Arthur came on for Vidal in the 58th minute and had a pretty good game. A tame effort from the attacker after being put through on goal in the first half epitomised Coutinho's struggles in the match, as the former Liverpool star spurned a great chance to double his side's lead. The pacy Barcelona left-back didn't get to bomb forward as much as he would have liked in the first half because of Girona's constant attacks but defended well. In the second half, he came back to his own and started making those darting runs on the left flank. In this match, he was not as good as he usually is but this is Busquets we are talking about, he'll come back stronger. If he wants to save his Barcelona career, he needs to play better or else his dream at Barcelona may come to an end. Let's see how Barcelona players performed in their victory against Girona. Arthur, the substitute, had a better game than Vidal. This time, he partnered with Sergio Busquets, meaning that Frenkie was the one responsible for the attacks. Starting XI: Bounou (6); Alcala (5), Espinosa (5), Juanpe (6); Porro (6), Pere Pons (7), Granell (6), Fernandez (6); Garcia (7); Portu (6), Stuani (6), Substitutes: Douglas Luiz (5), Lozano (N/A), Paik (N/A). To sum up, Messi, as usual, had a brilliant game and was the difference between the two sides. In what was an enthralling contest between the two Spanish sides, unlike what the scoreline suggests, the Catalans ran out 2-0 winners away from home thanks to goals from Nelson Semedo and Lionel Messi. Valverde's side missed Ousmane Dembele's direct pace and natural width in that sense, with the Frenchman sidelined through injury. Semedo had opened the scoring because of a poor clearance from Girona's defence. By Sam Cooper @samcooper07 Feb 25, 2018, 3:05pm CET Share this story. Here's how our players fared in the second friendly of the pre-season. Barcelona vs Ferencvarosi Preview: How to Watch on TV, Live Stream, Kick Off Time & Team News, Minute Media 2019 90min © All rights reserved, Manchester United 'Agree First Refusal' for Sporting CP Teenager, Adama Traoré Closing in on Bumper New Wolves Contract, Pep Guardiola Warns Sergio Agüero Over Contract Extension. The veteran Spaniard had a good game as he showed his skills with a goal-line clearance and stopped the home side from scoring a goal. Rakitic had a good first half where he often dribbled from the left midfield position and distributing the ball effectively. If Leo looked rusty against Nastic, he was (almost) at the top of his game in the second pre-season friendly. 68' GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!⚽⚽⚽ It's that man again!LEOOOOOO MESSIIIIII !!!!! Others: Neto 6, Roberto 7, Pique 6.5, Alba 6, Busquets 6, Griezmann 6.5. Lionel Messi doubled Barcelona's lead with an exquisite finish, as the Argentine received the ball from Jordi Alba in a dangerous area before lobbing Girona goalkeeper Yassine Bounou with a delightful chip, applying his trademark to proceedings and sealing the victory for his side. His weak-footed strike from the first half was just pure art. Valverde's side then return to La Liga action as they take on Valencia in a testing clash at the Camp Nou next Saturday. Player ratings. ! #GironaBarça (0-2) pic.twitter.com/pgDfPkm7PW. With Philippe Coutinho and Lionel Messi consistently dropping back from the frontline and into midfield to receive the ball, Barca often lose their attacking threat in the wide areas especially. ter Stegen made made some really good saves against the Girona attack but at the same time, he was very impressive with his ice-cool distribution. In fact, he even scored a well-struck goal to give the Camp Nou outfit the lead in the game. Barcelona Player Ratings vs Girona: Gerard Pique rescues point for ten-man Barca By Raghavendra Goudar on September 24, 2018 12:25 pm | Leave a Comment Football News 24/7 A big win and the scores are in. The first half saw Girona pressurising the Barcelona midfield with rigorous pressing and created several brilliant attacking chances only to be stopped by an in-form Marc-Andre ter Stegen between the Barcelona sticks. He was brilliant for the whole game and scored with a beautiful chip. Let us know in the comments below! He even assisted Messi's goal with a well-timed pass to double the Blaugrana's lead. That generally left the Catalans short of numbers to pose greater, more consistent danger in the final third. Should have gone