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Barcelona is down.
Eliminated from the Europa League and without having yet completed his qualification for the Champions League, he was stripped naked by Cádiz against a Camp Nou that went from the invasion of the Germans to dangerous disaffection.
Xavi Hernández
's
men have not lost in the League since last December.
Suddenly, with motivation at rock bottom, everything costs a world.
[0-1: Narration and statistics]
Without a neck, with his head nailed to a herculean trunk and a stony gaze,
Pacha Espino
is one of those footballers who make an art of intimidation.
Hence, his duel on the shore against
Dembélé
, a disconcerting guy who doesn't care about everything, will arouse great interest.
It was only necessary to attend to the first action to see how that would end.
Dembélé mocked how many times he wanted Espino.
He either threw a pipe at her, or twisted her patience with a booty jog, or he started running like a greyhound.
And Espino, come to snort, come to launch like the bull to the cape.
However, and there the daily drama, Dembélé could not finish anything that he started.
Sometimes he failed, other times his teammates did.
Thorn was not smiling.
He never does.
But he survived and breathed.
So did
Sergio González
, one of those coaches who manage scarcity like no one else.
Risking permanence at the Camp Nou, Sergio saw fit to leave a good number of starters on the bench.
What difference does it make.
The people of Cadiz, who had to take good note of Eintracht's counterattacks in their assault, executed a furious transition that
Gavi
, overtaken in the race by
Sobrino
, could not stop.
The responsibility of crowning the action fell on a reliable striker like
Lucas Pérez
.
But
Sergiño Dest
, the starter this time ahead of
Alves
, hit the striker just enough for him to finish off nothing.
He would have his revalidation.
bad memphis
That was nothing more than a serious warning to a discouraged, nervous and poorly positioned Barcelona.
Substitute
Aubameyang
,
Memphis
started as a striker.
She intervened a lot, clarified little.
Xavi tried to correct himself by sending the Dutchman to the left wing so that
Ferran Torres
, who had been annulled by the youngster
Raúl Parra
, could move into the center of the attack.
Before checking if Xavi's tactical intervention would have any result, Cádiz did, this time, catch the opening goal.
The episode that occurred in the Barcelona area was inexcusable.
Up to three times Cádiz finished off in the small area until Lucas Pérez scored at will after Sobrino's double attempt.
Neither
Eric García nor Lenglet
, a pair of central defenders in the absence of the suspended
Araujo and the injured Piqué
, were even able to bother the rival attackers.
Eric watched, Lenglet left behind.
While
Jordi Alba
, who was the one who had lost the ball that caused the goal, preferred not to approach there.
Barcelona, with the entire second half to play and suffering greatly in the creation of
Pedri's loss -Frenkie de Jong
had a gloomy night-, then prepared to embark on a descent into the hells of Cadiz.
The double defensive line of four and five players fell back even further towards the lair defended by a titanic
Conan Ledesma
.
And the interruptions and the anger gained weight.
Óscar
Hernández
, Xavi's assistant and brother, was shown a yellow card by the referee after he disregarded
Fali
's spin on Ferran Torres.
Sergio Busquets
was also hunted
.
Luis Hernández
, to the anger of the azulgrana, did see the yellow card.
De Jong Resource
While Sergio rescued his capitostes from the bench, Xavi piled up five forwards.
But who the Camp Nou eagerly claimed was
Luuk de Jong
, who just appeared on the pitch was about to catch the tie with his head.
Ledesma, who came to everything, built a wall at his door.
The azulgrana were screaming at Ledesma's slaps, which made life impossible for Eric García and Aubameyang.
But up to four times Cádiz forgave the 0-2, with
Álex Fernández,
Sobrino and the insistent Alejo one inch away from closing the duel.
Barcelona, despite playing with a much tougher defeat, showed a decline started, what things, after 0-4 at the Bernabéu.
Xavi is still looking for a remedy.
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