On April 25, Beijing time, Barca lost 0-1 at home to Rayo Vallecano, 15 points behind Real Madrid with 5 rounds left, and the La Liga champion is about to be produced!
This match is the 21st round of La Liga's make-up match. In the first leg of the meeting between the two teams, Barca had lost 0-1 away from home, and the manager at the time was Ronald Koeman.
Therefore, Xavi did not dare to take the enemy lightly, and almost sent the strongest lineup, Aubameyang, Dembele and Ferrand to form a trident. However, it backfired, and in the 7th minute of the opening, Alvaro Garcia opened the scoring for Vallecano!
Since then, Barça has occupied an absolute advantage in the field, the possession rate is far ahead, the number of shots on goal is as many as double digits, but the efficiency is very bad, the number of shots is not much, the luck is not good, 2 hits the goal frame, including Garvey hit the goalpost after Ferran made up for the goal, but the offside was invalid.
In desperation, Xavi changed the front line over and over again, Depay, Luc De Jong and Traore came off the bench, but still could not knock on the opponent's goal, after 14 minutes of stoppage time, finally could only lose 0-1, tragically killed by the opponent!
You know, the last time Barca suffered two consecutive defeats against Rayo Vallecano, it was back in December 2002, almost 20 years ago! It was a cross-season, and it was the first time in team history that it was double-killed by Vallecano in the season!
As a result, Barca have accumulated 63 points in 33 rounds, 15 points behind Real Madrid, and only the last 5 rounds of the season remain. Because the head-to-head record is at a disadvantage, Real Madrid can't yet be sure of winning the title, but as long as the next round draws with Espanyol on April 30, then it will win this season's La Liga title four rounds earlier!