At 04:00 Beijing time on January 3, the 19th round of La Liga, Barcelona played Mallorca. In the first half, Luc De Jong scored with a head hammer; in the second half, Ter Stegen pounced. In the end, Barca beat Mallorca 1-0 and ushered in the opening of 2022.
Affected by injuries and other aspects, Barca have as many as 16 players who cannot play tonight. To this end, Harvey had to urgently recruit 9 players from the B team to enter the first team. In a pre-match press conference, Harvey expressed his dissatisfaction, "Such a game should be cancelled because it has lost its meaning." ”
In this campaign, the average age of Barça's starting line-up is 24 years and 201 days, which is the third youngest starter for Barca in the league since statistics.
In the 44th minute, Puic's cross was deflected, Mingeza's cross from the right was angled at a 45-degree angle, and Luc De Jong jumped high at the back post and broke the goal! Barca lead 1-0!
After scoring, Luc De Jong leapt into the air and roared with his fists. The Dutch centre-forward not only scored the team's first goal of the new year, but also ended his 99-day goal drought. Since joining Barca, Luc de Jong has scored just two goals. Since the performance was far from meeting expectations, he was likely to leave in the winter window.
In stoppage time, De Gallaletta picked out a pass from the right, Homee Costa followed up with a cushion shot, and Ter Stegen blocked the must-score with one arm! After the match, he was also officially voted the best player in La Liga.
In the end, Barca narrowly beat Mallorca 1-0. Although the team is facing a "shortage of employees", it still rejected a cold goal. At this point, Barca's first half of the season in La Liga is all over, and they have risen to the fifth place in the table with a record of 8 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses, 1 point behind the Champions League zone and 15 points behind Real Madrid at the top of the table. Due to the loss of Real Betis, Atletico won the four opponents, and the la Liga competition for four also entered a white-hot, with five teams only three points apart at most.
At present, the winter transfer window of the European football market has been opened. According to well-known journalist Romano, Barca are expected to be one of the busiest clubs, and they have made a lengthy cleansing list, while also reinforcing three positions to negotiate Ter Stegen's contract extension.