Barcelona controls the League

Winds of change are blowing.

Barcelona, ​​a bunch in recent seasons that a handful of ties insisted on nailing indifference and ruin, is already a team that can afford to show off its chest in the championship.

Despite the difficulties caused by a

own goal , he was convincing in his last win at Villamarín against Betis thanks to goals from

and

.

Xavi Hernández's team thus settled the first round with 50 points, thus forcing Real Madrid to be extremely competitive if they intend to tear the Catalans from the vantage point.

The night in Seville unfolded to the beat of a tap dance.

Between the blows and the complaints, the rattling and the

, moments of happy and talkative football appeared.

It became clear that Xavi has already hatched a ploy for big events in which bringing together his four best midfielders is presumed essential.

, in addition, was finally able to wear the number six sublimated in his day by Xavi, his now foreman.

At the rear, little discussion admits the presence of Koundé,

and

, prodigious proofreaders, with

confirming that

left for emergencies.

While in attack, on Dembélé's stretcher, there was no other option than to trust those who are under suspicion.

Raphinha, starting from the right-hand end, beat

to the starting position .

He accused responsibility, but scored when he should.

While Lewandowski, back after his three-game ban, had to pick up the lost rhythm.

Endless controls escaped the Polish striker, but he won 0-2 because few understand the trade of striker like him.

Although Barcelona managed to advance and retreat as a group, the good intentions of the first act died in the final areas due to lack of precision.

Raphinha, hyperactive and always waiting to help Koundé with defensive marks, could not measure the offside line in attack.

After half an hour, the Brazilian even had a goal from a chopped header from De Jong's pass canceled after going ahead of the Betic defenders ahead of time.

Before it had been

who had had the best chance for Barcelona.

After Raphinha himself had assisted him after slipping the ball between the legs of

, Pedri knocked down

and

in the area with a cut that served to stop time, but not to control space.

He wanted to continue advancing the canary, without noticing that Balde was asking for the ball at his side, and with the goalkeeper Rui Silva swiftly at the start at his feet.

Xavi complained in the band, perhaps thinking about the genius's inexperience.

Bucket's exuberance

's Betis

, increasingly confined, did not seem to flinch, perhaps infected by that cachazudo rhythm of

, a guy capable of twisting consistency with his hands in his pockets.

A twist of the ankle was enough for the midfielder to launch Ruibal and for him to give Canales a free shot.

But

did not even have to move.

Koundé had already arrived to deny the action.

Fekir,

by nature, was no longer seen at night.

That episode did not worry Barcelona, ​​who tried to maximize their offensive in a second half that began with an extraordinary save by Rui Silva with a left foot from Pedri.

The Barça midfielder had been enabled by Balde in one of his forays along the shore.

The youth player, exuberant, did find the prize later thanks to a free kick thrown by a De Jong more rascal than his rivals.

Balde's tense pass to the far post was taken advantage of by Raphinha, released for a while from his demons.

Lewandowski's reunion with the goal - he resumed a shot from Araujo after a corner taken by Pedri - after serving three games of suspension did not prevent a last suffocation after Koundé's own goal.

Nothing serious.

Because Betis is a team that is hard to believe.

Quite the opposite of this Barça, who, in addition to faith, is already accompanied by the game.

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