At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on May 2, Barcelona sat at home to meet Mallorca. In this game, Barcelona won 2-1 at home with Depay's burst and Busquets's long-range shot, ending a three-game losing streak at home and returning to the second place in the league. However, the biggest highlight of this match is not the game itself, but the return of Barca's crown prince-level player Ansu Fati from injury.
In this seemingly insignificant match, Xavi still lined up the team's strongest squad to wait, after all, until this game, Barcelona still did not confirm the qualification for the Champions League, let alone lock in the qualification for next season's Western Super Cup.
Due to Pedri's season reimbursement, in this game, Xavi lined up a combination of Gabi, De Jong and Busquets in midfield. In the frontcourt, due to Dembele's minor injuries, Depay's long-lost opening game laid the groundwork for victory.
In the first half, Barca's attack tilted to the side of Alba and Depay on the left, and in the 24th minute of the game, Alba found Depay with a long pass from the back, who unloaded the ball and scored to help the team open the record. In the absence of a goalscorer, the thigh of Barcelona last season once again proved to Xavi with a goal that even after the introduction of a new striker, he was still capable of sitting in the starting position of the team.
In the 54th minute of the match, Alba's long diagonal pass from the left found Ferran Torres, who stopped the ball and followed up with Busquets' left-footed shot to help the team continue to extend the scoreline. In the ensuing match, Mallorca pulled a goal back to preserve the suspense of the game until the last moment.
It is worth mentioning that in the 75th minute of this game, Barcelona's No. 10 star Ansu Fati, who has been injured for three months due to injury, has returned for a long time, although he has not performed too much, but as a player from La Masia and has shown a certain strength, he is still regarded as the next Messi by local fans in Barcelona, and even the team executives. So the comeback of the crown prince gave Harvey more options.
Although the best player of the game was awarded to Memphis, in terms of the degree of contribution to the game, I think the best performer is another Dutchman , Frankie De Jong.
In this game, Franchi de Jong served as the team's right midfielder and continued to play to his advantage on the offensive end, frequently advancing with the ball, bringing vitality to the team's right side and a threat from the front. In this game, De Jong ran with the ball many times, and the opponent once wanted to start pulling fouls, but he failed to stop De Jong's advance. If Barcelona had two engines, it would be Alba on the left and Frankie De Jong on the right, and Franki de Jong was still a powerful engine that could push to the end.