Winning goalscorer: Ousmane Dembélé celebrates his late 1-0 win against Real Valladolid.
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FC Barcelona defeated Real Valladolid 1-0 lackluster. In addition to Ousmane Dembélé’s determination, Frenkie de Jong’s variability in positional play and Clément Lenglet’s defensive behavior were a main reason for the success. The player review and grades.
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Marc-André ter Stegen
Marc-André ter Stegen experienced a relatively quiet evening. Although Real Valladolid was able to create several opportunities in the first half, the goalkeeper himself rarely had to intervene; was more of a challenge when intercepting crosses, the remaining degrees of the Blanquivioletas often just missed Ter Stegen’s case. Barçawelt points: 6
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Oscar Mingueza
Mingueza immediately took part in the offensive game of Blaugrana. In the 11th minute of the game, the young Catalan even had a chance himself with a header from a corner, but this was defused by goalkeeper Masip. Otherwise, Mingueza was particularly noticeable due to his intense duel, so that he picked up the yellow card in the 43rd minute, as it were, with an announcement. He then shied away from direct duels with his opponents. He was also replaced by Ronald Araujo after 63 minutes because of the yellow card. Barçawelt points: 6
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Frenkie de Jong
Frenkie de Jong was set up by compatriot Ronald Koeman despite four yellow cards in LaLiga and the risk of missing the Clásico. The 23-year-old immediately acted as an extremely important station in the Catalans’ build-up game. Above all, his variability made de Jong so unpredictable for the opponent that evening, after all, depending on the situation, he occupied all possible positions in the center, after he started as a central defender and later played on the position of the eight. The Dutchman always remained active and vigilant, intercepting balls early in midfield to prevent counterattacks from the guests (whom he was always one step ahead of). De Jong also sold 95 percent of his passports; The blonde also hit the cross before the 1-0 in the 90th minute. Once again a game in which Frenkie de Jong demonstrated his qualities. Barçawelt points: 8
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Clement Lenglet
Lenglet always tried to play a clear game. Especially in the positional play, hardly anyone fooled the Frenchman, who was so often criticized before the international break, on Monday evening at Camp Nou, so Lenglet was able to defuse the ball several times. In the 55th minute he took heart from a distance, but Jordi Masip parried his long-range shot. By winning seven air duels and several clever free kicks, Clément Lenglet probably reminded a few culés that evening why Barça signed him for 37 million euros from Sevilla FC. Barçawelt points: 7
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Jordi Alba
Alba tried – as best it could – to integrate into the offensive game of Barças, hitting flat and sharp flanks in the Pucelanos penalty area. The Valladolid back line, however, adjusted to it, which mostly faded the offensive actions of the left-back. Although he allowed himself minor dropouts in the defensive movement, the veteran usually knew how to iron these out himself. After an hour, Jordi Alba got the ball shot at close range from the play equipment in his own penalty area – understandably there was no penalty whistle. However, his dribbling in his own sixteen was completely unnecessary here, losing the ball would almost have been extremely costly. That evening was paler overall than in the past few weeks. Barçawelt points: 6
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Sergiño Dest
Sergiño Dest remained extremely inconspicuous in the early stages, so he hardly got into the game. But then after 22 minutes caused a little upset when he was rudely stopped in the immediate vicinity of the opponent’s penalty area. After a short check by the video assistant, the penalty was rightly not decided. Defensively, Dest left his opponents too much space on the flank, which led to some crosses. After the substitution of Francisco Trincão, Dest took more part in the offensive game of Barcelona and was able to put the visitors’ goalkeeper in trouble with a low cross. In the 87th minute, Sergiño Dest was replaced by Riqui Puig after a generally harmless appearance. Barçawelt points: 5
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Sergio Busquets
Sergio Busquets proved his game intelligence over and over again in the Barças short passing game. Again and again, Barça’s number 5 reacted with lightning speed to new situations and surprised the opponents with precise heel passes. Busquets always worked seriously backwards, but avoided unnecessary duels in the game against the ball. In the last third he held back rather as an organizing rather than creating element in the Blaugrana game. Martin Braithwaite came on for him after 63 minutes. Barçawelt points: 6
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Pedri
Pedri looked much more active and fresher against Valladolid than before the international break. The freshly minted Spanish international was trying to enrich the game with interface passes and to make it broader in the first round. In addition, the 18-year-old was always looking for the duels, even if he was mostly left behind in the direct duels by the physically strong players of the Pucelanos. Shortly before the break, he started the long shot with a direct decrease; Masip steered the ball that had been shot flat against the post. After 76 minutes, Ronald Koeman brought Ilaix Moriba into the game for Pedri, who lost more and more as the game progressed. Barçawelt points: 6
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Antoine Griezmann
