Barca in the middle of this season can be said to be the most surprising team in the entire La Liga, a wave of 15 consecutive wins announced their comeback, and in the national derby they successfully beat the indispensable Real Madrid by a score of 4-0 is even more impressive, under the leadership of Xavi they soared all the way from outside the European theater to the second place in the league, this time even Ancettino did not dare to directly say that the La Liga champions are theirs! However, in this round of La Liga, Sevilla did not succeed in blocking Real Madrid, which means that Barca must take down their opponents in the relegation zone before they can continue to follow in the footsteps of Real Madrid.
Recent developments on both sides
Compared with Teaching Real Madrid to ride the wind and waves in the European war, Barca suffered in the Europa League, facing the momentum of 30,000 Frankfurt fans, they finally lost at home to create a great shame, and even the German Bild newspaper directly posted the battle to capture camp Nou. However, Barca are still very stable in the league, they have been unbeaten in 15 consecutive rounds against Cádiz, but they are currently the only way to continue.
Cadiz as last season's promotion horse in their second year of La Liga career did encounter difficulties, even before this season they signed many players including Argentine goalkeeper Ledesma, Armenian captain Halolian, the single play style of them are also penetrated by the opponent, and now the team ranks 18th in La Liga just one step away from the relegation zone, facing Barca they may choose to give up strategically and retain their strength against the next opponent Athletic Bilbao.
Race conditions
Dembele, who was scolded very badly by barca fans at the beginning, performed a unique stunt of a small angle shot, firing the first shot of Barça's attack in this game! Then Depay also came with a sudden cold arrow but unfortunately failed to test the Cadiz goalkeeper, in the 22nd minute Barca under the siege was Dembele stood up, he was on the right side of the road through the two people of the inner cut shot was directly blocked, just when Barca's offensive momentum was strong, Cadiz was using the counterattack to give their defense a wake-up, in the 26th minute, Cadiz right road Sobrino got the ball and quickly advanced, and then a cross directly found Lucas Perez in front of the goal, In the face of unguarded situation, this shooter actually pushed the goal off!
Half-time back, Cadiz started with simple tactics to exalt high, the ball was hoisted into the box and then the active Sobrino first headed the goal and was saved by Ter Stegen, then his close-range shot was saved again, and finally Perez, who was ambushed in front of the goal, did not miss this good opportunity this time to finally score the ball, and Cadiz completed the lightning goal at the beginning of the second half! Xavi, who was still thinking of winning casually, had to make substitution adjustments, Aubameyang, Traore, Luc De Jong were all put on the pitch, and then Dembele was frequently dangerous, Luc De Jong's header was also quite threatening, but with the last Gádez goalkeeper Ledesma once again saved Aubameyangde's shot, in the end Barca regrettably lost to the opponent.
After the game
Breaking the tough game against Barca, Cadiz also set a record for the team in 31 years, that is, they kept a clean sheet for Barca in the league for the first time! And Barca's side even if it occupies up to 75% of the possession and up to 18 shots on goal, it is still unable to score 1 goal, and the backline combination of Garcia + Lenglet in this game has proved that their strength is so unbearable, perhaps Langley's Barca career has ended here. Similarly, they are currently 15 points away from the top of the table Real Madrid, and with seven rounds left, the La Liga title looks so far away.