to Miami... *checks weather in Miami* Ah thunderstorms forecast there too! Frenkie made two big errors during the game and the second one ended in a conceded goal for Barcelona. Barcelona 6-1 Girona: Player Ratings. STAR MAN - Sergio Busquets made a crucial challenge in his own penalty area to deny Aleix Garcia Serrano a seemingly certain goal following a low cross into the box, as the Barcelona midfielder displayed his excellent reading of the game to intercept the danger. Busquets was calm and composed on the ball throughout, passing through midfield with good tempo. Barcelona survived a scare just before half time as Gerard Pique was required to clear a Riera Pere Pons shot off the line, with Andre ter Stegen having saved a close range effort from Christian Stuani seconds earlier. Sergio Busquets: 6/10. The Portuguese deserved to play from the start after his terrific performance against Gimnastic Tarragona and Ronald Koeman rewarded him. His pass in the Barca's first goal was crucial and he even had four key passes to his name. Starting XI: ter Stegen (6); Semedo (7), Pique (8), Lenglet (6), Alba (7); Rakitic (7), Busquets (8*), Vidal (6); Messi (8), Suarez (7), Coutinho (6), Substitutes: Arthur (6), Vermaelen (5), Roberto (N/A), It’s raining heavily at Montilivi. Ronald stopped several attacks all by himself just by positioning the right way. Early in the second half, Espinosa was sent off and Girona's intensity dropped. I think we have an incredible squad depth season and fighting for a starting spot will be tough in this team. Ronald Koeman's first LaLiga Santander game in charge of Barcelona couldn't have gone better as they beat Villarreal 4-0 on Sunday. Although Suarez did not have a great game, didn't score and missed a good opportunity to do so, he still had a positive influence on the game. Lenglet had a decent game and did not do anything wrong throughout the whole match. Nelson Semedo and Lionel Messi were on target as Barcelona ran out comfortable 0-2 winners over Girona in a clash at the Estadi Montilivi on Sunday. Match report of Barcelona's 0-2 victory over Girona in La Liga on Sunday. WORST PLAYER - Philippe Coutinho's lack of impact on the match was not for a lack of trying, but the Brazilian looked short on confidence and lacked efficiency in the final third. He may not have scored or assisted, but still was menacing for Girona's defence. Coutinho is a real worry at the moment, just looks half hearted in everything he does. Besides getting a goal to his name, he also assisted Messi's first goal and hit the crossbar once. The youngster was extremely good defensively and his passing game was on point as well. We provide exclusive analysis and live match performance reports of soccer players and teams, from a database of over 225.000 players, 14.000 teams, playing a total of more then 520.000 matches. Like Busquets, he was overrun by the Girona attackers in the midfield and was also booked in the first half. The Brazilian appears better suited to receiving the ball from deep and marauding forward, rather than starting in more advanced wide areas. © 2017-2020 Tribuna Digital. His positional awareness was excellent today and, as usual, his passing was crucial to Barcelona's build-up play. Another game, another goal for the Argentinian maestro as he scored a goal in his seventh consecutive LaLiga game. Confidence gone he does not look like he is enjoying his football. Francisco registered an assist, setting up Coutinho for the first goal of the match. The Dutchman looked distracted throughout the match, something you don't see from him all that often. Barcelona will look to overturn a 2-0 deficit from the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarter final clash with Sevilla as they host the second leg on Wednesday. All rights reserved. He wasn't much involved in the build-up and the attacks and was rightfully substituted in the second half paving way for Arthur. His passing was really impressive and distributed the ball really well. Alongside Neto, Araujo was the only player to feature for full 90 minutes, and it was fully deserved. Last match, De Jong played alongside Riqui Puig in midfield, so he was the one more focused on defence. He was available on the right flank whenever the team was attacking and at the same time he was defensively solid and dealt well with the Girona attackers.
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