Surely Marc Guiu had dreamed of it a thousand times: making his debut and scoring. And the young striker from Sant Celoni, 17 years old, signed a two-for-one. His debut with the Barça first team, in fact, was very sweet. As soon as he stepped onto the field, in a match that threatened to choke Xavi's team, he scored a goal that was worth its weight in gold.. His goal, in the end, would mean a 1-0 that gave the Barcelona fans a victory that places them one point behind their great rival, Real Madrid, on the verge of the first classic of the season..

With an unprecedented forward line, formed by Fermín and Joao Félix who were exchanging positions between the left wing and the forward line while Ferran always tried to start as close as possible to the lime on the right, Barça, Throughout the first 45 minutes, he created danger only by lurching. The Portuguese was perhaps the most outstanding in such tasks, although the Valencian also left the occasional flash of quality.

Athletic, firmly planted on the field of play, meanwhile, stifled time and again the attempts to leave, twisting the play of the Barcelona fans, forced to look again and again for the long ball or the individual imbalance to always threaten Unai Simón. very safe under the sticks.

The visitors, for their part, were perhaps more comfortable when it came to surrounding the domains of Ter Stegen who, once again, was terribly concentrated on the pitch.. This is how the German managed to thwart the arrivals of Valverde's team. Above all, against an Iñaki Williams who looked hard for the opportunity to open the can in Montjuïc.

Valverde's men, who were not excessively diminished by the injuries of Ander Herrera, in the warm-up, and of Yuri, who had to give up his place to Lekue before the first half hour of play was up, arrived at half-time with sensations. completely unbeatable, while the Blaugrana, for their part, could not quite find a way to create superiority from their favorite area: the center of the field.

Barça, certainly aware of the need not to stumble at home just before hosting Real Madrid, took to the field after the break with a very different attitude to the one shown throughout the first 45 minutes.. At the start of the second half, the Blaugrana seemed to have put their performance into gear.. But Athletic, far from being intimidated, withstood the first attacks and once again sought to tickle the Barcelona defense.. The one who had to work hard in the first moments of the restart, despite everything, was Unai Simón, capable of making a double save after two consecutive shots by Joao Félix and Fermín López.

Also clear was the option that Lamine Yamal had practically after jumping onto the field of play, after a good play by Joao Félix. His shot, however, did not find the goal.. When 0-0 threatened to remain on the scoreboard, the inspiration of another young debutant appeared: Marc Guiu. The young 17-year-old forward couldn't have had a better debut: his thing was to go out and score. A little less than ten minutes before the end of regulation time, they made it 1-0 which gave the Blaugrana three hard-fought and hard-fought points.. And, by the way, he stomped into the elite.