Barcelona, with goals from Fermín and Rashford, won 0-2 against Getafe and liquidated the League, unattainable for Real Madrid, who finished the day at eleven points behind the leader when there are only fifteen left to play.
It was a serious game, a team that understood the moment and did not get carried away by the anxiety of the outcome. Flick’s team rolled up their sleeves, played with skill and He found in Pedri (cheered by the Coliseum when he was replaced), Cubarsí and Fermín three proper names to explain the victory. Everyone interpreted the script with precision, supported the team and pushed it towards a victory that, barring an impossible turn, will allow them to start thinking more about the alirón than about the arithmetic.
Real Madrid’s setback against Real Betis He left Barcelona facing one of those opportunities that smell like a title. Winning at the Coliseum meant opening a gap of eleven points with fifteen to play. A distance that, under normal circumstances, already imposes; In the current state of the white team, it sounds like a premature sentence that could come next day.
But football does not understand comfortable shortcuts, and even less so when Getafe de Bordalás appears opposite. A team that turns each game into a rough, almost dental issue, like those teeth that won’t let you live. Even more so in the Coliseum, historically ungrateful territory for the Barça team, which had gone five seasons without winning there.
Furthermore, Getafe was not there to act as a troupe. They came from knocking down Real Sociedad (0-1) and building a solid streak: only two defeats in twelve games. What in January was fear of relegation had transformed into an unexpected look at Europe. An indisputable merit, one of those that explains football beyond budgets. Bordalás summed it up well the day before: they could finally enjoy themselves without looking at the classification.
In BarcelonaLamine’s absence weighed like a long shadow, added to that of Raphinha. Flick opted for Roony to fill that void, while Lewandowski came in for Ferran. At Getafe, Bordalás moved pieces with Birmancevic and Davinchi. The first, starter for the first time since his signing in January; the second, owner of the left side.
The script of the match did not surprise anyone. Getafe closed in a low block, lines together, without cracks, alternating high pressures like unexpected blows. The opinion was clear: bother, dirty the rival start and wait for that mistake that will change everything.
Barcelona, true to its nature, tried to find clarity inside. The associations between Fermín, Olmo and Pedri were the only thing that generated something similar to danger, always in small spaces. But the game progressed thickly, without real chances, until Roony tried his luck from afar after half an hour. Little more. Opposite, Getafe hardly caused any concern, except for a header from Arambarri that Koundé neutralized with a providential intervention.
Everything seemed headed for that goalless draw before the break that so seduces Bordalás. A close match, without cracks, one of those that makes the rival desperate. But football punishes errors with surgical precision.
Just before half-time, Mario Martín lost a ball in the center of the field. Cubarsi smelled it, stole it. Pedri understood the moment. And Fermín, launched into space, calmly defined in a one-on-one match against Soria. There the landscape of the game changed, because Getafe, this season, has not come back in a single game.
At the restart, Bordalás made moves with the entry of Luis Vázquez and Kiko Femenía. And, at first, he found himself with two opportunities: a shot by Dani Olmo that was cleared by Soria and a header by Koundé that went wide. The threat of the sentence was more evident than a possible tie. And even more so when De Jong appeared, who took Gavi off the field.
Between the Dutch player and Pedri, they slept the game. Barcelona controlled the match, defended Getafe’s direct play well and the minutes passed like a slab for the blue team, who finally kissed the canvas just as they reached for the tie.
With a quarter of an hour left, Davinchi put in a spectacular cross from the left wing. Satriano picked up the ball inside the area, put it in the heart of the area and Cubarsí, at the last moment, beat Arambarri almost under the line.
The rebound fell on the edge of the area into the boots of Lewandowski, who sent Rasford running. Unattainable for Djené, The Englishman beat Soria and brought the curtain down on the match and, incidentally, on the League. Getafe went from hoping for a tie to receiving the sentence. And Real Madrid, from a distance, knelt. Barcelona overcame one of their most complicated obstacles, triumphed and the title is theirs.
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