Goalscorers among themselves: Ronald Araujo thanks flanker Lionel Messi for assisting him to make it 4-2.
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FC Barcelona were able to confidently win against Getafe with 5: 2. Clément Lenglet looked unhappy, while Sergio Busquets could convince with his long balls. Ronald Araujo made up for his self-inflicted penalty with a goal for the decision. But once again Lionel Messi was the man of the match. The player review and grades.
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Marc-André ter Stegen
Marc-André ter Stegen was actually unemployed for the entire season, Getafe didn’t even get a shot on the Catalans goal in the first half. Nevertheless, the German national goalkeeper had to reach behind him twice. Ter Stegen had no chance in the 1-1 draw, when Clément Lenglet unluckily steered the ball into his own goal, as well as in the 3-2 penalty kick. Barçawelt points: 6
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Oscar Mingueza
The 21-year-old Catalan was hit on the knee in the early stages but was then able to continue playing. Thereupon Mingueza interpreted his game in the three-way defense chain very offensively. He switched himself on again and again at the front and plowed his right side. He was heavily involved in the game and even had the most ball contacts on the field (131). He also won all of his tackles and brought 95 percent of his 121 passes played to the man. Only the power and ultimate consistency in his actions was still missing. His (all too) offensive positional play then probably ensured his substitution in the 75th minute. Barçawelt points: 7
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Gerard Piqué
The Blaugrana defense chief only played the first half. But Piqué completed this very confidently and clarified – with one exception, the scene to 1: 1. Here his opponent Angel escaped in the back, while Piqué covered the space, the Getafe striker came to the end free-standing and maneuvered the ball into the goal with the help of Lenglet’s thigh. Otherwise, Piqué was up to date and was able to defend quite a bit thanks to his good positional play. His statistics also speak for him: 80 percent tackle rate, 97 percent pass rate and all his long balls he brought to the man. You can do it like that. Barçawelt points: 5
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Clement Lenglet
For the French, the evening turned out to be unfortunate. Lenglet picked up a (laughable) yellow card early on in the game (6th), which is why he naturally had to play with the handbrake on. To make matters worse, he deflected the ball into his own goal after a cross from the left in the 12th minute. Then he played a sovereign game. In the 23rd minute, he almost prepared a goal from de Jong after he played a superbly timed vertical ball into the box. At 3-1 in the 33rd minute, he headed the ball decisively into the feet of Lionel Messi, who scored the goal on the second attempt. Due to the yellow cards and the tight schedule, Lenglet was given a break after just 45 minutes. Barçawelt points: 6
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Sergi Roberto
For Sergi Roberto, it was about getting back to work and gaining game practice. He played a decent and dedicated game as the right wing back, but sometimes looked unhappy. He was out on the field a lot and even had the second most with 116 ball contacts. Roberto tried to raise the alarm on his right side, but without much success – none of his three flanks found the teammate. After 64 minutes and a staid performance, he left the field. Barçawelt points: 5
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Frenkie de Jong
After the game you could say: Frenkie de Jong did his job. It was a solid game by his standards. Although he was involved a lot in building up the game, he took a bit out of the offensive efforts. Only in the 23rd minute did he have a chance to score after a high vertical pass from Lenglet, which he could not use. He fought a lot, was always playable and played his passes with an accuracy of 92 percent. In the second round he acted as both the left and right central defender of the back three, where he played little conspicuously and had everything under control. Barçawelt points: 6
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Sergio Busquets
The veteran was once again able to prove why he is so indispensable in Barça’s central midfield. He is known for his vertical passes into the interface and so he impressively prepared the 1-0 through Lionel Messi in the 8th minute. Passes of this kind followed in the further course of the game, he played a total of eight long passes and seven of them arrived – an unmatched value on this evening. But that was not the only thing that distinguished Busquets’ game. If he ever got under pressure, he freed himself with clever body deceits, played the ball to his teammate (96 percent pass rate) or pulled the foul. A strong game of six in the control center. Barçawelt points: 9
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Pedri
The 18-year-old ball artist fell off a bit in the center of the Catalans like in recent weeks. In the first round he tried a lot, looked for the duels and kept dribbling – even if his actions were rarely crowned with success. In the second half, however, Pedri signed off and rarely took part in Barça’s offensive game. Barçawelt points: 5
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Jordi Alba
For Jordi Alba, too, it was a rather inconspicuous game compared to his other appearances. As always, he ran up and down his left side and tried to set accents especially on the offensive. However, he rarely succeeded in doing so, which is why it did not actually take place as far as possible. Barçawelt points: 5
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Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi had relatively little contact with the ball compared to his teammates (76) and was only able to bring 79 percent of his passes to the teammate in the game against Getafe. But what the little Argentine did with his 76 ball contacts was more than just appealing. In the 4th minute he slammed the ball against the crossbar of the guests, before he thoughtfully scored 1-0 in the 8th minute. In the 33rd minute, after a Lenglet header, he was spot-on again and hit the post with the first shot, but completed the margin from a tight angle to make it 3-1. He set the final points with his submission after a corner to make it 4-2 (87th) and the pass to Antoine Griezmann, who took the penalty – La Pulga generously left that to his team-mate Griezmann. Messi was so naturally the man of the match of the game – even if it was an everyday performance for him. Barçawelt points: 9, MOTM
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Antoine Griezmann
It wasn’t an easy game for Griezmann. He had only a few ball actions in the front third and was also very busy working defensively and helping out, which is very creditable to him. On the offensive it was then a little lacking, the Frenchman could not record any shots on goal. Until stoppage time, because then he sank his own penalty to the final score – a goal that of course glossed over the performance in the end. Barçawelt points: 6
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Ronald araujo
Ronald Araujo came into the game for Gerard Piqué at the break and was the center of attention twice. In the 68th minute he was clumsy in his own penalty area and caused a penalty for the guests and received a yellow card for it. In the 87th minute, he was again very clever in the opposing penalty area and headed the ball into the goal after a corner to make it 4: 2 and thus to decide the game. So he made up for his mistake at the back. Barçawelt points: 6
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Ilaix Moriba
The 18-year-old La Masia home grown man also came on during the break. Ilaix Moriba made a very hard and committed appearance. As always, he fought many duels, most of which he won, and tried again and again on the offensive. He didn’t manage as much in the game as usual, but it was a solid game. Barçawelt points: 6
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Francisco Trincão
The Portuguese came on as a substitute on the 64th minute, but could not cause any noteworthy actions in the further course of the game. Barçawelt points: no rating
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Samuel umtiti
Samuel Umtiti came into the game in the 75th minute, but didn’t have to intervene in central defense either. Barçawelt points: no rating
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Trainer Ronald Koeman
If the final score was 5-2, you’d think Ronald Koeman did everything right. Yes, it looked playful at times and the team that was allowed to start was justified. But on this evening, the questionable changes and dealing with his players are in the foreground. The fact that Koeman was not and will probably continue to be the biggest Lenglet fan is nothing new. And even if Lenglet had been warned about yellow, it was also a clear sign to leave him outside for the second half – despite a solid performance. Another example occurred in the 73rd minute, when Mingueza Koeman was probably too high again, he made this clear to him with wild gesticulations and replaced him in the 75th minute – he then refused to shake hands with his defender. The changes all had bad timing and took the flow of the Catalans game – especially the many defensive changes. Barçawelt points: 5
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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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