Xavi Hernández’s Barcelona knocked down Atlético de Madrid del ‘Cholo in a great first half ‘ Simeone (4-2) and snatched fourth place in LaLiga Santander, which gives the right to play in the Champions League next season.
The azulgrana team subdued their rival until Dani Alves made it 4-1 at the start of the second half and, from then on, they had to work hard to manage their income, especially when in the minute 69 he was left with one man less due to the expulsion of the veteran Brazilian winger.
Dani Alves’ Sunday against Atlético de Madrid:
➤ Converted.
➤ Attended.
➤ Participated in 3 of 4 FC Barcelona goals.
➤ He was the soccer leader of his team.
➤ Applauded at the Camp Nou.
➤ Expelled.EVERYTHING HAPPENED. pic.twitter.com/mQoOSvn8Os
— Undefeated (@InvictosSomos) February 6, 859
In what should have been a duel of styles, Barça came out ready to vindicate theirs and warned after five minutes with a shot on the half turn by Ferran Torres who narrowly missed out. Although it was Atlético who took the lead three minutes later, in Ter Stegen’s first approach to goal.
Luis Suárez, who was returning to the Camp Nou for the first time in a match with an audience, received a pass on the right wing depth of Koke and assisted Carrasco so that he beat the German goalkeeper , first and with a cross shot, in a collective failure of the Barça defense, starting with Jordi Alba.
The winger corrected the error in the following move, by volleying off a cross from Dani Alves that slipped through a top corner .
Barça bit up and applied the pressure to recover the ball almost imminently in each loss, and Atlético began to feel dazed by the momentum local.
But the azulgrana team is still doing or damage with very little and Jao Félix was about to score the second goal visiting with a thread that went wide after breaking Alves’s waist.
However, it was Barça who reinforced their brave proposal with football and effectiveness in front of goal. At 21 minutes, the rookie Adama Traoré surpassed Mario Hermoso to put a cross from the right wing that Gavi headed to make it 2-1 . And shortly after, the third could have fallen, but Pedri finished off a killer pass from Jordi Alba to the left.
Savic was able to tie with a header to the center of Lemar that was he walked out for a bit. But it was another centre-back, Araujo, who did not forgive in the other area two minutes before the break, shooting an impotent Oblak after collecting the rejection of a header from Piqué to the crossbar.
Things got even better for Barça when Alves scored the fourth at the start of the second half culminating in a low shot from the edge of a combination between Frenkie de Jong, Gavi and Ferran Torres.
But surprisingly, all the local offensive flow ended there . When the game seemed doomed, Carrasco put Ter Stegen’s reflexes to the test with a center-shot and Luis Suárez made it 4-2 on the play after heading a corner that Giménez also extended with a header towards the far post.
The Uruguayan did not want to celebrate the goal against his former fans, but his goal was cathartic for Atlético, who went from dominated to dominating and he began to sow doubt in his adversary.
Luis Suárez scored for Barça at the Metropolitano and at the Camp Nou. And, after converting both goals, El Pistolero apologized to the Blaugrana fans. No matter what happens, Luis Suárez will always have the culé heart. ETERNAL LOVE. pic.twitter.com/Ou7s4qVce2— Undefeated (@InvictosSomos) February 6, 2022
And to make matters worse for Barça, the referee expelled Dani Alves at the minute 69 for leaving his studs marked on a Carrasco cufflink.
However, thel Atlético most vulnerable in recent seasons was unable to take advantage of the rival’s inferiority . Barcelona took a step back, put their lines together and didn’t concede any chances to the Madrid team, powerless and resigned to their fate against Xavi’s team, a team that is already a ‘Champions’ team.
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