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The involution of Barcelona: They crushed rivals like Dinamo, and now are satisfied with beating them by the minimum

By Alexis Almosnino

Koeman's team got all three points, but could not improve its image in the continental competition.

Koeman's team got all three points, but could not improve its image in the continental competition.

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FC Barcelona is on the wire. Ronald Koeman's side was measured at Dinamo Kiev with no margin for error, since, after two strong consecutive defeats in the top continental competition, the options were running out. The Barça team needed to get a good victory to continue getting sensations and to be able to approach the knockout stages of the Champions League. And so he did, at least from the result: victory by 1 to 0.

Neither Ansu Fati, who inherited the 10, nor Pedri who has just signed a multimillion-dollar termination clause, nor Kun Agüero who has just started to get going and played 15 minutes. The one who appears on the far right, where Lionel Messi installed the starting point for so many goals for more than a decade, is Sergiño Dest.

It was an action that occurred outside the field of play that changed the mood. At 35 minutes, Ansu Fati jumped off the substitute bench to start the warm-up and changed the murmurs to applause. As if it were a signal, another overflow of Dest arrived that sent the archer to the corner. And from that shipment, Gerard Piqué's goal, with a good resolution stretching his right leg, for 1-0.

Ronald Koeman was sincere in the previous game against Dinamo. When they asked him if Barcelona was obliged to win the Champions League, he put an immediate brake on it. “We must fight, but we have no obligation. There are many teams that have more than us".

Barcelona is no longer the same. A sweep of great figures, which ended with the departure of Lionel Messi from the team, make it clear that today it is not more than many average teams in Europe. Rivals like these, he beat them by 4 or 5 goals difference, and nobody was surprised. Today, the surprise is that he won by the minimum.


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