"Barça's first half performance was, in a word, dreadful. Slavia came out the more aggressive and desperate team and scored a somewhat ugly set piece goal in the 10th minute as Kusej got ahead of Frenkie de Jong at the far post after a corner and somehow found a way to put the ball over the line, and the home team was off to a dream start."
"The underdog hosts naturally dropped into a low block and gave Barça the ball, and that's when the problems started: Barça were slow, unimaginative and extremely poor in possession, missing easy passes in the final third and not creating any danger. There was only one good attacking move in the entire half from Barça and it resulted in the equalizer, as Eric Garcia, Raphinha and De Jong produced a fantastic passing sequence through the middle and Fermín fired a rocket past the goalkeeper."
Barcelona produced a hard-fought 4-2 away win at Slavia Prague to remain in contention for a top-eight finish and a Round of 16 berth. Slavia opened the scoring from a 10th-minute corner when Kusej beat Frenkie de Jong at the far post. Barcelona offered poor possession and few chances in the first half, but a passing move involving Eric Garcia, Raphinha and De Jong led to Fermín's equalizer and later a long-range strike to give the lead. A corner then produced an unfortunate Robert Lewandowski own goal to make it 2-2 at halftime. Barcelona improved after the break and substitutes provided decisive contributions to secure the victory and head into the final group match against Copenhagen with a solid opportunity to qualify.
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