Alavés does not sentence FC Barcelona in the first half and ends up unable to score (2-1)
Euskaraz irakurri: Alavesek bizirik utzi du Bartzelona lehen zatian, eta ez du punturik batu azkenean (2-1)
He Alavés ha lost 2-1 before him FC Barcelonathis Sunday afternoon, in the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadiumin the thirteenth day of LaLiga EA Sports of the 2023-24 season. Samu Omorodionto the 18 seconds game, has overtaken the Vitorian team, in the fastest goal Alavés has ever scored in the First Divisionand Robert Lewandowskiin the 53rd and 78th minutes, scored both goals for FC Barcelona, the second of which was a penalty.
Luis García Plaza has lined up from start to finish Rafa Marín replacing the injured Sedlar, who has received the support of his teammates before the start of the clash; Duarte has also started, with Samu Omorodion in the attack. At FC Barcelona, his coach, Xavi Hernández, has decided to change six players from the last eleven he had formed, in the Champions League against Shakhtar.
Perfectly positioned on the field, with an orderly game in defense and strong and fast in the offensive, Alavés had an excellent first half at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium. The albiazul team did not take more than 18 seconds to get ahead, through Samu, which culminated a good counterattack play, in which Javi López gave the final pass. There will be few goals in this edition of LaLiga EA Sports earlier than the one scored by the Melilla striker from the Vitorian squad; At the moment, as Alavés has specified on social networks, It is the fastest in its history in the First Division.
The fact is that the 0-1 that the scoreboard recorded at half-time was almost the best news that Barcelona could receive, because Samu himself has made several very clear occasions to have increased his scoring tally. In the eighth and 31st minutes, thanks to his speed and his strength, he remained one-on-one against Ter Stegen; In the first of those plays, his shot went just wide, and in the second, however, the ball went to the crossbar.
For FC Barcelona, Lewandowski had the best opportunity to score, in the 16th minute, but the Polish striker found Sivera, who made a great save. One fact that explains the impeccable work of Alavés in the first half is the fact that Luis García Plaza’s men went to the locker room with an advantage on the scoreboard having committed a single fault. It is difficult to find a precedent of that type, in an FC Barcelona match at home.
It is always said that, in football, whoever forgives ends up paying for it, and that, when facing a rival like FC Barcelona, is true even more frequently. The second time It has been different, and the Catalan team has dominated more clearly and played better, reaching the Alava goal more times; Of course, the work of the Alavés players has also been notable after the break, and until the final whistle they had a chance to win at least one point.
Perhaps the key to the match was in the play that took place in the 53rd minute. At that moment, Jules Koundé made a good cross from the right, which Lewandowski converted it into a goal pass with a great header. The FC Barcelona attacker has shown, in that action, that he is a player of a spectacular level, and has tied the crash.
The goal strengthened FC Barcelona, who pressed hard in the following minutes and put the Alava squad in trouble. But the Basque team soon knew how to take a step forward again, and, with a quarter of an hour left in the 90th minute, they firmly maintained their position on the field and the 1-1 score on the scoreboard.
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Source: Eitb
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