00:00Change from the 1-1 draw at Sevilla, last time out for Girona, it comes in midfield with Axel Witzel
00:05coming in for Fran Beltran to Atletico Madrid on Thursday evening.
00:10Gerard Martin coming in for Alejandro Balde, and as you mentioned, Guillaume, the return of Rafinha coming in for...
00:16It's Cubarsi.
00:23He's found Gerard Martin with the pass, pulls it back, here is Rafinha in the penalty area, again pulls it
00:28back, it's fallen to Lamin!
00:33This lovely ball from Lamin to Fermin, and Rafinha is in space, and can he find the finish, Rafinha?
00:40Oh, just wide.
00:43That looked like it was going to be buried into the bottom corner.
00:47Rafinha made the space, got the shot away, couldn't find the back of the net.
00:52Very direct play there from Barcelona.
00:54Yeah, it's a transitional team, isn't it?
00:57Fair and forced most, they can actually keep the ball if they want to, but they're very, very comfortable with
01:03those transitions,
01:04especially, again, if Rafinha is involved, and that was a really good opportunity.
01:11And in much what I was saying, that Barcelona don't seem to impose in their football at the beginning, but
01:17they have a little quality of fraud.
01:18And there is loads of space here for Lamin Amal.
01:21Lamin Amal has travelled loads of metres, and can't find the finish.
01:27Well, it almost felt like he had too much time.
01:30It's a great passing from Girona.
01:32Space here for Tigankov.
01:35Rincon with a run on the overlap.
01:37It's in to Van Aert, the flag stays down.
01:42Van Aert gets the shot away.
01:44But it wasn't the cleanest of strikes.
01:46Garcia makes a save.
01:48And it was a very good pressure from Barcelona.
01:51There was a little bit of a rebound here and there.
01:56He's Ferran, he's found Rafinha, twisting and turning.
02:01Ferran gets the shot away, just wide.
02:05Ferran Torres unable to find that far corner he was looking for.
02:10He might have just been offside there.
02:14The Metropolitano, from a Barca perspective.
02:20Rafinha gets a shot away.
02:24There was only one thing in his mind.
02:28Struck it beautifully.
02:30It wasn't far away at all.
02:32Another reason why Rafinha is important.
02:42Tigankov strikes it.
02:45He hit it well.
02:47Just wasn't quite coming down quickly enough.
02:52Oh, Barcelona have had...
02:57There is Lamin again.
02:59Looking for Olmo and finding him.
03:02And the penalty is given.
03:06Inspiration from Lamin Yamal, just when they needed it.
03:11And on the stroke of half-time, with the final kick of this first half, Lamin Yamal to give Barcelona
03:20the lead at Montelevi.
03:23Up against Gazzaniga.
03:25Lamin strikes, and it's off the post.
03:31Barcelona hit the woodwork again.
03:33They have had other chances as well.
03:37But they go in at the break goalers.
03:40Gazzaniga had no chance to save that one.
03:45And looking from Lamin, as always, Hansi Flick doesn't look at it.
03:50With Lamin, it's almost guaranteed.
03:52It was 100% that the penalties go in.
03:55Not in this case, which leaves things open for the second half.
03:59If Barcelona would be needing, at least, even 10 metres.
04:03Obviously, the defence staff cannot think about it, at least, unless somebody makes a run.
04:09Tchigankov, he's found.
04:10Brian Hill couldn't take it in his stride, though.
04:12Hill battling.
04:14Gerard Martin looked weak there.
04:17And Hill managed to...
04:20Hoping that the winger has come into it and attacked it.
04:24In from Koundé.
04:26Oh, what a header!
04:29Absolutely brilliant header to open the scoring.
04:32It is a superb ball in.
04:35And now...
04:38To Van Aert again.
04:39Driven in.
04:40They'll get another chance here.
04:42Van Aert!
04:43And they've hit straight back Girona.
04:47Thomas Lamar hadn't scored for three years.
04:50He's now got two goals in two weeks.
04:53And with Frambois Tran, the idea is perhaps with less dynamism than Lamin,
04:58Mar, getting less into the box.
05:00It will help with the control in the midfield.
05:03To play together against Atletico Madrid is Ivan Martin.
05:09And still Ivan Martin.
05:11And it falls to Van Aert.
05:13That is an unbelievable save.
05:16But it's ended up in the back of the net.
05:18And a foul has been given.
05:21Absolutely extraordinary from Joan Garcia.
05:25An incredible stop to deny Girona taking the lead.
05:30I just wonder if he's given an offside just there by Van Aert and the rest of all this have
05:39done.
05:39Like Sabino, for instance, of impressing enough to then go back to City and be a regular there.
05:46Well, it's played in Joel Roca here, who is through on goal.
05:50Can he get the shot away?
05:51He can!
05:52And it is saved again by Joan Garcia.
05:55The flag has stayed down again on the Barcelona keeper.
06:00No offside flag.
06:02Correctly so.
06:04And Roca decided to go it alone.
06:08Didn't really have any other option.
06:12Second one for Joel Roca.
06:14And it feels...
06:15Koundé is on the floor.
06:17Play continues.
06:18Here's Roca.
06:20Back to Beltran with the shots!
06:23Fran Beltran finds the bottom corner.
06:28A fabulous finish from the new signing.
06:32It was made by another new signing.
06:41Fermin drives it in.
06:42Beautiful ball!
06:43It's gone all the way through.
06:45And it's Lewandowski offside.
06:47It looks like he is.
06:50I guess if he hadn't jumped,
06:53he would not be given us offside,
06:55but he went for the ball.
06:57Probably missed it.
06:58And he was clearly offside.
07:01Sliding challenge from Lamin.
07:03And Echeverry, if he can get his head up
07:04and play this pass,
07:07Sigankov might be through.
07:11And it's fallen to Roca!
07:13Just wide from Joe Roca!
07:15A chance from John Garcia,
07:17what he was there.
07:22It was too many...
07:23Araujo was on the way, but...
07:26But this is not there.
07:28And there's a chance here for Echeverry,
07:29if he can get past Koundé,
07:31which he can't.
07:31Runs into Koundé.
07:33Play on, says the referee.
07:34And it's with Lamin Yamal.
07:36This game continues.
07:37Lamin is hacked.
07:39And Lamin is furious.
07:40And that is a red card.
07:42Joe Roca
07:44was absolutely determined
07:47that Lamin Yamal would not advance.
07:49Lamin is furious.
07:51Not just illegally,
07:52but dangerously as well.
07:54And he could have been given that red card.
07:58Full-time at Montelevi.
08:03Girona with a famous, famous win.
08:07And he was nerdy.
08:07and I unlock it.
08:07And I think the aunty is their first,
08:08He's got you today for the bros did
08:10because he's gone.
08:10Getting laid,
08:10and I've been watched this year,
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