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Few in the Barcelona locker room expected to lose against Girona: the team had shown its best side for two games (Porto and Atlético), players like Pedri and Frenkie had relaunched the team, the ‘Joaos’ were sweet, Araújo was once again the leader unquestionable in defense and there was the certainty that Lewandowski would recover, sooner rather than later, his scoring instinct.
The atmosphere before the game was one of exultant optimism, with the unhidden intention of assaulting the leadership before the end of the year .
However, everything ended on deaf ears, after Girona’s display in Montjuïc, which led to Barcelona ‘dancing’ in the second half. A game that ended the patience of the stands, with more than one whistle being heard as a gesture of disapproval of what they were seeing. It was not the first time that wind music was heard, but with this insistence and duration.
The players ended up frustrated, aware that a step back had been taken, that the LaLiga championship was beginning to get uphill and that excuses were beginning to run out. On this occasion there was no hint of relaxation after the defeat – Gündogan publicly denounced after the defeat against Real Madrid that he had seen some of his teammates not very angry – but the truth is that the image of frustration and bewilderment did not invite optimism either. to the future.
Joan Laporta went down to the locker room to comment on the game with Xavi, as he does at the end of every match. A discouraged coach was found, but eager to continue pushing forward, convinced that the team will be able to reverse the situation.
However, he found the atmosphere in the locker room after the defeat did not show many green shoots. The feeling is that the team still has no continuity, neither in the game nor in the results , that too many errors continue to be made that end up being penalized – they already have 18 goals conceded, the same as in the entire last season – and that they are not having luck at specific moments.
To all this we must add a series of referee decisions that have penalized this season – not against Girona, where the rival won deservedly and without any type of referee help -, at the same time that the misfortune of injuries has left the player orphaned. team of important players: Gavi’s long-term absence shocked the entire squad.
The truth is that, despite the fact that there is still room for improvement and the season is very long, in some sectors of Can Barça a more than worrying pessimism has begun to set in , to the point that it does not hide that things have to improve a lot. if you want to win a title this season.
Source: AS
