Pique's Meme As A Barcelona Striker Makes You Laugh
JAKARTA - Barcelona again appeared less convincing when they were held to a 1-1 draw at Camp Nou on Tuesday morning. In fact, coach Ronald Koeman made a ridiculous decision by making Gerard Pique a striker at the end of the match.
Granada surprised the hosts through Domingos Duarte's quick goal when the game had only been running for two minutes. Domingos Duarte scored with a header after receiving Sergio Escudero's pass. The visitors lead 1-0.
Left behind by one goal, Barcelona appeared to attack to balance the position. However, there were no additional goals until the first half ended. Barcelona trailed 0-1 from Granada.
In order to get an equalizer, Barcelona immediately speeding in the second half. However, Koeman made an odd decision in the 75th minute when he introduced Pique to replace striker Yusuf Demir.
The decision did not help the Blaugrana, although they eventually scored the equalizer through Ronald Araujo who headed in after receiving Pablo Gavira's cross.
A 1-1 draw lasted until the game was over. Barcelona is also stuck in seventh position in the standings and the meme of Pique being a striker is also circulating on social media.
Check out the meme below.
Koeman and his staff looking for striker and pique said hear I come.. pic.twitter.com/PdPXQjqENa
— Kingsley Appiah (@Kingsle39155251) September 20, 2021
Master plan of #Koeman "put Pique up front!" #Barca pic.twitter.com/Ni9jzY2GLP
— Sandžo Parza (@GoldenZambak) September 20, 2021Messi watching Araujo and Pique playing upfront pic.twitter.com/lenhdUcvdI
— Depressed P (@XVI_XII_MCMXCVI) September 20, 2021Lineup
Barcelona (4-3-3): 1-Marc-Andre ter Stegen; 2-Sergino Dest, 4-Ronald Araujo, 24-Eric Garcia, 31-Alejandro Balde (22-Oscar Mingueza 42'); 20-Sergi Roberto (17-Luuk de Jong 46'), 5-Sergio Busquets (6-Riqui Puig 75'), 21-Frenkie de Jong; 14-Philippe Coutinho, 9-Memphis Depay, 11-Yusuf Demir (3-Gerard Pique 75')
Granada (4-3-3): 1-Luis Maximiano; 3-Sergio Escudero (15-Carlos Neva 46'), 18-Luis Abram, 22-Domingos Duarte, 17-Quini; 8-Yan Brice Eteki (19-Angel Montoro 30'), 5-Luis Milla, 14-Monchu; 11-Darwin Machis, 23-Jorge Molina (9-Luis Suarez 67'); 10-Antonio Puertas 4-Maxime Gonalons 67')
Barcelona is playing Pique at forwardEverything is dark. Everything is pain. pic.twitter.com/VcNJt3AAoV
— David Hermanovitch (@d_hermano10) September 20, 2021Barcelona fans seeing that they have gone from having Messi, Suarez and Neymar to Pique and Luuk de Jong up front. pic.twitter.com/EsKdSvjnRZ
— Footy Humour (@FootyHumour) September 20, 2021