At 1:30 a.m. Beijing time on December 19, the 18th round of La Liga ushered in a focus battle: La Liga veteran giants Barcelona hosted the weak team Elche.
In the current La Liga table, Barca have 24 points in 16 games, 6 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses, ranking 8th, 6 points behind 4th Vallecano, and whether they can play in the Champions League next season is a problem.
With 15 points from 17 wins, 3 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats, Elche is 16th in the La Liga table and is at the level of a relegation team.
Barca started at home with 343, with Jutgra, Dembele and Abd forming a forward trident, midfielders Garvey, Alba, Busquets and Frankie De Jong, three centre-backs Lenglet, Eric Garcia and Araujo, and goalkeeper Ter Stegen. The total value of the first eleven people in this set is also as high as 310 million euros, with an average age of 24.9 years.
Elche started the 442, with Bower and Lucas Perez forming a double striker. The total value of the starting eleven is only 23.5 million euros, which is too big a gap with Barca.
As soon as the game began, Barca attacked. In the 2nd minute, Barca scored, but unfortunately it did not count, because the goal of Yutgra was offside.
Throughout the first half, youngster Yutgra was very active, but was clearly still looking for a game feel. Breaking into the penalty area in the 8th minute, he was destroyed by the opponent's release of the ball and failed to form an attacking opportunity. In the 15th minute, Utegra had an offensive opportunity in front of him, but did not stop the ball and was picked up by the opposing goalkeeper.
But the chance to score goals always comes.
In the 17th minute, Barca's corner kick was released and Yutegra's header was successful. Barca led Elche 1-0.
Two minutes later, Barca extended the score to 2-0. Youngster Garvey used his outstanding personal ability to get rid of the bags of multiple players on the other side and shoot with his feet, and the ball hit the left upright and bounced into the goal.
At the age of 17 and 137 days, Garvey became the youngest player to score goals in the top five leagues this season.
Judging from the situation in the first half, it seems that what greeted Barca should be a beautiful victory. But in the second half, the situation on the field has changed drastically, and the Barca that fans are "incomparably familiar with" this season is back!
In the 62nd minute, Elche striker Lucas Perez scored from the right into the box with a blast. A minute later, it was Elche's attack again, a wide range of movements and a cross from the right, Mira leaned over the top of the small penalty area, and Ter Stegen watched the ball into the net with great embarrassment.
In the 84th minute, Garvey assisted on substitute Nico Gonzalez's goal. It's a killer ball! In the end, Barca did not habitually collapse, home 3:2 narrowly beat the relegation team level Elche, difficult to get 3 points, La Liga last 3 rounds of first wins, 17 rounds of 27 points, La Liga standings improved 1 place to 7th, only 3 points away from the 4th Vallecano, and there is still 1 round less, there is hope for the four!