Traditionally, the “Mestalla” is a tough seat for her. Barcelona. The first show of the year. The league It was no exception, with Valencia The team advanced with a score of 2-0, and Barcelona achieved the surprise and won (2-1) with two goals scored by Robert Lewandowski.
Without the injured Jose Luis Gaya and Moctar Diakhaby, the Bats’ defence, which defended their target Giorgi Mamardashvili, amid Liverpool’s (intense) interest in signing him, with new signing Rafa Mir making his debut as a starter.
Youngsters Marc Casado and Marc Bernal started as the Blaugrana’s midfield duo, one replacing Ilkay Gentogan, who reportedly asked to leave before the end of the transfer window, with Hansi Flick on the sidelines: Ronald Araujo, Frenkie de Jong, Gavi and Dani Olmo.
Hugo Duro has brought justice…
After a balanced first quarter, the home side, with constant pressure and running, controlled the pace of the match and threatened the hosts led by Marc-Andre ter Stegen with Andre Almeida and Hugo Duro, before the visitors responded with a shot from Raphinha that was saved by Mamardashvili.
Ter Stegen made one of his famous saves to prevent an own goal at a stage when the ball went against Pau Coparsi and took a deflection, as Hugo Duro wasted another chance before achieving football justice with a score of 1-0 (44 min).
Diego Lopez’s cross and Duro’s dribbling header from inside the area, with the goal initially ruled out for offside, which was “broken” by Inigo Martinez with his position on the pitch.
The goal gave Valencia further momentum, and they soon made it 2-0 again with Hugo Duro slotting home after a Ter Stegen mistake and Diego Lopez’s pass, with Kupari clearing the ball over the line.
…but Lewandowski scored it himself!
And from the most likely 2-0 we went to… 1-2 within seven minutes of the match with a wide signing from Robert Lewandowski, who reduced Valencia to his favorite “victim” in the Spanish League, at the expense of. which he succeeded in with six goals.
First, after Alejandro Balde’s cross at the far post and Lamine Yamal’s cross, the Pole levelled the score at 1-1 in the fifth minute of first-half stoppage time with a close-range shot into an empty net.
In the fourth minute of the second half, after Rafinha had cleverly won a penalty from Christian Mosquera, Leiva beat Mamardashvili from the white ball to complete the transformation that had seemed impossible when the Bats took the lead.
Barcelona took over
Lewandowski’s personal turmoil was a blow to Valencia’s young players, who tried to respond immediately with Pibelo and Hugo Duro, but failed.
Barcelona, with their high morale, completely dominated the last half hour and, in fact, did not come close to defending the result, but rather sought to “finish” the match, wasting chances with Ferran Torres, Lewandowski and Casado, and losing Balde to injury. But the young Gerard Martin will replace him, leaving a lot of promise.
Valencia (Ruben Baraja): Mamardashvili – Thierry Correa, Mosquera, Jaric, Jesus Vazquez (77′ Martin Tejon) – Rafa Mir (77′ Oturbe), Pipillo, Javi Guerra (86′ Guillamont), Diego Lopez (66′ Volker) – Andre Almeida (66′ Danny Gomet), Hugo Duro.
Barcelona (Hansi Flick): Ter Stegen – Cote, Kubertsy (64′ Christensen), Inigo Martinez, Balde (64′ Gerard Martin) – Casado, Bernal (71′ Eric Garcia) – Yamal (86′ Pau Victor), Raphinha, Ferran Torres (64′ Pedri) – Lewandowski.
Own goal saves Osasuna
Substitute Brian Zaragoza, on loan from Bayern Munich, and an own goal from Juan Soriano, after an effort from the Spanish Olympic gold medalist in Paris Aimar Oroz (79), allowed Osasuna to avoid defeat at home to the newly enlightened Leganés (1-1), in Vitinte Moreno’s first match on the bench.
Real Madrid came out strong and surprised the hosts with a goal from Juan Cruz (22), who was generally more consistent than his rival, especially in the first half. But in the final, they could have been defeated, had it not been for Soriano and the crossbar preventing the goal from a single shot, a treatment provided by Zaragoza.
Source: www.gazzetta.gr
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