Three takeaways for Hansi Flick from Leganes 0-1 Barcelona | La Liga
Hansi Flick didn’t maintain again in , particularly after the conflict towards Borussia Dortmund, regardless of many claiming that the workforce was set for severe rotations.
Realizing the significance of three factors for the league title race, the supervisor largely caught to the identical beginning lineup with solely Frenkie de Jong and Pau Cubarsi changed by Eric Garcia and Ronald Araujo, respectively.
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The primary half went goalless, with the proceedings being largely cagey. Barcelona even suffered an enormous blow when and studies say he might face a number of weeks out.
The second interval, nevertheless, noticed Barcelona earn an early own-goal to take the lead and so they resiliently held on to maintain all three factors.
Barça Common brings you three speaking factors from Leganes 0-1 Barcelona.
A stylistic misfit
Barcelona have been on a revenge run within the second half of the season, profitable towards virtually all of the groups they dropped factors to within the first half of La Liga.
Barcelona had a tough time containing Leganes. (Photograph by Denis Doyle/Getty Pictures)
They had been dominant towards Actual Sociedad, Atletico Madrid, Las Palmas and lots of others, however Leganes final evening was the workforce who gave them a severe headache the second time round as nicely.
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Borja Jimenez’s facet are at the moment combating for his or her survival within the first division, however they fought neck to neck with Barcelona for the higher a part of the sport final evening.
Their skill to frustrate Flick’s facet for the second time in two video games, evidently, exhibits that they possess a method that doesn’t swimsuit Barcelona’s present dynamic nicely.
Leganes began figuring out nicely that even some extent is an effective end result for them and solely seemed to strike on the counter-attack. They began with a four-man defence and a five-man midfield working in a low block, reducing off all of Barcelona’s channels.
Whereas Barcelona have damaged down low blocks usually this season, the absence of Dani Olmo and the off-performance from Lamine Yamal didn’t assist. Barcelona didn’t open up the host’s defence as usually as they’d have appreciated to.
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The 90 minutes appeared endless at one level, however Barcelona battled via it and pulled off three useful factors.
Inigo Martinez’s ‘Objective’
Inigo Martinez made a vital interception. (Photograph by Denis Doyle/Getty Pictures)
Barcelona lacked their attacking effectivity towards Leganes final evening and it’s ironic how they received the sport with no participant scoring a objective throughout the ninety minutes.
The one time the ball went into the again of the web was when Jorge Saenz deflected Raphinha’s cross into the again of his personal objective and gave Barcelona the lead. Barring that, the Catalans didn’t breach Marko Dmitrovic’s barrier on any event.
But, there was one participant who made a contribution as useful, if no more, than the personal objective and who was solely liable for the workforce taking residence three factors – .
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The Spanish defender had a splendid recreation on the again, main the defence and enjoying a vital half within the workforce’s buildup and transitions.
His greatest contribution, nevertheless, got here within the 91st minute on the evening when Leganes star Munir El Haddadi was just about in a 1v1 scenario towards Wojciech Szczesny.
Martinez, nevertheless, warriored on and dared to lunge right into a sliding deal with from behind, exactly took the ball off the participant together with his toes and saved the evening for Barcelona. In any case, a objective at that time would depart no scope for a comeback.
The workforce celebrated Martinez’s deal with as nothing lower than a objective, and rightfully so. In the long term, his deal with might go down because the league-winning deal with for Barcelona.
Stress on Actual Madrid
Barcelona are in a commanding place. (Photograph by Denis Doyle/Getty Pictures)
Saturday evening’s recreation was not straightforward for Barcelona by any means, and the scoreline was nowhere near reflective of how the workforce has performed this season.
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For a workforce that has made a four-goal margin regular, the 1-0 win in itself looks like a defeat. Nevertheless, the three factors Barcelona secured couldn’t be extra useful.
With the win over Leganes, Flick’s males transfer to 70 factors with seven video games to go and are seven factors away from Actual Madrid. Los Blancos, nevertheless, have a recreation in hand and can play later in the present day.
Barcelona’s end result, nevertheless, places unreal stress on Carlo Ancelotti’s males who have already got all their plans and sources centered in direction of the UEFA Champions League recreation subsequent week towards Arsenal.
Carlo Ancelotti’s concept was to rotate his workforce closely towards Alaves later in the present day to maintain his stars recent for the UCL conflict. Now, nevertheless, the stress mounts on Actual Madrid for fielding a second-string workforce and dropping factors might even price them the title.