Wow! What. A. Performance.
That’s as good as Barca have played this year, and in fact, was arguably their best 90 minutes of the entire 2020/21 campaign.
Sevilla don’t tend to do too well against the Catalans in La Liga it’s true, however, they hadn’t conceded in their last five in the competition, and Barca knew all about their strengths from a couple of weeks ago.
But something felt different from the off on Saturday afternoon.
Hats have to be tipped to Ronald Koeman for getting his formation and tactics spot on. The five-man midfield with Jordi Alba and Sergino Dest as willing runners completely nullified any threat from the wide areas, whilst the consistent high press knocked the hosts out of their stride.