Barça continues without raising its head. As much as the match was inconsequential, they lost 3-2 in almost a carbon copy of what happened against Girona, and they did so against an Antwerp team unable to even score points in the first five games of the league.. Once again, errors in their own area and lack of bite in attack cost them dearly.. Vermeeren, Janssen and Ilekineah punished a Barça team that was helped by the goals of Ferran Torres and Marc Guiu. He had a ridiculous night of which the consequences remain to be seen.

Barça took to the field with two unexpected starts. On the one hand, that of Robert Lewandowski who, although in principle he was going to rest, told Xavi that he was not tired and that he wanted to play, but that he is still far from his best form. And, on the other, that of Héctor Fort who made his debut in an official match with the Barça first team and who became, in turn, the fifteenth youth player to fulfill his dream with the help of the Egarense. Things, however, soon went terribly wrong..

An excessively risky pass from Iñaki Peña and a hasty touch from Oriol Romeu ended up leaving the ball on a silver platter to Arthur Vermeeren who did not waste the gift. Absolutely. With a shot almost into the top corner, the young Belgian forward once again put his team ahead in his stadium. Something that, in fact, has already happened against both Shakhtar and Porto. Two rivals who, after the setback, managed to win for Bosuil.

EMBRACED

For many minutes it did not seem that Barça was going to be able to emulate them. Antwerp, emboldened by a very early goal, made the Blaugrana incredibly uncomfortable. Van Bommel's team tried to tickle them again and again while they fought perfectly in defense. Until the young Lamine Yamal knew how to have the necessary patience to wait for the perfect moment and put a goal ball at the feet of Ferran Torres. The former City and Valencia man responded in the best possible way. In two touches, control and shot, he sent the ball to the back of the net to make the score 1-1.. The equalizer could have come sooner, due to a possible penalty by a local defender that the VAR, in the end, did not consider punishable.

Antwerp, far from being intimidated by the tie, jumped onto the field after the break with the knife between its teeth. Janssen, with a goal finally disallowed for offside, gave the first warning. And the same protagonist, after an action in which Oriol Romeu appeared in the photo again, was in charge of putting his team ahead again before the first quarter of an hour of the second half was up.. The former Girona midfielder dallied too much when taking the ball from near the Barça area and thus led to the theft by Yussuf who was right when looking for his teammate so that the score was 2-1.. Xavi, with this outlook, had no choice but to bring out three players who he would have preferred to rest on the pitch: Pedri, Gündogan and Cancelo, to at least find the equalizer again.

Three changes that, of course, gave Barça extra quality. And that, in turn, caused the Blaugrana to push Antwerp closer and closer to their goalkeeper. Something that, despite everything, did not prevent the locals from looking for the option of doing more damage to their rival, taking advantage of a loss to launch a counterattack.. At the top, the Blaugrana could not find clear options. Until Marc Guiu had another magical appearance. From 2-2, in no time, it would go to 3-2, thanks to Ilekineah. The Blaugrana, more than in a rut, seem to be stranded in the Sargasso Sea.