Griezmann scores winning goal for Barcelona to beat Eibar by 1-0, finish 3rd on the points table

Griezmann scores winning goal for Barcelona to beat Eibar by 1-0, finish 3rd  on the points table. 

Barcelona beats Eibar: Barcelona managed to close the 2020/21 season with a victory. Visiting Eibar headquarters, El Blaugrana managed to win by a thin score of 1-0.

Antoine Griezmann’s only goal succeeded in ensuring El Blaugrana finished third in the final La Liga standings.

According to second-tier players, Barcelona appeared less convincing at Ipurua Stadium.  In fact, Eibar as the host who appeared to press the team from Catalonia.

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The first dangerous opportunity in this match was born on 16 minutes through Sergi Enrich’s hard shot, but the ball was blocked by Oscar Mingueza.

In the 30th minute, Barcelona almost conceded a shot by Kike, but Neto managed to ward off the shot.

Until the first half match ended, conditions did not change.  The two teams, especially Barcelona, ​​struggled to score goals, so the first half ended in a 0-0 draw.

Second round

Entering the second half, Koeman made three direct changes.  Tincao, Firpo and Mingueza were pulled out and replaced by Braithwaite, Alba and Umtiti.  In the stronghold of Eibar, Bryan Gil was pulled out and replaced by Pedro Leon.

Substitution of players that had a good impact for Barcelona.  El Blaugrana’s game has become more structured, even though they are still having trouble creating dangerous opportunities in this match.

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Barcelona’s first dangerous opportunity was born in the 70th minute. Ousmane Dembele managed to pass several Barcelona defenders and then fired a narrow angle shot with the ball still wide far from the Barcelona goal.

Barcelona’s efforts only paid off in 81 minutes. Starting from the movement of Ousmane Dembele, the defender made it past the Eibar defender and released the bait from the stomach, which was then struck by Griezmann’s scissors shot.  The score changed to 1-0 for Barcelona’s excellence.

Eibar, who is in a lagging position, tries to press for the rest of the game.  However, the score 1-0 lasted until the end of the match.

Thanks to this result, Barcelona ended the 2020/21 season in third place in La Liga.  Meanwhile Eibar closed the season as the caretaker of La Liga.

The composition of the players of both teams

Eibar (4-4-2): Rodriguez;  Soares, Arbilla, Oliveira (Bigas 76 ‘), Correa (Pozo 76’);  Gil (Leon 46 ‘), Atienza, Diop (Alvarez 62’), Inui;  Enrich (Quique 77 ‘), Kike

Barcelona (3-4-3): Net;  Mingueza (Umtiti 46 ‘), De Jong (Pjanic 74’), Araujo;  Firpo (Alba 46 ‘), Moriba (Puig 55’), Busquets, Dest;  Dembele, Griezmann, Trincao (Braithwaite 46 ‘)