In the first half, after six minutes, Messi makes successful run breaking through Espanyol defense passing the ball to Iniesta who scored the first goal. This goal put Barca in control, the players missed easly in many occasions the chance to make it at least 2-0, propably the ball that was denied by the post twice was the biggest opportunity for the visitors.
After the break, Espanyol took off the control from Barca, and they forced Barcelona players to remain mostly in their half. Corominas on the 68th minute from his first touch, he scored his first goal in the season making it 1-1. The game was on fire in the last fifteen minutes, fortunatly we could see very nice football from both teams.
In general, Barcelona gave very good show performance, all the players appeared the way the fan expected them to be. But the player who was on top of his performance was Messi. Even Frank after the end of the match mentioned how impressed he was by the way Messi controled the ball, "The way he controls the ball is incredible, he is spectacular," Frank said.
The only thing to be said about Barca tactic was în the second half. We saw exactely the opposite of what was in the first half, the defense line was mainly standing almost behind the center line with few meters, which gives Barcelona the ability to control the field with giving no chance for Espanyol to catch the ball and to cause any damage. In the second half, after the way that Espanyol entered the field, Barcelona renounced on the middle area, because Espanyol was pushing them back. Barcelona was focused on not receiving any surprise, neglecting the fact that by dominating the match they could avoid Espanyol scoring.
1st Half
2nd Half
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