In the early morning of December 22, Beijing time, the fourth round of la Liga this season ushered in a make-up match, Barcelona away to Sevilla. In the end, Barca drew 1-1 with Sevilla and did not have the opportunity to rise to the fourth place in the table, for the leader Real Madrid, Sevilla did not win, which is naturally good news.
At present, in the standings, Barca have accumulated 27 points in 17 rounds, ranking eighth, the first round of the minor round is still 3 points away from the top four, Sevilla has accumulated 37 points in 17 rounds, ranking second, and the first round of the minor round is 6 points behind the leader Real Madrid. The difference in points between the two teams is 10 points and is also Sevilla's biggest lead over Barca in the La Liga table since November 1950.
Barca have played Sevilla away from home in the past 10 times, winning 6 wins, drawing 3 and losing 1 defeat, and have the absolute upper hand, of course, this is all achieved during Messi's playing days, and now that Messi is not in the team, Barca face many challenges in away games.
In terms of starting, Barca sent Dembele as a single arrow, and Busquets, De Jong, Abd, Hutgra and Garvey sat in midfield.
In the 22nd minute of the first half, Rafa Mill single-handedly broke the goal and the referee signaled offside, and the penalty was invalid. In the 32nd minute, Rakitic drove a corner kick and Gomez pushed it forward to give Sevilla a 1-0 lead.
This goal conceded, which allowed Barca to concede their 22nd goal in the first 18 La Liga games of the season, was the most conceded in the first 18 games of La Liga since the 2003-04 season, when they conceded 25 goals, setting an 18-year record of humiliation.
In the 45th minute, Dembele drove a corner kick and Araujo nodded the ball into the penalty area to help Barca equalize 1-1. This is Dembele's two consecutive games to deliver assists, the form began to pick up, good news for Barca.
In the second half, after the ball went out of the sideline, Alba bumped into the trend, Conde was furious and smashed the ball directly into Alba's face, the referee directly took out a red card to send Conde off, and Sevilla was one less person to fight.
Barçado single-handedly prevailed, besieging the Sevilla backline. In the 81st minute, Aboud crossed and Garvey inserted a header into the box that was slightly off the goal, missing a good opportunity. In the end, Barca did not grasp the numerical advantage and played a 1-1 draw with Sevilla.
Barca won to overtake multiple teams, rise to fourth place in the table, enter the Champions League zone for the first time in the season, and finally miss the opportunity in a draw, only to rise to seventh place. Xavi led the team to 6 La Liga games after taking office, achieving 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, the record is better than Koeman, and it is difficult to lead Barca to qualify for the Champions League at the end of this season.