Champion, with Ter Stegen as Zamora and with Lewandowski as Pichichi. That is the summary of the Barça League. Dominator of the areas and love without discussion. The blaugrana team has had no opposition. To the point that he has been able to live in flip flops the last four days. It has been noticed. Well, he closed the championship in Vigo with his third defeat since he sang the alirón in Cornellà. A painless setback that shelves the team's official season, with only one friendly left in Japan this Tuesday to start the holidays.
Barça only played individual issues. Celta had the relegation rope as a threat. In this situation, it is normal for the Vigo team to put more desire, more intention and more intensity. After all, the Blaugrana team has been relatively restful for weeks, between farewells, dinners, tributes and plans for the future. The Barcelona fans who were most interested in the game were Lewandowski, who was already the top scorer in Germany seven times, and Ter Stegen, for seeking the solo record for clean sheets, something he did not achieve. Life was not going for the rest, much less, although Xavi tried to make a competitive eleven. With Busquets absent, who has already said goodbye to the club, the coach decided that Eric Garcia would occupy the position of midfielder, as already happened in Elx. Although in practice the one who raised the ball many times was Frenkie de Jong, more seasoned in these battles. Ahead, Ferran Torres returned to ownership, but he continued in his weak line throughout the season.
It's not that Barça left the forum, but they played without sixth gear, trying to take advantage of the nerves of a shaky Celta. The public, which filled Balaídos, was the living picture of scare when Kessié found the goal. The goal was annulled due to a millimeter offside. The Ivorian became the most dangerous Barcelona player until the break.
He tried the long shot and then came close to making it 0-1 with a shot that went across.
At Celta, with Aspas on the bench due to physical problems, the one wearing the figurehead was the young Gabri Veiga. He tried his luck, showed quality, overflowed and on the verge of halftime advanced to Celta, leaving behind the opposition of Marcos Alonso and Christensen.
The goal ostensibly angered Ter Stegen, who expected more concentration on the play from his defenses.
The German finished the League with only 18 goals conceded, the same as Liaño in 1994 and Oblak in 2016, but with a worse average since he was substituted at half-time in Valladolid and his predecessors played the entire championship. In Vigo he was replaced when he had passed the 60th minute because the Zamora bases indicate that only matches with at least one hour of play are counted.
Celta celebrated with relief and Barça was losing again in the field of a modest, as happened in Almería, Valladolid or Vallecas. A matter of détente for a champion who was running out of incentives to push for.
It remained to be seen if any footballer of those who seem transferable would demonstrate to vindicate himself, as Ansu Fati had done against Mallorca. Meanwhile, Xavi continued testing with the defensive midfielder, one of his priorities with the departure of Busquets. He retired Christensen, resorted to Gavi, delayed Eric Garcia and placed De Jong in the midfield.
In practice little changed. Barça continued to play at pace and Celta withdrew to their barracks. Xavi's team lacked a lot of poison and the coach took out Ansu Fati and Dembélé. But what came was the second from Gabri Veiga, who surprised Iñaki Peña with a lucky cross.
When the game seemed decided, the Barcelona goal came, the work of Ansu Fati with a header, after Dembélé's cross. The Barcelona reaction no longer went from there.
