In the early morning of December 19, Beijing time, the 18th round of La Liga continued, and Barcelona defeated Elche 3-2 at home, a difficult victory, continuing the unbeaten record of La Liga home against Elche. This victory put Barca three points away from the top four.
After the lack of Messi this season, Barca fell into the middle of La Liga, the season has never entered the top four so far, after being forced to draw by Osasuna in the last round, only 24 points in 16 rounds, continuing to rank 8th, creating the team's worst record in the last 18 years.
At present, Barca are 18 points behind the leaders Real Madrid in the first round of the junior round, the title is hopeless, and the situation of competing for Champions League qualification is grim, and the team's performance has not improved since Xavi took office. This round, Barca returned home to play Elche, who accumulated 15 points in 17 rounds to rank 16th in La Liga.
In the 16th minute of the first half, Dembele drove a corner kick into front of goal, and Hutegra nodded the ball in front of the goal to help Barca to take a 1-0 lead.
Hutegra, who scored the goal, scored the official game debut goal of Barca's first-team career, becoming barca's third fastest La Liga debut player in the 21st century.
Three minutes later, Garvey also copied Hutgra to score the first goal of Barca's first team. Lenglet split the ball and Garvey swept the ball past defenders and fired a kick into the net to help Barca quickly extend the score at 2-0.
At the age of 17 years and 135 days, Garvey became the third youngest player in Barca's history to score in La Liga, the youngest being Fati Creation, aged 16 years and 304 days. Meanwhile, 17 years and 135 days old, Garvey is also the youngest player to score in the top five leagues this season.
Barca led 2-0 in the first half, with two youngsters each contributing. Entering the second half, the game suddenly changed, Elche pulled 0-2 to a 2-2 draw, and in the 62nd minute, Morient scored to help Elche pull back a goal 1-2. In the 64th minute, the Barca backline was once again pierced and the score became 2-2 draw.
This time Barca had players stand up, and in the 85th minute, Garvey stepped into the penalty area and did not stop the ball to reverse the triangle back, nico Gonzalez exploded into the net under defensive interference, helping Barca finally complete the 3-2 kill.
Barca avoided repeating the mistakes of the past, after the previous away game against Celta, with a 3-0 lead, was finally kicked to a 3-3 draw. This victory allowed Barca to end three consecutive games without a win, reaching 27 points and continuing to rank 7th in La Liga.
In addition, Barca continued their unbeaten run at home against Elche in La Liga, rewriting the record to 16 wins and 7 draws, the most unbeaten record against Elche.