In the early morning of April 19, Beijing time, the final match of the 32nd round of La Liga, Barca, which ranked second in the La Liga table and theoretically still had the hope of winning the championship, met the relegation zone team Cádiz at home.
Barca have accumulated 60 points in 30 games, and they have the same points as Sevilla, who have finished 32 rounds behind them, and Atletico Madrid, who have finished 32 rounds, with a goal difference and mutual record. Trailing Real Madrid by 15 points in the second round of the minor round, there is theoretically still hope of winning the championship, but the premise is that Barca win all 8 games in the last 8 games, and at the same time expect Real Madrid to lose at least half of their last 6 games. theoretically!
Cadiz is 31 with 28 points deep in the relegation zone and is 18th in the La Liga table.
In the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, barca lost 3-2 at home to Eintracht Frankfurt as the biggest favourite to win the title. The Copa del Rey is out, the semi-finals of the Western Super Cup have been eliminated by Real Madrid, and now only the league can be fought for, although there is little hope, but it still has to fight.
In the campaign, Barca started 433, Depay, Ferran Torres and Dembele formed a forward trident, midfielders Garvey, Busquets, Frankie De Jong, four defenders Alba, Lenglet, Eric Garcia, Dest, goalkeeper Ter Stegen. Europa League quarter-final second leg against Frankfurt's underperforming main centre-forward Aubameyang sits on the bench. Barca are also the main players, with a total starting line-up worth 370 million euros.
Cadiz's starting eleven are worth a total of only 28.15 million euros, a huge disparity in strength compared to Barca. Starting in the 4231 formation, Lucas Perez played as a center.
But for Barca, Cadiz does not want to pinch the soft persimmon casually, and in the last 3 games against Cadiz, Barça have drawn 2 and lost 1. Of course, Cádiz has never won against Barcelona in his previous 13 visits to Camp Nou, losing 11 times and drawing 1-1 in another 2, most recently in the 24th round of La Liga in 2020-21 coached by Koeman.
In this round, Real Madrid defeated rival sevilla 3-2 away from home, and Barca actually lost even their theoretical hope of winning the title, but they still launched an onslaught from the beginning. In the 1st minute, Depay's long-range shot was deflected wide. In the 3rd minute, Dembele's cross from the right was met in a chaotic fight inside the penalty area, and Ferran Torres's shot was saved by the goalkeeper.
In the 39th minute, Dembele drove straight in the middle of the road and a shot was saved by the goalkeeper.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Barca conceded a goal. Fernandez's cross from the left, Sobrino's two consecutive shots were blocked by Ter Stegen, Lucas made up for it and the ball scored! Barca trailed 1-0 at home.
In the 62nd minute, Aubameyang replaced Depay.
In the 67th minute, Barca took a free kick on the left side of the field, and Dembele's direct shot was blocked by the goalkeeper.
In the 77th minute, Barca made a substitution, Luke De Jong and Traore replaced Frankie De Jong and Lenglet, removed a defender and added a striker to continue to strengthen the attack. Unfortunately, until the end of 7 minutes of stoppage time, it was impossible to knock on the door of Cadiz.
In the end, Barca lost 0:1 to Cadiz, losing to this opponent at home for the first time, 15 points behind Real Madrid in the first round of the game, and it is difficult to counterattack. Cádiz thanked Barca for "sending charcoal in the snow", rising to 16th in the La Liga table with 32 points and escaping the relegation zone.
When Koeman was dismissed, Barca finished 15 points in 10 wins, 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats, ranking ninth in the La Liga table, 6 points behind The top of the table Real Madrid, ranking a little lower, but the gap with Real Madrid is not large. Xavi's Barcelona, who is in charge, rose to second place in La Liga, but the gap with Real Madrid is 12 points (assuming Barca win the make-up match).
Coman's Barca finished third in La Liga last season at a new low in years, leaving the Champions League out of the quarter-finals for the first time in years, winning just one Copa del Rey title. But after Xavi took over, he was not as good as Koeman, and the Champions League group stage was out, and now it has been doomed to the season four in advance. Only after the summer window is expected to reinforce, Harvey can bring surprises next season.