Alexis rescues a ship that plays with fire

As he came to Madrid in recent seasons, FC Barcelona is in the position that when your rival has played and won, it did not take the field to cut points, but for not leaving, not to miss the train League makes the white locomotive. After the tie in Cornella-El Prat, a pinch more away from home, return to the Nou Camp, where Barca had a wealth of 39-0, was used to find himself and come back to three points.

The initial approaches of both technical responded as expected: two coaches who never speculate, always looking for the ball and with it, the. If anyone thought that the 5-0 Real Betis harvested by the Camp Nou in the heavy campaign was to make Pepe Mel reconsider his philosophy is that simply does not know which is Betic great coach done.

This season it seems that the pitch at the Nou Camp is tilted toward the opponents' goal, facilitating the discovery of the goal by the local minima change. Thus began the contest last night, after one of these key interventions Valdes (two, if we add the coup de Molina Dorado shot after a corner back), Barca took the lead twice in his first two times. The first after a great assist from Cesc Alexis, again breaking the last line great, whose shot to the stick fell to the feet of Xavi, who was not only push, the second fast transition became mortal Alexis focusing the first for the arrival of Messi.

Interestingly, the two scorers of the night are the two players in the last two games have been away from their usual level, as disconnected, even lost. Messi is spending a month in which he does not get nearly nothing, choosing the wrong place where they appear, failing more dribbling than usual and not finding their shooting positions. The last two performances of Xavi seems more difficult to judge, because you never know where the member who walks Xavi lost or if the rest of the team that was not found. I favor a mixture of both.

The fact is that the club has several encounters playing out of his rhythm. No game is that cadence with which the opponent is crumbling slowly, line by line, patiently, side to side of the field, until finally, after stalking his prey, suddenly accelerates time to jump on it. In recent games the team has acted blaugrana flashes, creating risk through combinations arising from the quality of one or more players, not the generic plan. Dominate the opponent at times, but eventually subdue him.

Betis did not let dominate, either as regards the control of the midfield, and, more importantly, as positional. Despite two goals received, maintained their dietary Betis, pushing the defense of his goal and always looking to play the ball after each of the many recoveries achieved. Betis are a reflection of the unwavering character of Pepe Mel. Before the break managed to get close on the scoreboard with a goal from Ruben Castro took advantage of a hole in the rear Blaugrana.

Not content with having achieved a goal put him to Barca at the Camp Nou since I do not know how much, Mel rest dared to give up half, Iriney, yellow card, for a striker. The election, the Paraguayan Santa Cruz, gave him the right to Benitez, sending to the network the first time he had. Many will point to the defense of three as the culprit of that Barca has had trouble defending lately, but none of that. The problem is that Barca's attacking evil, combining very flat, unable to find the third man. The consequence is that the rhythm is not just spaces and misplaced, which, ultimately, is what causes the withdrawal bad team defense (no matter the number of members) suffer a great time.

The draw was set off alarm bells around Barcelona. Does it? In any no. Guardiola was adamant and did not change more parts (Alves was introduced at halftime Basin), hoped that the eleven who were could remedy the situation. Barca was true to form, as always, it is nonnegotiable. But still did not find himself and had to appear individualities, especially at the foot of Iniesta, a left end as strange as dangerous, a dancer all of the water. The penalty will not over yet pitaron earned him a yellow card the referee wanted to conceal after lying in the minutes.

Finally it was Alexis, and key in the first two points, which appeared to rescue his team. Staying Betis ten killed and only four minutes after the expulsion of Mario, The Boy Wonder confirmed that the attacker is more in the form of with a goal that Barca away the ghosts of the Camp Nou.

The fourth goal seemed especially designed for the enjoyment of sports journalism gatherings native tomato, two possible situations offside hand Abidal and possibly the same one hand preceded the referee judged Dorado penalty. The maximum penalty was scored by Messi: two goals in another mediocre performance for what he is. If I were in the cave Madrid (certainly for some of you I am) I would not say a peep about this issue during these days, lest they get to the Bernabeu chopped ...

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