Ansu Fati, the light of resistance of this Barça

Ansu Fati continues to burn stages after its reappearance. He is still determined to show that he deserves, more than enough, to be the heir of Leo Messi with the 10 behind Barcelona. In his first start in almost 11 months, 13 minutes were enough to score a superb goal, a subtle, hard, placed and unattainable shot for Cillessen from the top of the area. Fati is touched by a special gift.

It took an hour of play, until Coutinho took his place, to reaffirm that he has everything to become the new beacon of this Barça, which he first woke up with the goal of the tie and then, touching the break, catapulted by causing the penalty (discussed) that transformed Memphis Depay (a guarantee partner of the youth squad) to confirm the necessary comeback.

Barça suffered as usual from the start (as it also happened at the end) and was entrusted to resilience so as not to collapse. To collective growth with one performance, another, magnificent of Gavi (who was placed by Koeman again in the eleven ahead of Coutinho) and a blind confidence in getting the game through. It has attractive playing times, even magnificent moments, but it is still a team under construction, both in footballers and in tactics, indulging in a madness that borders on chaotic.

Anarchic in attack, without a defined plan, he accompanies a shaking in defense improper of what he is supposed to be and the stripes that his players are supposed to have. It does not matter who forms in the center of the rear, that it always leaves unthinkable gaps, turned into grateful corridors for rivals. And, of course, that takes its toll. Always.

It happened that when Barça came out in a rush, with a magnificent and electric counter in the first minute, Valencia responded with a jug of cold water. A superb goal from Gayá that surprised everyone with his low and distant shell to awaken, suddenly, all the ghosts at the Camp Nou when not even five minutes had elapsed and optimism or hope gave way to the doubt, also growing …

It rains in the wet on a Barça condemned to collapse too often. Granada and Benfica, in their first shot at sticks and just after the start of the game, already scored two goals that gave way to Barça’s torture, and Gayá’s blow made another night of suffering. But there the collective rage appeared and, standing out among it, the shining star of Ansu, who in his first start since November 7, 2020, the afternoon he was injured against Betis, confirmed the reason with solvency, brilliance and magnificence. for which he was given the number 10.

In a play that Messi himself would have signed, but starting from the opposite side, the left, the youth squad invented a wonderful goal that motivated the joy of a fan who is difficult to re-engage. Not surprisingly, in the first game without public restrictions, only 48 thousand spectators gathered in the stands.

For them, and for those who did not come, there is the figure of Fati and the accompaniment of Gavi, Nico, Dest, Èric García and a new generation in need of love and trust, whose growth is still at the expense of suffering.

This happened, when Ansu and Gavi had been out of the competition for a long time, substituted, and Barça did not know whether to go forward or backward, whether to defend with the ball or do it in any way … Until Coutinho, assisted by a magnificent Dest, achieved 3-1 moments before the party was complete with the entrance, premiere, of Kun Agüero.

Barça started the ‘Big Week’ by passing the Valencia exam. Dynamo and Real Madrid are ahead … But Fati’s star invites you to dream.

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