In la Liga to the 27th round, Barcelona gradually returned to the right track, maintaining an unbeaten and winning streak, defeating Elche 2-1 in this round, and harvesting a wave of unbeaten and 4 consecutive wins in 8 consecutive games. The standings show that Barça scored 48 points in the first round of the junior round, ranking third in La Liga, and although the competition for the title is hopeless, the competition for the fourth is becoming more and more stable.
Barca's record is commendable, but the game process is not smooth, the defensive problems are still very large, which is why Xavi laid out the summer window in advance, ready to free Casey, Azpilicueta and Christensen in a row. In this match against Elche, the pressure on the Barça backline seems to be greater than that of Elche, because the offensive end continues to have a poor ability to seize opportunities, and it is frantically counterattacked by Elche.
In the 43rd minute of the game, Elche quickly penetrated the Barca defense, Fidel inserted a direct low shot from a small angle, Barca fell behind 0-1; in the 59th minute of the game, Barca struggled to equalize the score, Alba made the ball in the box, and Ferran Torres, who was inserted in the small box, rushed to break the goal in front of the goal. In the 83rd minute of the game, Depay broke through and caused Balagan to handball, the referee awarded a penalty, Depay took the penalty, and Barca reversed 2-1 while killing Elche, struggling to get 3 points.
In all the games, Barça had 66% of the ball, but the game was very open, and the 20 shots on goal still did not play a reassuring game process, the defensive end was kicked by Elche with 13 shots, Barca ate 6 yellow cards under great defensive pressure, and Elche only had 2 yellow cards.
Dramatically, Barca's penalty sparked controversy, and former La Liga referee Perez Burrull believed that Barca still won the game by the referee, stressing that Barca's penalty was a misjudgment, saying: "My feeling is that barca players touched the ball with their arms first, and when I saw that the penalty was not correct. At the same time, the former La Liga referee also mentioned barca player Alba's controversial handball in the penalty area, believing that the referee was right to give a penalty, and Alba's arm was in a natural position although it touched the ball.
From the perspective of the course of the game, Barça's difficulty in winning is entirely a matter of their own offensive ability to grasp the opportunity, Barca's winter window standard king Felan Torres can be said to have missed the opportunity of the "big four joy" again, the winter window joined Barca for a transfer fee of 55 million euros and the 22-year-old goalscorer played quite depressed, in addition to the 59th minute of the game to rush to break the goal, Torres also has 3 excellent opportunities, respectively in the 53rd minute of the game volley to kick the ball away, the 77th minute of the game pushed the goalkeeper under the arms, He then got a chance to push from a small angle and was blocked by the goalkeeper. Fortunately, Barca won this round of La Liga, did not let Torres once again because of too many opportunities to waste and emotional breakdown, after 1-1 Napoli, Ferran Torres because of frequent waste of opportunities, in the case of the opportunity to play a big four happy only scored 1 goal, and finally broke down and cried.