Barcelona have won their fourth consecutive league stage match in this season’s UEFA Champions League, cementing their place in the Top 8 with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Brest on Tuesday night in the UEFA Champions League. Montjuic Olympic Stadium. Barça were by far the better side all night but had to wait 65 minutes to finally take a comfortable lead, but Hansi Flick’s troops eventually achieved a quality victory at home to end their mini-slump and move slightly closer to get an automatic spot. in the Round of 16.

FIRST HALF

Barca needed just ten minutes to establish their lead when Robert Lewandowski was fouled by Brest goalkeeper Marco Bizot in the penalty area and scored the 100th Champions League goal of his career from the penalty spot. Blaugrana in front.

The home side were far superior from the start, not allowing the visitors any favors on the counter and showing excellent intensity in possession to regain the ball, while also playing with good pace and precision in their passing.

The only problem during the last 35 minutes occurred in the final third: Barça always missed the final pass to really unlock Brest’s defense, and often failed to capitalize on really good chances, making poor decisions or not to execute easy passes that would certainly have led to a lead. to more goals.

Brest also managed to prevent a second goal with a few crucial interventions from the defenders and one or two big saves from Bizot, and the visitors were somehow still alive as we reached the end of the period.

The half-time whistle came to end a half in which Barça took an early lead and controlled the rest of the period, but failed to capitalize on that dominance and only took a one-goal lead at half-time. They played quite well after 45 minutes but needed to be better in the final third to secure the three points in the second half.

SECOND HALF

It was more of the same to start the second half, as Barça maintained their territorial lead and continued to play nice things until the final third, but they either squandered promising attacks with silly mistakes or missed big chances – including a try from Dani Olmo. in the penalty area cleared off the line – and the score remained 1-0 as we reached the hour mark.

But the Catalans continued to press, not giving Brest any space or time to breathe, and their pressure was finally rewarded when Gerard Martín played a beautiful ball into the penalty area to find Dani Olmo, who weaved his way through a few defenders and the goalkeeper defeated. to finally double Barça’s lead.

The last 25 minutes were completely dominated by the Blaugranawho controlled the match excellently and did not give Brest any chances. They eventually scored a third in extra time when Alejandro Balde assisted Lewandowski, who doubled his tally with a stunning finish, and Barça cruised to the finish as the final whistle blew to secure all three points and a clean sheet.

The score doesn’t tell the full story of the match as Barça completely dominated from start to finish and could easily have scored five or six on another night, but they weren’t efficient enough in the box to turn this into a bigger score. But this was still a quality win and an excellent performance, and Barça moved slightly closer to an automatic place in the round of 16 of the Champions League.

The two-match winless streak is over and Barça have another home game this weekend to return to winning ways La Liga and completely restore the good atmosphere. Well done, guys!

Barcelona: Peña; Kounde, Cubarsí, Iñigo, Martín (Balde 78′); Casado, Pedri (De Jong 88′); Raphinha, Olmo (Gavi 68′), Fermin (Torre 78′); Lewandowski

Goals: Lewandowski (pen 10′, 90+2′), Olmo (66′)

Brest: Bizot; Lala, Chardonnet, Le Cardinal, Haidara; Camara (Faivre 70′), Fernandes (Martin 78′), Magnetti; Doumbia (Pereira-Lage 70′), Ajorque (Del Castillo 78′), Sima (Baldé 59′)

Goals: No