Barça signs up for the epic to come back against Celta

Barça had to sign up for the epic to climb to the top. Two consecutive sparks from Lewandowski and one from Cancelo, in the final stretch of the match, ended up condemning a Celta team to defeat, which went 0-2 in Montjuïc and clearly threatened to break the good streak that the Barcelona fans had been having. at home. Despite the fact that Rafa Benítez's men drowned the Blaugrana almost to the point of despair, the individual quality of their players was this time the determining factor that they were able to cling to to turn around a situation that seemed almost irremediable.

Celta stood on the Montjuïc grass ready to make Barça's attack extremely uncomfortable and take advantage of any loss by the Barcelona fans to attack their goal on the counterattack.. And the plan, to tell the truth, went very well in the first 45 minutes of the duel.. Rafa Benítez's team was the one that made the clearest approaches to the rival area and took gold from a quick recovery that Stand Larsen, before the first 20 minutes of the match were completed, was in charge of converting it into 0-1.

And things could have been even worse for the locals in this first act if Ter Stegen had not taken a great hand against a Norwegian header that could well have been 0-2.. The German, in fact, also made a notable intervention at the start of the match to prevent his great nemesis, Iago Aspas, from breaking his prolonged bad scoring streak and adding one more goal to the nine he has accumulated against the German.

The 0-1 was not the only bad news in the first half for Barça. De Jong, hobbled by a blow to his right ankle, had to give way to Gavi before the break. After the restart,. And he even knew how to take advantage of Barça's desire to increase the gap on the scoreboard.. Douvikas, replacing Strand Larsen, made it 0-2 shortly after Bamba forced Ter Stegen to send a hard shot by Bamba into a corner.

Barça, against all odds, kept the faith. And that, in the end, would end up turning the score around in the final stretch of the duel. And in just eight minutes. Lewandowski, twice and after assists from Joao Félix and Cancelo, tied the scoreboard for the defender himself on loan from City to seal the comeback just one minute before regulation time was up. The visitors, despite the blow, still had a chance to at least take a point. Fortune, however, turned its back on them.