Barça plays badly and wins

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Aubameyang scores the goal for Barcelona. ANDER GILLENEA (AFP)

Barça stopped playing football in the League and has gone on to defend the scoreboard as if it were playing a Cup tie. It does not stop looking at the classification, appalled by its last two defeats, fearful of being left out of the Champions League.

The end now justifies the means after showing off style and DNA.

The goal is to survive in demanding stadiums such as Anoeta when fighting to reach the tournament par excellence in Europe.

The difference was a goal from Aubameyang.

It happens that Real has less charm and is more forgiving than ever, luckily for Barcelona, ​​​​which ended up sore and dilapidated, more fortunate than epic, protected by Ter Stegen and the 0-1.

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Remiro, Zaldua (Gorosabel, min. 80), Diego Rico, Zubeldia, Le Normand, Rafinha (Guridi, min. 80), Martín Zubimendi (Ander Guevara, min. 91), Merino, Januzaj (Ander Martín, min. 86) , Sörloth and Isak (Portu, min. 86)

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Ter Stegen, Alves (Sergiño Dest, min. 65), Alba, Ronald Araújo (Eric Garcia, min. 54), Piqué (Clement Lenglet, min. 81), Gavi, Frenkie De Jong, Busquets, Aubameyang (Luuk de Jong, minute 81), Ousmane Dembélé and Ferrán Torres

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0-1 min.

10: Aubameyang.

Referee

Carlos del Cerro Grande

Yellow cards Ronald Araújo (min. 32), Gavi (min. 84) and Le Normand (min. 91)

Xavi has not stopped repeating in the defeat that to claim victory it is vital that his team gets ahead on the scoreboard, as if the game depended on the result, convincing when it is favorable and denied if it is against him, unable to overcome adversity as was warned against Cádiz and Eintracht.

Barça's challenge was not easy at all if you remember that Real Madrid had not conceded a goal in their stadium in a League match since December and therefore their goal was closed in 2022. Aubemayang, however, took only ten minutes to clinch with the headed an assist from Ferran after a shot to the post by Dembélé and a ball won by Gavi's competitiveness.

He reached with 0-1.

No one responds better to their coach's instructions than Gavi.

The Andalusian midfielder disputes each ball as if it were the last, competes without concessions and goes out of his way to win, a symbol of the desire that Xavi asks for.

The azulgrana responded with intensity and speed in transitions to Real's challenge.

Imanol's team has gained solidity and seriousness and has lost joy and punch, diminished by the absences of David Silva and Oyarzabal.

He never falters in any case under pressure from him, committed from the start on the Barça pitch.

Blue and White's ability to intimidate even provoked the wrath of the cold Ter Stegen after a loan from Ferran.

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The azulgrana demanded to be supportive to correct the losses of ball before the attacks of the Real.

Even the most reliable footballers were wrong with the leather and fueled the expectations of the Imanol boys.

Araujo and Piqué then supported the team while Alves dropped down as inside right to balance San Sebastian's initial superiority due to the diamond of midfielders arranged from a 4-4-2.

Despite forcing his line-up, especially motivated by the dispute generated by his business dealings with the Spanish federation, Piqué, like Busquets, was a colossus in Barça's moments of great trouble.

It was difficult for the Catalans to have the leather and deactivate Sorloth's movements, more present than Isak, clumsy in a frank shot against Ter Stegen, and on the other hand they did not have excessive difficulties to reach and shoot at Remiro's goal.

La Real closed poorly, vulnerable if they gave up their line of harassment on Barça ground, and facilitated the shots of Dembélé, Aubameyang and Ferran.

The donostiarras were not very compact and the azulgrana were too imperfect, limited by the ailments of Araujo, Piqué and Alba.

The defenders yielded in a chain at the end of the break, midfielders and forwards fell back and Real did not stop finishing off the omnipresent Ter Stegen's goal.

The blue and white strikers missed their aim, especially Sorloth, when the azulgrana were defeated and got up without knowing if they were injured or depleted, pending the gaze of doctor Pruna.

Barça burned both the ball and the field, sharpened and subdued by Real.

No one raised their heads or gave four passes in a row in that small team dressed in Barça and lost in Anoeta.

The storm lasted a long time and Barcelona endured thanks to the good hands and better feet of Ter Stegen and the body of Piqué, who resisted until the last minutes, replaced by Lenglet.

The reliability of the goalkeeper allowed Xavi's team to hold on.

Very exposed defensively, the azulgrana could only close the game in a single poorly resolved arrival by Gavi.

La Real returned to the charge and the Barça burden ended after the 10 minutes added by Del Cerro Grande.

Such was the Barça anguish in the defense of the 0-1, disfigured and depersonalized the team, which celebrated the victory as if it were playing the Cup final tomorrow. Barça needs points and money to be someone in Europe.

And he won despite playing poorly because the idea and style were a thing of the Real.

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