At 3:30 a.m. Beijing time on April 22, a match in the 33rd round of La Liga was contested, and Barca made a guest to challenge Real Sociedad. Barca have had a poor record this season, not only in one arena, but in all arenas. At present, Barca only have the league to play, and the cup matches are out. Barca were far behind by Real Madrid in the league, not to mention the title competition, to be able to retain the Champions League qualification is the most practical goal. This time Barca faced Real Sociedad, the sixth-placed team, and the two sides won the first leg against Barca. Now barca are away from home, with the goal of defeating their opponents again to complete the double kill.
Barca lined up 433 offensive formations in this game. Ter Stegen served as the starting goalkeeper. Alba, Pique, Araujo and Alves partner 4 defenders. Garvey, Busquets and Frankie De Jong form a three-midfielder. The attacking trident duo of Ferran Torres, Aubameyang and Dembele joined forces. Depay, Braysvert, Luc De Jong and Terraore sat on the bench.
Barca started off well, scoring in the 10th minute, with Aubameyang scoring. Thanks to a clever pass from Ferran Torres, Aubameyang was able to pick up a leak in front of goal. However, after this goal, the quality of Barca's shots dropped so quickly that they could not find another shot with the right shot. Dembele, Ferran Torres and De Jong's shots were all on target. At the end of the half Barca led by only one goal. Barca had 45% possession in the first half, scoring 1 goal in just 1 of their 10 shots. Real Sociedad had just three shots on goal in the first half, 2 on target and failed to score.
Real Sociedad, who were behind in the second half, did not rush to make substitutions, but believed in the starters, and the team also had some attacks, but failed to cross the Ter Stegen barrier. It wasn't until the 81st minute that real socied a substitution was made on the Real Sociedad side, with Guridi and Gorosavel coming on as substitutes. There was no apparent effect and Alguasir continued to make substitutions in the 87th minute, with Potu and Martin coming off the bench. However, no matter how the substitution, Real Sociedad was never able to score. In the second half, Barca were lying flat, playing without desire, creating only one shot on goal. The final score was set at 1-0, and Barca narrowly beat Real Sociedad.
Barca's possession rate of only 44.3% in this game is far inferior to their opponents, which is Barca's lowest single-game La Liga possession rate since the 2005/06 season, and Xavi set an embarrassing record for 16 years. Xavi still needs to do a lot of work if Barca are to play dominant pass-control football. Barca's 3 low-possession games in La Liga this season have all taken place away, but the record is good, with 2 wins and 1 draw.