Two identical goals from Javi Guerra sent Barça B to defeat in Valladolid. The winning goal cruelly came in injury time after Barça B had withstood the final 25 minutes with 10 men and was harsh on the youngsters who had more chances than their hosts
Stats
Valladolid, 2
Barça B, 1
Valladolid: Javi Jiménez, Barragán, Juanito, Jordi, Peña, Nafti (Álvaro Antón, min
88), Baraja, Nauzet (Bacari, min 77), Óscar (Jofre Mateu, min 70), Sisinio and Javi Guerra.
Barça B: Oier, Bartra, Muniesa, Planas, Ilie, Dos Santos, Rafinha (Espinosa, min
61), Edu Oriol (Nolito, min 61), Benja, Carmona and Jonathan Soriano (Abraham, min 75).
Goals: 1-0, Javi Guerra (min 52); 1-1, Baraja (o.g. min 62); 2-1, Javi Guerra (min
90+3)
Referee: Hernández Hernández
Barça B dominated for two thirds of the game: for the first half and the last half hour of the
game, with Valladolid only in charge at the start of the second half when their top goal scorer
Javi Guerra put them ahead and they also missed a penalty. Barça B hit back immediately and Baraja
put through his own net to level the teams again, before Javi Guerra scored a carbon copy of his
first in injury time. Luis Enrique’s team, who lost Carmona to a red card in the second half,
can consider themselves unlucky as they undoubtedly deserved more. For their part, Valladolid are
just two behind Barça B as they strive to return to the top flight next season.
Visitors dominate
Barça B began playing their stylish, pacey possession football from the off and
both Benji and Edu Oriol had chances to open the scoring, whilst Jonathon Soriano rounded off a
first half dominated by the visitors with a shot against the bar just before the break.
Valladolid’s attempts to hit Barça B on the break and cause problems from set pieces came to
nothing and Oier was rarely troubled.
Javi Guerra puts Valladolid ahead
Valladolid showed a different face at the start of the second half, pressing much
higher up the pitch and getting possession themselves, which resulted in Javi Guerra heading home
the opener from a right wing cross on 53 minutes. Soon after, Muniesa picked up a yellow which
means he is suspended for the next game, when he committed a penalty that Nauzet hit against the
post.
From 2-0 to 1-1...
Barça B were on the ropes now and Luis Enrique quickly shuffled his pack, bringing
on Espinosa and Nolito for Rafinha and Edu Oriol to regain control. Just a minute later, Baraja
sliced a free kick from Carmona into his own net and Barça went from a possible 2-0 down to 1-1.
Carmona himself then picked up a second yellow and with Barça down to 10 men the game began to open
up.
...and from 1-2 to 2-1
Even though they were a man down, Barça B continued to attack and Espinosa, Benja
and Abraham all had chances to finish Valladolid off, but Javi Jiménez in the Valladolid goal was
on top form. Then, just as the game was winding down, Javi Guerra repeated his opener, latching
onto a right wing cross to head home in injury time to make it 2-1, a cruel and excessive blow to a
brave Barça B team never stopped attacking and who deserved more from the game.