In the early morning of April 19, Beijing time, in the 32nd round of La Liga, Barcelona lost 0-1 at home to Cádiz, after 15 consecutive unbeaten games in the official game, lost 2 consecutive defeats at home for the first time since 2003, and trailed Real Madrid by 15 points in the standings. Real Madrid can win the title with seven more points.
Barca lost 1-0 at home to relegation team Cádiz at Camp Nou, but also to Cadiz's substitutes, barca went from 15 unbeaten to two consecutive defeats. At present, Barca, who have one less game, have 60 points with Atletico and Sevilla, and they are only 3 points away from Betis in fifth place, and they are not fully sure of winning the Champions League.
Barca were eliminated by Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League in midweek, the team lacked motivation and lacked physical fitness, Barca coach Xavi chose a small rotation in the league, Aubameyang did not start, Memphis Depay got the first starting opportunity after eight league rounds with Ferran Torres and Dembele to partner trident. In midfield, Pedri was injured and Xavi chose to use Garvey to partner De Jong and Busquets. In the backline, Xavi rarely gave up Alves, while Let Dester start, the two main centre-backs Pique and Araujo were both injured, and Eric Garcia and Lenglet started.
Cadiz, who was in the relegation zone before the game, aimed for relegation this season, and this week was another week of double matches, and manager Sergio used a field-bound horse racing strategy, that is, to keep the team's main force to play Bilbao, who is more likely to score points, so at Camp Nou, Cadiz's two top scorers Negredo and Lozano remained on the bench.
After the start of the game, Barca seemed to be out of their fatigue and Dembele broke through on the right to create a threat, but goalkeeper Ledesma saved dembele and Ferran's shots in succession. But soon, Barca lost momentum again, the team as if they did not wake up, the midfielders De Jong and Garvey lack of action, coupled with Ferran's catch mistakes, and Lenglet's return pass was almost cut off by the opponent such a low-level mistake, Barca fully showed that they were not in shape.
Barca seemed to be fighting alone, with the French winger always able to break through on the right, but his crosses could not find his teammates and his shots could not find the goal. Cadiz, on the other hand, quickly showed that he also had the strength to play in La Liga, and in the 27th minute, Lucas Perez used a cross from the right to wrap up the shot in front of goal. After 30 minutes, Barca played a long possession, but it was not at all clear that the team could play with offensive depth except Dembele's breakthrough. It wasn't until the 39th minute that Dembele's shot into the box after breaking through 2 people in the middle was saved, which was Barca's first shot on target.
Xavi wants to improve his attack, but there are not many cards in his hand, Pedri is injured and cannot play, Aubameyang seems certain to play, but the Gabon striker has not started this game precisely because of the recent downturn. Harvey did not make substitutions at the beginning of the second half, but let Memphis and Ferran swap places, allowing Memphis to play a more suitable left forward for himself. Barca's first attack in the second half was caused by Memphis's breakthrough on the left, but soon Cádiz scored, and in the 48th minute, Ter Stegen saved Sobrino's shot twice, but failed to block Lucas Perez's supplementary shot, 0-1.
The ensuing match was again a game in which Dembele was the protagonist, and in the 57th minute, Dembele broke through the cross again on the right, but De Jong lost the opportunity to shoot because he was not his usual foot. In the next 20 minutes, almost all you could see Dembele playing alone, but the score did not change. In the 76th minute, Xavi finally used his killer skills to replace Adama Traore and Luc De Jong, at this time Barca had a total of five forwards on the field, two wingers Dembele, Adama, and three centers Aubameyang, Ferran and Luc De Jong, Barca won two scoring opportunities in the following game, in the 78th minute, Luc De Jong's header from a corner was blocked, and in the 84th minute, Eric Garcia's long-range shot was saved. Cadiz scored at least two counter-attacks in the second half, but did not score.
A game where Cádiz did not expect to get points actually scored 3 points, helping the team out of the relegation zone, while Barca entered a crisis, barca, who won 4-0 against Real Madrid, disappeared, the Champions League nightmare team reappeared, and Barca, who seemed to be about to turn over last season but finally made mistakes and withdrew from the championship competition, is back.
Wen | Liang Hongye
Edit | Fat Cat