Barcelona suffered another damaging defeat against Leganés on Sunday night, unable to break through the pepinero defense after an early set-piece goal by the visiting team. The captain of Leganés, Sergio González, has explained the keys to their victory.
The Blaugrana have struggled to defeat their rivals in La Liga lately, and Leganés was the latest to hinder them. González said they were interested in keeping Barcelona open.
“We were following the second runs, and above all closing a lot on the inside so that they could play on the outside, and there in the wide centers we felt very comfortable and I think that was the key to why they didn’t do it. happen from within,” he told Cadena SER.
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One of the characteristics of Barcelona’s recent problems has been the absence of Robert Lewandowski in the last half hour. Once again, Hansi Flick recalled the Polish striker early on Sunday night, and González noted that this made life more comfortable for the Leganés defense.
“We in the lower block felt more comfortable because we didn’t have to deal with a threat of that style as much. They have other players who have a lot of skill and we had to be very focused for any type of actions,” González explained.
One of the question marks over Barcelona lately, beyond the depth of their squad, has been the full-back positions, and sporting director Deco apparently wants to strengthen the position next summer. However, Leganés left the wide areas to Alejandro Baldé and Jules Kounde on Sunday, and neither of them took advantage of them enough, although the Frenchman had Barcelona’s best opportunity in the second half.