The group of the Barca becomes warm
The readership of Notes of Soccer will allow to me to title this post on the party of the Barca in Russia in a sense opposite to that of the habitual keynote of “The Barca freezes in Russia” or similar holders that we will be able to read in the sports press. It is clear that the cold that does in Russia for these heights is more a reality that a topic, but must not be considered to be an excuse or a too important element so that the Barca should not have passed of the cerocerismo in Kazán.
The no-score draw knows to victory for the home team while for the Barcelona it represents an attention touch in the maximum continental competition, especially after the last victory of the Inter in in Kiev opposite to Dynamo (1-2), which dejá to the Catalans for the time being out of the classification positions for the sigiente phase. Therefore, the group narrows and the League champion is required that one puts the batteries in the last two patidos of Champions that remain before the Inter in the Barcelona and in Kiev.
The party did not move away from a well-known script: the Barca faithful to his offensive game, with a considerable mastery of the possession of ball and with opportunities. In spite of everything, Valdés had to be used thoroughly to catch dangerous local attempts. Rubin, also faithful to the roll that is bringing his good results in Champions arranged in a defender led by Sharonov, strong of form physical and concentrates in creating danger in the moves to the counterblow, with a rapid and direct game making use of the men’s vertical position as the "Knife" Domínguez.
It has never been easy to play for those grounds and to the Barca he has been seen often clogged in the defensive jumble of Rubin, obsessed for supporting well together his lines. Per moments, perhaps for the ambience and for the clothing of the Barca, as well as for the dynamics of the meeting, there was reminding the party to that of the semifinals of the period spent before the Chelsea. With the clear difference that marks the result: today the Barca has not been capable of finding the way of the goal: not neither with the will of Ibrahimonic, nor with the attempts of Iniesta for right band, nor with Messi’s starters, or with the entry (the only change of the party) of Thierry Henry. Perhaps the best azulgrana on the field has been Touré Yaya, contributing his containment work in the fundamental one as well as his rapid distribuición towards the jugones of the team.
The past period Money box did not get tired of throwing messages of humility and warnings on each of the rivale before those who were facing. In spite of everything, the team managed to set on himself on almost all those who faced and it generated a winning dynamics also in the mind of the keen Barcelona supporter. Today I have seen the same reaction of the fan culé that I indicated in the post on the party before Rubin del Camp Nou: too many impatience and too many worry towards a team that, in conditions difíles, does not squash the rival like last year. In spite of everything, the Barca is still far from the thaw.
