There are players who excite with their dribbling, with their goals, with their master passes or even with a run to save the ball from going wide and others who arrive because of their anger, their commitment and their desire to win. Currently, Barcelona has no choice but to settle for second place. And there is no one who plays with his heart more in his mouth than Gavi. After an occasion in which Santi Bueno took the ball from Lewandowski's head, the Andalusian could not repress himself and ended up kicking Gazzaniga's goal post. There were still 10 minutes to go but it was his way of expressing and externalizing his disgust and frustration at crashing into Girona, for not being able to win, for not turning the page on the elimination of the Cup and for not being able to leave Madrid at 15 points.
It was not for less the exasperation of the Barça midfielder because Míchel's men had only left a clean sheet in one of the 27 previous days, none as a visitor. But the Barcelona fans have run dry and chained their second game in a row without scoring, something that had not happened this season with Xavi, both at the Camp Nou.
In Barcelona they have played geniuses who lived and ran with the ball attached to their feet like Messi, pure wingers like Neymar or Basora, midfielders who walked on the wire like Iniesta, midfielders with great overflow like Maradona and Laudrup, inventors of dribbling like Ronaldinho and Electric strikers like Cruyff. But right now, the feint is in danger of extinction. Only four dribbles were seen by the fans who went to the Estadi. Almost a mirage.
With Dembélé, Pedri and Frenkie de Jong injured, Raphinha should take responsibility but the Brazilian, who goes into space, has verticality and an interesting ball strike, is not exactly Garrincha. In the classic he could not beat Camavinga, against Girona he barely managed to separate himself from Javi Hernández, his equal. On the other side, Ansu Fati is more of a shooter than a dribbler. While Lewandowski, in Munich, was used to playing with two sharp and unbalancing wings.
Barcelona is just short of talent and creativity in the decisive area of the field, although in the previous one Xavi denied that the team is lacking one on one. Having more offensive resources, more light, must be a priority for the future. Something is wrong with the imbalance in the lead when Jordi Alba has to play the last quarter of an hour as a winger. There he began to play as a child. But years ago, since the footballer left for Valencia, he delayed his position to be a great winger on the left. While Estanis Pedrola and Ángel Alarcón, two youngsters who have already made their debut, looked at him from the bench. And the only time that Ferran Torres overflowed, Riquelme brought him down for a foul. Start over.
In the end the same story was repeated as against Madrid. A boarding school, with time served, by Araújo, a rather rough central defender, created more danger than the rest of the attempts. It makes you think
