Barcelona suffers the contradiction of Ferran Torres against Napoli

Beauty, the real beauty, is in the strangest things.

is no longer a scarecrow that everyone ridicules, but an endearing and beloved character.

The acquitted

is already whistled at with viciousness, and those bizarre dribbles that previously drew praise now arouse only resentment.

But nothing like what happened with

.

The Valencian striker danced with all the demons that came out of his boots.

He missed four clear goals, with the goal so out of focus that finishing between the sticks was an ordeal.

But it was he who, from a penalty, scored the tie against Napoli that keeps Barcelona in the fight for the round of 16 of the Europa League.

Barcelona lives in that kind of contradictions.

And he suffers.

The return to the basement of Europe after 18 years led the Barcelona bosses to think that it would be a good idea to cheer up the public with something.

What better than a tarp!

So they unfurled a huge canvas on the side of the Camp Nou with a message that, at this point, is funny: "

."

Because nothing has united Barcelona more than that sadness that for years it has been unable to get rid of in Europe.

Xavi Hernández

tried to give the team another air after the disappointing draw in the derby against Espanyol.

Although the changes did not finish offering the expected result.

, who finally rested, became necessary.

Who took his place in the midfield was

, who tried to touch it two, three or four times before releasing the ball.

The Dutchman was escorted

and

, the latter being the player who was most committed to this pressure task with which Barcelona tried to face the duel.

While

, the usual suspect, returned to winter quarters,

, who seemed to perpetuate himself in purgatory, recovered a cursed position: right back.

It was the price to pay for

' non-registration in the tournament .

All so that

,

and Ferran Torres could pile up up front.

effort in pressure

Barcelona's big problem was far from having to go looking for it at its persistence.

The azulgrana never spared any effort in putting pressure on the Neapolitan front line.

But quickly recovering the ball is useless if nobody knows what to do with it afterwards.

To the lack of delicacy in relatively simple aspects such as controls and safety passes - Aubameyang gave a good example of this - a tactical deficit was added that would allow solutions in the static attack.

and

, the Napoli central defenders, closed with great efficiency.

While Adama, after his furious irruption in his second stage at Barcelona, ​​was faced with unprecedented complications with something as simple as double coverage on the side.

And this one was made by

, who is not a winger, but also an

, as light as he is a striker.

,

who must be one of the few coaches who at this point considers it appropriate to protect himself against this Barcelona, ​​did not mind losing meters as the game progressed.

Pedri, Nico and Aubameyang tried their luck, although it was Ferran Torres, this time a left-winger, who had the best options.

Especially clear was the missed chance after Aubameyang left him alone against goalkeeper

.

That action was the prelude to the Naples goal.

, substitute for the injured Araujo, relived that action that led the Spanish team to defeat in the last League of Nations, when he touched the ball to

.

The same thing happened to him against Napoli, preventing

from being called a clear offside player.

The play continued to the misfortune of

, whom

knocked down with a couple of arabesques.

did the rest.

Alone and with time for a couple of bourbons, the Pole fired first with his left –

rejected – and executed with his right.

Redemption of the penalty

Ferran Torres went to the locker room in the intermission shaking his head, but with the conviction that football offers a revalidation in every corner.

He found the Valencian striker in the fingertips of the left hand of Juan Jesus.

The VAR warned the referee that he should go to the television to corroborate one of those penalties that have brought the new football.

The security with which Torres faced the moment was impressive.

He didn't take his eyes off the goalkeeper until he touched the ball.

It was more of a caress than a shot.

So disconcerted was the goalkeeper that he was petrified while the ball died in the net and the striker began to run in search of the affection of the stands.

Despite the obvious anguish of a Napoli that was limited to defending, Barcelona, ​​improved with Busquets and Gavi, failed to complete the comeback to the beat of Dembélé's whistles.

Luuk de Jong missed a Chilean when the Camp Nou was already preparing to deify him, and Ferran Torres, who had the sentence on his right foot, showed that there is always a way back to grief.

"What is preferable: a vulgar happiness or a high suffering? Tell me: what is worth more?".

put it in the mouth of his grieving protagonist in

.

Torres might have chosen the tougher option.

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