And besides, he laughed! Ironically, of course, because there were no reasons for happiness. Incredible disconnect that Clément Lenglet had in the last minutes of Barça-Cádiz. The French center-back raised his leg late to try to clear a loose ball in the area, made contact with the foot of a Cádiz attacker, the referee pointed to the penalty and Alex was in charge of the marking from eleven meters, which misled Ter Stegen.
So in such a simple and ridiculously absurd way FC Barcelona made a draw that had dominated during the 90 minutes, based on clear scoring opportunities that were not used due to lack of goal. Lenglet, who took some time to get used to hitting shots in the foot this season, was in charge of raising the doubts once, and this time with more force than ever, whether he really has the level to play for Barça.
Probably not, not even in a Barça as weak as this oneThe French central couldn’t cope with this task, he was driving millions of Catalans mad and while it is unfair to blame just him for the draw, he could be said to have had a significant part of that fault. Lenglet’s statement would have been in the dark, yes, if FC Barcelona could have to resolve the meeting earlier.
The azulgranas advanced from eleven meters with a goal of Leo Messi at 32 ‘, but both before and after they missed many opportunities by shooting more than twenty times without finding the bottom of the net twice.
Koeman was right: Eric García was needed this winter
Anyway, time proves once again that Ronald Koeman was right by explicitly asking to sign Eric García during the winter market. Finally, Barça’s former youth team did not land at Camp Nou, and the team is paying dearly for it. To the point that he could certainly have thrown away many of his options to fight for the title LaLiga Santander 2020-21
The defense is a tragedy: Lenglet and Umtiti are in a terrible stateGerard Piqué has just arrived from a serious injury and still doesn’t have the rhythm and Ronald Araújo is injured. That, without counting on the defensive interruptions of Jordi Alba and Sergiño Dest appearing in time, and that Mingueza and Junior are not fully guaranteed alternatives for the time being. Bad vibes …