In the early morning of January 9, Beijing time, the 20th round of La Liga, the giant team Barca once again had a cold goal, and was forced to draw by Granada 1-1 on the road, and the first leg of the two teams was also played as a 1-1 draw. In this draw, Barca also ended the 2-game winning streak, resulting in never having a 3-game winning streak this season, nightmares, it seems to have lost the stability of the giant team, currently only 32 points ranked 6th in La Liga, the title is basically hopeless, the top real Madrid 49 points.
Coach Xavi sent a new trident of Hutgra, Luc De Jong and Dembele, with Garvey, Busquets and Nico Gonzalez in a midfielder, Alba, Eric Garcia, Pique and Alves paired with four defenders, and goalkeeper Ter Stegen. Xavi's starting line-up was not too much of a problem, but his on-the-spot command was wrong, and he replaced the starting three forwards in the lead, causing Barca's offensive firepower to plummet, and then Granada seized the opportunity to draw.
In the game, Barca's offensive and defensive ends are not efficient, although the possession rate is as high as 65%, but the young players generally lack experience, lack of state stability, and Granada's shooting comparison is 14-14, shooting contrast is 2-4, helplessly won a 1-1 draw, but also received a red card.
In the first half of the match, Barca and Granada drew 0-0. Entering the second half, Barca took the lead in the attacking end, and the veteran Alves attacked from the right side, he directly completed the 45-degree cross, found Luc De Jong in the box, the latter's header broke the goal, Barca led 1-0, Luc De Jong scored two consecutive games of headers, the state is hot.
However, after taking a 1-0 lead, Xavi made a mistake and replaced Luc De Jong, and the two forwards who came off the bench, Depay and Abd, were in no shape, and Granada took advantage of the situation. In the 80th minute of the game, Granada made a strong attack, creating a foul on Garvey, and the referee showed Garvey the second yellow card of the game, and the two yellows turned red and sent him off.
In the 89th minute of the match, Granada won a corner kick on the left side of the front, and Antonio Puertas completed a powerful shot from the box through a corner kick to help Granada successfully draw with Barca, and the two sides ended the match 1-1.
After the match was drawn, Barca gave birth to three humiliating records, the first, three consecutive La Liga games against Granada without a win, 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, which is the first time in the history of the team; second, this season against a team from Andalusia without a win, 4 draws and 1 loss, including 1-1 Sevilla, 0-1 Betis, 0-0 Cadiz, two 1-1 Granada; third, Barca only 32 points after 20 rounds of La Liga, the lowest points in 18 years, the last time such a bad situation was 2003 / In the 2004 season, there were 28 points after 20 rounds.
For the team's ups and downs, Harvey took the initiative to take responsibility after the game, admitted that he was taking risks, and then bluntly said that he should be self-critical, because the team should have killed the suspense of the game earlier. Statistics, Xavi is also very helpless, he needs to constantly run into a new squad system, this season there are 2 major events highlighting the helplessness of Xavi and Barca, first, Barca this season as many as 34 people, the crown of the five major leagues; second, Barca this season 8 headers to break the goal, the crown of La Liga.