

But the absence of offensive automatisms is so alarming that the team seems incapable of finding more solutions to the static attack than set pieces and lateral centers.

Something that can work if your forwards are specialists.

It is not the case.

Alba centers

We have already talked about Luuk.

And no one can claim that Dest suddenly becomes a good header.

Try as I might.

In fact, Barça's first big chance in the duel died on his head after a cross from

.

The left wing, yes, continues to be the great resource in Barcelona's attack when the rivals lock themselves behind, just as Dinamo de

. It was surprising that the 76-year-old veteran coach, faced with so many battles lived and a handful of young people who are the base of the Ukraine that reached the quarters in the last European Championship, did not try something else against this Barcelona.

Mingueza

, this time the right back, missed a cross after half an hour and Koeman was taken away by the demons. His reaction was immediate. He called to warm up

and, above all,

. The mood changed suddenly. The boy must have the gift of changing trends even from the band. At the moment, and after a corner to which Alba gave continuity,

finished off a goal with more office than the starting striker. Significant.

The second half was already started by Ansu and Coutinho as substitutes for Luuk and Mingueza.

Koeman changed the drawing.

Everything for the Brazilian to stay with the playmaker.

Thus,

, much more careful with the fouls, went to the right;

Ansu, on the left;

while Memphis stayed with the position of nine.

It did not work.

Got worse.

Dinamo, as much as it was incapable of creating danger, was uneasy if only by insinuating itself.

unreasonably claimed a penalty from Lenglet.

While Ansu, after stealing a ball from the goalkeeper, tried to score from his back.

Koeman swore in Aramaic.

But the screams solve nothing.

Trusting this Barcelona has become a matter of faith.

And in torture.

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