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Barcelona started 2021 with a victory on the road against Huesca, the last in the table, to move to the top five in The league and make it six games without losing. the Blaugrana He played a good first half and just sailed into the second, and collected all three points away from home, which is good news this season.
FIRST HALF
Barça dominated the game from start to finish, maintaining deep possession in Huesca territory and constantly moving the ball from one side to the other to find space, thanks to a magnificent performance by Pedri el Blaugrana He always managed to create good opportunities.
They didn’t exactly fire a target after the entire half, but they could have scored at least three times based on the quality of their chances. Barça could only score once, but it was a great goal: Lionel Messi made a beautiful cross into the box, and Frenkie De Jong made a perfect run from midfield and found the center with a perfect first shot to give the advantage to Barça.
Huesca played like a climax of the table and simply could not not bother Barça in any way, and the Blaugrana The defense was on the alert to kill any promising attacks from the home team and did a great job of getting the ball back to the top of the field to continue the offense.
At halftime, Barça were in full control, but only had one goal advantage and needed to keep up the pace to end the game in the second half.
SECOND HALF
The second half passed almost the same as the first, but without opportunities. Barça had possession and tried to create, but lacked poise and imagination in the last third, and the best opportunity came in a brace between Messi and Pedri that ended with the captain saved by Álvaro.
Huesca tried to move on looking for the draw and stayed alive thanks to Barça’s inability to score, but the locals couldn’t really upset Marc-André ter Stegen and the final whistle came to end a rather boring final and award to Barça the three points.
This was not very good, but a win is a win. Ronald Koeman’s Barcelona, everyone!
Huesca: Alvaro; Pulido (Real 72 ‘), Insua, Siovas, Galán; Rico (Doumbia 65 ‘), Mosquera, Seoane (Ferreiro 72’); Gómez (Okazaki 72 ‘), Mir, Ontiveros
Goals: None
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Dest (Mingueza 75 ‘), Araujo, Lenglet, Alba; De Jong, Busquets (Pjanic 75 ‘), Pedri; Messi, Braithwaite (Griezmann 81 ‘), Dembélé
Objective: De Jong (27 ‘)
