An inert Barcelona ensured a win in a boring affair
Nothing much to write except that Barcelona had the usual UCL hangover and were not fully into the game. They were into one of those unwilling moods and did only what was required of them. Dembele, Vidal and Semedo were back in the starting line up.
The high point was the first La Liga goal scored by Lenglet which gave Barca the lead. The gentle youngster was super impressive in defense but had been missing some good goal scoring chances especially from set pieces. This time he soared over the rest to meet a perfectly taken corner by Dembele and headed it into the top corner to give Barcelona the lead just before half time.
That sweet smile as his teammates hugged him warmly, was worth sitting through an insipid first half. He rarely got to celebrate goals as he was always busy doing his defensive duties. It was wonderful to see Clemente at the centre of such a celebration because he thoroughly deserved it. He is one of the best buys of this season for Barca.
Somebody forgot to tell Vidal that he was supposed to be in limbo mode. He put his heart and soul into the game. He was everywhere doing everything he could, to get the ball (and kept me awake). He even had a good chance of scoring, but sadly skied it.
No wonder Vidal was winning over even the Barca purists, with his enthusiasm and work rate. He could never be the beautiful game player, but he was someone whose grit and determination, has had fans falling for him. Hats off King Vidal for conquering the hearts of the Barca loyals!
Barca were napping and had to suffer a bit in the 2nd half. Juanmi scored for Sociedad who were determined to make a match of it. But in a couple of minutes, Barca had the lead back as Messi woke up, gave a great pass and for once, Jordi Alba did not miss. His awesome strike made it 2–1. Pique, Lenglet and the ever alert Ter Stegen kept Sociedad at bay.
They scrapped past Real Sociedad with a 2-1 win and garnered three crucial points. Job done !!
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