Araujo, shield and flag of Barcelona, ​​guards the lead against Villarreal

In football there can be redemption.

Even release.

Forgetting, on the other hand, is much more difficult.

Few sports pierce the emotional shell with such cruelty.

, who had spent so many years admiring Barcelona to the point of recognizing himself as a

apostle , could only generate a bad memory in the Barça imaginary: he changed the grass for the swamp, was more a preacher than a coach, and was part of in Da Luz (2-8) of the funeral march of a club torn to pieces from the office and cannibalized from the dressing room.

Barça has forgotten Setién because now he does not wander around boasting of his past, but rather fights for his future.

And nobody does it more than

, shield and flag.

This Barcelona by

admits too much evidence.

He conquered the La Cerámica stadium after astonishing at the beginning and cheating at the end, established his position as leader of the League, extended his warnings to Real Madrid -to 11 points, although with their game against Elche yet to be played-, and prolonged the daily triumph through well-known formulas: ferocious pressure where there is no place for those who look at the shrews, a high sense of sacrifice, the defensive security provided by an unparalleled corrector like Araujo, and a growing offensive weight from a quartet of midfielders who

already leads with ease, and where

tries not to clash

.

Serve Pedri's opening goal as a metaphor for what has been written.

The capricious eye will be able to recreate the aesthetic combination in reduced spaces between the canary and

-the same association that

had to undo at dawn, denying the Pole's shot-.

Pedri, whose execution capacity continues to grow -six goals in this League, seven in the season-, took advantage of Lewandowski's assistance with the parsimony of someone who shakes the crumbs off the tablecloth.

But all that happened because, a few seconds before,

had thought of leaving his position to snatch the ball from

.

If the Frenchman had not arrived on time, his coach would not have reproached him.

Bravery outweighs recklessness.

Lewandowski, better in the pass

The initial plan did not work for Setién.

He tried to take the throat of the field, matching the Barcelona squad in the wide area.

For this he reformulated his scheme, started with a 4-4-2 and moved Baena away from the winger to accompany

,

and

.

The latter's knee injury after half an hour led the Cantabrian coach to change the formula using an outside agitator like

.

Although what the locals penalized the most, once again, was their poor resolution capacity.

In the infirmary again

,

He was shipwrecked in all the actions that required finesse in the area -he wasted a serious mistake by Pedri in a backward pass-.

Araujo did the rest by overwhelming

as many times as he wanted .

If anything, Barcelona could once again be reproached for not adding more goals to prevent the rival's final rebellion.

Lewandowski was much better passing than finishing.

The striker, in fact, was not successful four times in the hot zone.

, meanwhile, also had a great option in the second act, but it lacked finesse.

Xavi got really angry at the diminishing returns of his team.

The fans of La Cerámica protested an offside goal by Chukwueze and fueled the final harassment, with Pepe Reina going to finish off in the denouement.

But being Araujo who guards the lead, even the suffering seems poetic.

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