With Barca having wrapped up La Liga of their earlier recreation in opposition to , there have been all the time prone to be .
Because it turned out, Hansi Flick made eight to the staff which started El Clasico.
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Arguably, the outcome and method of efficiency didn’t actually matter within the grand scheme of issues, although private satisfaction ought to dictate that whoever was chosen handled this match the identical as every other.
In spite of everything, for gamers like , it was one other alternative to offer Flick some meals for thought sooner or later.
Let’s check out three speaking factors from the sport…
Champions flat as a pancake
It actually was solely to be anticipated from the Catalans.
Nothing in any respect to play for, no must push any more durable than was crucial… supporters couldn’t actually count on an excessive amount of greater than what Barca produced on Wednesday night time.
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There have been a couple of passages of play when the guests exhibited their fantastic passing recreation, however in reality, they had been few and much between in opposition to an opponent enjoying with far more urgency, given their want for all three factors.
Constructive contribution from Alvaro Cortes
The sport allowed Flick to offer one or two fringe gamers a run out, and Alvaro Cortes could be completely satisfied along with his debut contribution on the night time.
Calm in possession, sturdy within the deal with and authoritative when crucial, he definitely didn’t shame himself alongside Pau Cubarsi.
While it’s far too early to find out whether or not he might critically problem the first-choice partnership of Cubarsi and Gerard Martin, Cortes has put himself within the image for additional consideration.
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No chunk up entrance
However that Alaves had been combating for his or her La Liga lives, no efforts on course from Barca communicate volumes.
From fairly early within the recreation, it did seem that it was going to be a kind of matches the place the Blaugranes might’ve performed all night time and nonetheless not come near scoring.
Whether or not it was a backs-against-the-wall five-man defensive effort that was maintaining Robert Lewandowski, or others out, or it was simply an extremely poor 90 minutes from the complete assault, the very fact is that there haven’t been too many worse matches from an attacking standpoint in Barca’s latest historical past.
No photographs on course within the recreation for Hansi Flick’s facet summed up their lack of chunk.