As is so often the case, Antoine Griezmann fought deeply in his own half and usually held the balls well. In the meantime, however, the French seemed a bit demotivated, so stopped in the 22nd minute to complain while the opponent ran past him; six minutes later, after getting in too hard, he picked up the yellow box unnecessarily. After 40 minutes, the 30-year-old offensive player managed a good through ball into the run of Ousmane Dembélé, who together with Messi could not create a chance from it. In the 59th minute of the game, Griezmann could not get a rebound with an artistic diving header on goal, it was his last noticeable action. Four minutes later, Koeman brought Trincão into the game for him. Barçawelt points: 5
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Ousmane Dembele
Ousmane Dembélé literally worked his way into this game. In the first half there was hardly anything to be seen from the 23-year-old Frenchman until after 40 minutes he passed a Griezmann dream pass with the hoe to Messi, two players from the Blanquivioletas threw themselves into his subsequent shot. After the break, Dembélé – now positioned on the left instead of a center forward – then really turned up. The deep-seated guests from Valladolid could hardly get a grip on the wing runabout, in most cases they stopped it in an extremely rustic way. Oscar Plano was even sent off after Ousmane Dembélé threatened to escape him, which is why he started tackling. In the 59th minute, Dembélé missed the chance to shoot the Catalans in the front ahead of Masip; in the 90th minute he was spot on at the second post, scoring the only goal of the day and ensuring that Barça are now just one point away from leaders Atlético Madrid. Barçawelt points: 8, MOTM
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Lionel Messi
As an asset, Lionel Messi once again set the pace in the opponent’s half, so he tried to set up fast passing relay. La Pulga was also frequently knocked off his feet, even if he didn’t always get the free kick. When the Argentine ran for the dormant ball on Monday evening, it was mostly harmless for Masip’s case. In other respects, too, Messi missed the necessary precision in the end, the well-organized Real Valladolid backing made it extremely difficult for the six-time world footballer to get through the chains. In the 59th minute he put Ousmane Dembélé on the scene with a plug pass, after 71 minutes Messi narrowly failed from outside the penalty area. One of the few games Messi has played in the last few weeks and months in which he had no part in the win through a goal or an assist. Barçawelt points: 6
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Ronald araujo
Ronald Araujo stepped onto the pitch at Camp Nou in the 63rd minute for Oscar Mingueza. Played calmly at the back and was never really challenged defensively. In the 90th minute he moved into the opponent’s penalty area and, with a little luck, won the decisive air duel and paved the way for Dembélé’s goal of the evening. Barçawelt points: 7
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Francisco Trincão
Trincão was brought into the game after 63 minutes of play for Antoine Griezmann. The young Portuguese reported three minutes later with a long-range shot, but he couldn’t beat Masip from a distance either. With him, the offensive game of Blaugrana gained structure on the right side, so Dest also dared to move forward after Trincão was substituted on. The newcomer from Braga worked hard and tried to bring new freshness to the game, even if the last impact was lacking. Barçawelt points: 6
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Martin Braithwaite
Martin Braithwaite came on for Sergio Busquets after 63 minutes. Then took over the position of the central striker and tried to close from all possible positions. However, the Dane was only noticed by a yellow card at the center line. Barçawelt points: 5
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Ilaix Moriba
Ilaix Moriba replaced Pedri in midfield for the Catalans after 76 minutes, but failed in the 89th minute from the most acute angle. Otherwise an inconspicuous but highly concentrated performance by the youngster, who brought all eleven passes to the man. Barçawelt points: no rating
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Riqui Puig
Riqui Puig came on for Sergiño Dest after 87 minutes and couldn’t change the course of the game with nine ball contacts and a long-range shot. Barçawelt points: no rating
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Trainer Ronald Koeman
Ronald Koeman took full risk by letting Lionel Messi and Frenkie de Jong play from the start. Both had four yellow cards before the game, with a possible fifth they would have been suspended for the hugely important game against Real Madrid. But Koeman trusted them and was not disappointed by the two as an asset in the game against Real Valladolid. After Barcelona’s sluggish first half, Koeman switched to 4-3-3 at break, which brought back dominance. Three early changes also showed that the Dutchman is not afraid of any risks. With Francisco Trincão, the former Bondscoach brought an offensive player onto the field who boosted the game again and ensured more pace – everything was done right by the Dutchman here too, Trincão put down on the wing before the 1-0 to de Jong. The dress rehearsal in front of the Clásico succeeded without the great shine – also thanks to Koeman’s trust in his top performers and his courageous changes. Barçawelt points: 8
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Explanation of scoring
10 points: World class
9 points: very good performance
8 points: good performance
7 points: appealing performance
6 points: average performance
5 points: below average performance
4 points: unsatisfactory performance
3 points: poor performance
2 points: insufficient performance
1 point: Total failure
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