On 12 December, the 17th round of La Liga continued, with Barca away to Osasuna. In the first half, Nico Gonzalez scored first and David Garcia lightning equalized. In the second half, Abd scored again and Barca led 2-1 again. In the 86th minute, Luis Allawi fired a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, and the two sides made it 2-2! After leaving the Champions League, Barca suffered another heavy blow.
In the 11th minute, Garvey sent a wonderful over-the-top long pass, Nico Gonzalez won against offside, facing the attacking goalkeeper, he calmly rubbed the success, Barca 1-0 to break the deadlock.
The 17-year-old Garvey assisted, the 19-year-old Nico Gonzalez scored his debut goal, and the two combined are only 36 years old, not even as good as Ronaldo, which shows how fierce Barca's youth storm is.
It is worth mentioning that After Nico Gonzalez was also a famous player, his father was Fran, the captain of the "Super Lacco".
But just one minute later, the Barca defense was lost, Moncayola sent a cross, David Garcia's header was equalized, and the two sides returned to the same running line.
In the 49th minute, Garvey led the counterattack with a split ball, Dembele shook his opponent 1-on-1 on the right and then crossed, Luc De Jong and Franki De Jong failed to grab the point, Abd rushed to the horse, and the right foot volley won, and Barca took a 2-1 lead again.
Following Nico Gonzalez, Abde also scored his barca debut goal. According to OPTA statistics, for the first time in this century, Barca have two U20 youngsters scoring in the same game.
According to Catalan media, Real Madrid also wanted to introduce Abd before, but the Moroccan teenager firmly chose Barca. Depay, Fati, Braithwaite and Aguero were either injured or hung up their free cards due to illness, and at a time when Barca's forward line was almost unavailable, he repaid Xavi's trust. After scoring, Abd rushed to Harvey on the sidelines, and the two of them embraced each other excitedly.
However, Barca failed to control the situation, and in the 86th minute Luis Alave pushed a shot from outside the penalty area to make it 2-2!
In the middle of this week, Barca lost 3-0 in the Champions League to Bayern, making it 21 consecutive years to qualify for the Champions League knockout rounds and only playing in the Europa League knock-offs.
Back in the league, Xavi was hit again, and Barca's 3 points became 1 point. In the La Liga table, Barca have 24 points in 16 games, ranking only 7th, 15 points behind the top real Madrid. Moreover, Barca are also five points away from the fourth-placed Atletico Madrid, and the prospect of competing for the fourth place is not optimistic.
After Messi, Suarez and Griezmann left the team, Barca's forward strength was greatly reduced, scoring only 25 goals in 16 games, the worst firepower in nearly 18 years. In addition, Barca suffered a wave of serious injuries, and even Umtiti, who was beaten into the cold palace, had to be temporarily unfrozen.
Nevertheless, Harvey was confident, first of all he locked his eyes on Ferran Torres, Pulisic and Rudiger, hoping to complete the winter window.
In addition, Xavi also made a statement to Laporta that as long as he is given 1 year, Barca can return to the top of the world and be at the same level as Bayern.
Both sides of the lineup:
Barca starters: 1 Ter Stegen, 4 Ronald Araujo, 3 Pique, 23 Umtiti, 5 Busquets, 21 Francie De Jong, 30 Garvey, 28 Nico González, 7 Osman Dembele, 17 Luc De Jong, 33 Abd
Osasuna starts: 1 Sergio Herrera, 39 Manu Sanchez, 5 David Garcia, 4 Unai Garcia, 2 Nacho Bidal, 3 Juan Cruise, 24 Toro, 7 Moncayola, 14 Ruben Garcia, 11 Balha, 18 Kirke