Winner in San Mamés, a particularly unfriendly stadium, where he suffered two losses and a draw in his last three visits. Barcelona linked their seventh day of the competition without losing (five wins and two draws) and catapulted to third place in the championship, far from the two teams from Madrid, but ended up showing an image consistent with the greatness which should be. . What to Expect.
Lionel Messi smiled with two goals, two shots to the post and another special bond with young Pedri, who left Bilbao confirming that Barça has discovered another star. When Ansu Fati fired up last year, it is now the turn of another ‘youngster’, a canary who can play like a veteran, who makes football easy and so simple that it is difficult to interpret for those not bound by their quality . And Messi, captain and beacon of this team, knows that surrounded by players he can enjoy this quality again.
😉 Why is the purpose of @Pedri Bee # AthleticBarça Is it unique? pic.twitter.com/5py90I8dbP
– FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) January 6, 2021
Leo, like De Jong, like Dembélé, like Pedri and even like Griezmann, not only enjoyed a happy evening in Bilbao, but warned, for the first time in the championship to link two wins away from Camp Nou, that he the new year can dream of leaving depression and overcoming illusion.
Cruyff always said that ‘a flower does not make summer’ and it is clear that it is early, very early for the bubbles to fly. Atlético de Madrid, with two games less, leads Barça with seven points and Real Madrid with five. But around the Barça team, which played in yellow on Wednesday, the feeling may arise that, as Ronald Koeman wants, it is the right time to start the final growth.
Remember, or could you better remember, that first season of Fran Rijkaard on the couch. Another Dutchman in difficult times and that after 17 league games had the team in ninth place and fifteen points, fifteen, from Real Madrid, then the leader with 39 points. Rijkaard was about to quit, the then president Joan Laporta kept him in office through thick and thin. A date later (3-0) he had 15 wins and two draws to dream of a league title that was not narrowly won.
It is not known how far this Barça of Messi can go, as Pedri grows, De Jong unleashed, Dembele fired and waiting for Ansu Fati’s recovery to complete his illusion. It is possible that disappointment against Granada will return and the Super Cup could catapult him to success or cause him to fail … But seeing what was seen in Bilbao, Koeman’s team finally gave a sense of illusion .
Third in the competition, in growth and hope. In any case, Barça lived in San Mamés on the night of the Kings.