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Four of the major European championships enter the UEFA Champions League group stage directly, while lower-ranking football associations must delegate some of their representatives in the qualifying rounds. One of the longest paths to the coveted leg of the Old World major club tournament was that of Hungarian champion “Ferencváros”, who started from the first qualifying round. As the following series of events will demonstrate, Sergei Rebrov’s team in the G quartet was already expected by Turin Juventus, Catalan Barcelona and also Dynamo Kiev, who had made their way through the qualifying screen. Froti started with a first round match at the Camp Nou against the Blaugranas.
Ferencvaros fans were literally ready to pull Sergei Rebrov out of the stadium in their arms after the return game against Swedish Melde (0: 0 after 3: 3 away) in the literal sense, but the coronavirus restrictions did not give them allowed to do this. For the club from the Hungarian capital, reaching the group stage of the Champions League this season was the first since 1995, so the team’s fans can be understood.
For Barcelona, participation in this tournament is common, but with each new entry to the title in recent years, the situation within the team continues to deteriorate. Ronald Koeman picked up an extremely unstable team with misguided interpreters in the line-up, and now the Dutch specialist had to present the first results of his short period of work, but already within the framework of the main competition for the Blaugrana fans.
The great task for the Hungarian team was not to exhaust themselves even before the start of the exciting duel in all respects. And “Ferencvaros” succeeded completely. Further! It is worth admitting that Rebrov’s team at the start of the match looked extremely sharp in attack and even managed to open the scoring, but a run from midfield, dribbling and a well-aimed shot to the upper right corner of the speedy Nguyen marred the score. offside. The Catalans showed only Messi’s free throws in response to the attacks, so the situation was in dynamic balance until the middle of the first half.
In one of the guest counterattacks, Nguyen again failed to contain the defenders, after which the striker from the right flank of the penalty area tested the strength of Neto’s close frame. “Alarming!” Messi realized, and during Barcelona’s retaliatory offensive, he earned a penalty as a result of his only flanking ahead of Kovachevic. Lionel promised to carry out the penalty on his own, leaving no chance for the goalkeeper with a shot in the lower right corner.
Not to fail before the break, that was the plan of the Rebrov team, but they failed. Towards the end of the first half, the Hungarian team received a second accurate shot at their goal. It was Fati with the outside of the foot to complete the shot to the left side of De Jong’s penalty area. After the break, Barcelona increased the pace of their attacks even further, and Messi and Fati created an excellent opportunity for Coutinho to hit the near post from the left flank of the penalty area.
After the third goal scored by the locals, for some time there was a persistent feeling that the Catalans were going to squeeze their rivals with a subsequent win. But Barcelona decided to back down to defense, and from the opponents’ side followed a series of significant attacks towards someone else’s penalty. And yet just a simple shot to the front line from midfield helped to score “Ferencvaros.” It was made by Alexander Zubkov, after which Piquet had to stop the newly substituted Somalia with a hard foul. In addition to the penalty against Neto, Barcelona were forced to play in the minority for the remaining 23 minutes of regulation time. Kharatin faced punishment, breaking exactly like Messi in the first half.
Ferencváros was good in positional attacks in the next 10 minutes after his goal, but could no longer score shots on goal. Instead, Koeman caught Rebrov’s team on counterattacks replacing high-speed players. Dembélé from the front on the right wing rolled into the center of the penalty area for Pedri, and Messi provided a goal for Usman himself. All of these episodes were the result of swift attacks in free zones, underscoring once again the fact that the Froti were carried away by the attack.
In the next round, the Catalan “Barcelona” will play a visit to the “Juventus” of Turin, and the Hungarian “Ferencvaros” will host the “Dynamo” of Kiev.
UEFA Champions League. Group stage. Group G. 1st round.
“Barcelona” – “Ferencvaros” – 5: 1
Messi, 27 (pen.), Fati, 42, Coutinho, 53, Pedri, 83, Dembélé, 89 – Haratin, 68 (pen.)
Lajduni, 32, Civic, 44 – Kharatin, 85, Kovacevic, 90 + 2
Piqué, 67 (flagrant violation)
Barcelona: Neto – Dest, Langle, Piqué, Roberto (Firpo, 62) – de Jong, Pjanic (Busquets, 76) – Fati (Pedri, 62), Coutinho (Araujo, 71), Trinkan (Dembélé, 62) – Messi.
Ferencvaros: Dibus – Čivič (Heister, 63), Kovačević, Blažič, Botko (Lovrenčič, 77) – Lajduni (Somalia, 63), Šiger, Haratin – Isael, Zubkov (Mak, 71), Nguén (Boli, 71).
Referee: Sandro Scherer (Switzerland).
Stadium: Camp Nou (Barcelona, Spain).
Shots (on target): 17 (11) – 8 (2)
Corners: 5-0
Offside: 2-5.
BARCELONA-FERENTSVAROS. ONLINE DIFFUSION OF THE MATCH
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