As outrageous as it is forgivable: the hot notes from the Oviedo-Barça match

BarcelonaBarça remains comfortable when it comes to coming back, and that's what he did against Oviedo (1-3) With goals from Eric Garcia, Lewandowski, and Araujo, after a serious error by Joan Garcia cost Antonio Reina an own goal. Here are some quick notes from the match:

Let it all be this. Few professions have as many similarities to living in a permanent electric chair as that of Barça's goalkeeper. Perhaps that of Donald Trump's hairdresser comes close. Joan Garcia's first serious error in a Barça shirt (that's a saying, because he was wearing green) was expected in many quarters of Spanish football, especially in Cornellà-El Prat. Sooner or later, it was bound to happen in a team that bases its game on coming out with the ball controlled from the back and where the goalkeeper acts as a free-for-all behind a defense that must watch through binoculars. He made a mistake in Oviedo, and Barça still won.

The worst thing you can do. Joan Garcia's departure from his area was perhaps unnecessary, but once you've gained control of the ball 30 meters from your goal, even if it's a struggle, it's perhaps better to kick it out wide or try to find the back of the opposing defense. It's a matter of first-grade football to prohibit passing the ball into the middle, where the opponents are waiting for you as if you were carrying a birthday cake. Furthermore, the player from Sallent was guilty of inaccuracy and couldn't find the intended recipient, Marc Casadó. The rest was a disaster. A disaster that can be perfectly forgiven.

The people's Ballon d'Or. Xavi Hernández explained that he was very satisfied with his three third-place finishes in the Ballon d'Or. He had never considered himself better than players like Leo Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, who had surpassed him in the list of the award during his prime. The Argentine and the Portuguese, Xavi said, had the ability to decide matches, while he, on the other hand, only He was dedicated to building the play, laying the groundwork for dangerous situations. The same thing Pedri did, relegated to eleventh place in the recent Ballon d'Or. The Canary Islander was once again the mastermind behind Barça's comeback.

When the substitute 9 is decisive. But someone has to score the goals, and that role suits Lewandowski best. He only needed four minutes to go from the calm of the bench to the glory of his goal. The Polish striker, at 37, seems to have accepted the loss of his starting role in exemplary fashion and is becoming that trench coat that never fails when the cold is here. A header worthy of the best Patrick Kluivert completed the comeback and put the three points on the plane back to Barcelona in a Barça game of minimalism.