At 1:30 a.m. Beijing time on December 19, Barca sat at home against Elche. In the first half, Hutegra and Gavi scored two goals in a row, and Barca once led 2-0. In the second half, Barca suddenly short-circuited, conceded 2 goals in 1 minute, making it 2-2! In the 85th minute, Garvey assisted nico Gonzalez's strike, and Barca won 3-2.
Despite Barca's poor record this season and being left far behind by Real Madrid, they still have countless fans. Against relegation team Elche, Barca revealed that a total of 41,664 fans came to camp Nou to watch.
In the 16th minute, Dembele's corner kick was crossed and Hutegra nodded the ball in front of the goal, and the 22-year-old B team youngster scored his debut goal in his first La Liga appearance, and Barca led 1-0.
Three minutes later, Garvey received a direct pass from Lenglet, made a dashing turn into the penalty area, and fired a low right-footed shot to give Barca a 2-0 lead. After scoring the goal, Garvey kissed barca's emblem, and at 17 years and 137 days he became the youngest goal scorer in the five major leagues of the season.
However, with two goals in hand, Barca fell into a strange circle of not controlling the game, and in the 61st minute Lucas Boyer sent a direct pass, Moriente entered the box and fired a powerful right-footed shot into the upper corner, 1-2! Elche blew the horn of counterattack.
In the 62nd minute, Moriente's cross after a 1-on-1 blast of Lenglet was met by Pere Milia, who followed up at the back post, and the fish jumped to the top without being watched, 2-2!
In just one minute, Barca scored two goals in a row and the lead was lost. On the sidelines, Xavi looked helpless, and similar plots happened to Barca many times.
In the 85th minute, Barca finally broke out, Dembele's direct pass from the left, Garvey's inverted triangle back in the penalty area, and the substitute Garvey pushed the shot, 3-2! The killing, like a thunderclap, made the nou camp more than 40,000 spectators completely boil, and Harvey on the sidelines clenched his fists and roared in celebration.
Barca ended the embarrassment of four consecutive games without a win, while winning their first win since December and ending their last home game of 2021 with a single win.
However, Barca are still 15 points behind top real Madrid, which is a gap of 5 goals. It can be said that Barca certainly has no hope of competing for the title, but Xavi is not desperate.
According to Western media reports, Xavi believes that Barça is on the right path, and barca executives have also promised him that they will introduce Manchester City flying wing Ferran Torres in the winter window and win a new high school striker.
Barca starters: 1 Ter Stegen, 4 Araujo, 24 Garcia, 15 Lenglet, 18 Alba, 5 Busquets, 21 De Jong, 29 Felan Eutegra, 7 Dembele, 30 Garvey, 33 Abd
Elche starters: 13 Badia, 3 Gerald Gambo, 4 Gonzalez, 14 Shabauda, 22 Mojica, 21 Omar Mascarel, 23 Marcone, 9 Bauer, 12 Lucas Perez, 16 Fidel, 17 Josan