Barcelona won the 3rd match against
Ajax for Champions League Group F on Tuesday night with a final 3-1.
This win for the Catalans leaves the group with Paris Saint-Germain in the lead with 7 points followed by Barcelona with 6, the last two places are for Ajax with 2 points and APOEL with just 1 point after their match against the group leader.
Luis Enrique, in his last interview,
was very happy with the team first half of the game, being this victory very
important also for the upcoming La Liga game against Real Madrid.
The game also showed the good
connection between Messi and Neymar, ripping the defense apart when they work
together and scoring goals with just a difference of minutes. After the end of
the first half, the lead was a comfortable 2-0.
The rest of the team played on par
of the strikers, very strong, especially Andres Iniesta in the midfield with a
lot of assists and key plays.
Ajax struggled after loosing a
number of important players during the summer and although the fought, the two
goals on the first half and trying to stop the numerous attempts and possession
of Barcelona broke them down.
Ajax coach tried to solve the problems during the
second half with a bunch of substitutions, but the continued having problems to
maintain possession of the ball.
Also in the second half, Luis
Enrique, gave Messi, Iniesta and Neymer a necessary rest prior to the important
weekend match and replaced them with Munir, Sandro and Rafinha.
Ajax was able to score thanks to an
error from Barça’s defense during the last minutes of the game, this allowed El Ghazi to
score. But all hope was lost when at the end of the match, Sandro Ramirez,
scored his first Champions League goal.
El Clasico will be played on
Saturday at Santiago Bernabeu with a Ronaldo leading the score board with 15 in
only 8 games and Barcelona will have a new weapon in Luis Suarez after the four
month ban.
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