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Since the FC Barcelona officially proclaimed champion of The league, his athletic performance dropped considerably. This Sunday, two goals from the youth squad Celta Vigo, Gabri Veiganot only gave the Galicians the victory and their permanence in the first division, but also handed the Catalan team their sixth defeat in the competition and left a Xavi Hernandez crying out for reinforcements at the press conference.
2-1 was the result of a match in which the boat he took the lead after 10 minutes, but the goal would be invalidated by VAR. The first approaches of the locals were through a couple of shots from outside the area of Gabri Veiga and a headbutt from Seferovic.
Three minutes from the end of the first half, Veiga broke out in a goal cry to ballads in a play in which the ex of Barca, minguezarecovered the ball after a bad start from Frenkie de Jong. After this, the ball reached the squad desired by half of Spain and after a targeted control, slipped between Christensen and Marcos Alonso and culminated his action with a sensational cross shot.
At 65 ‘and in the middle of the visiting siege that was trying to overcome the game, Veiga He was touched again by the wand and scored the second with a cross that ended inside the Barcelona goal, the first and only sky-blue arrival during the second half, but which gave the Galicians their permanence in the first division.
Minutes later, the town’s hero had to be replaced due to his notorious physical wear and tear and on his way to the bench he received an ovation like a movie. With emotions on the surface and the young gabri crying in the substitute area, a bit of emotion and drama would come with Ansu Fati’s goal at 79 ‘.
However, there was little he could do FC Barcelona to avoid their sixth loss of the league campaign. Four of them were between April and June. A clear symptom of wear and tear in the final stretch by the squad and that the coach Xavi Hernandez would emphasize in the press conference.
DT began by admitting that it was not a good match for his team, but described the overall performance as “remarkable” and celebrated the Pichichi trophy won by Robert Lewandowski and the Zamora obtained by Marc-André Ter Stegen as top scorer and best goalkeeper, respectively.
“In terms of attitude, effort and sacrifice, there is nothing to say to the players, but then I think that we have not been well in the game. In the first half we had chances, but they needed more and it showed”, commented the Barca coach. “He congratulated Ter Stegen because” he is the best goalkeeper in the world and he is in his best moment “, and as for the sporting future of his team, he admitted that they need to” reinforce themselves “to form a more competitive squad,” he said. .
However, the Catalan strategist pointed out the need to have more signings in order to bring the boat to dispute all the titles. “Barça is always required, especially in Europe. You have to be competitive, we need two players per position, ”he warned.
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