Slap for Barcelona! Xavi’s side suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at home to Almería in matchday 23 of La Liga, failing to capitalize on Real’s drop in points. THE “queen”which on Saturday drew 1-1 in the derby with Atlético Madrid, reduced its gap at the top to seven points.
The only goal of the match was scored in the 24th minute Toure, who executed Ter Stegen after a fine ball from Suarez. The Catalans they presented an overall bad face and only in the final stretch did they turn up the pace and find opportunities to breach the opponent’s goal.
However, they failed to do so and ended up at “nil” against a team that is in penultimate place with 22 points and which counted three consecutive defeats. The last one was 6-2 by Girona.
Tellingly, Alarcon’s weak shot in the 81st minute was Barcelona’s first on home soil, but he then had two chances with Araujo tapping home to make it 1-1.
The 23rd matchday:
Friday 24/2
Elche-Betis 2-3
(7′ pen. Fidel, 9′ Bogue – 65′ pen. Iglesias, 68′ Miranda, 90’+5′ pen. Willian Jose)
Saturday 25/2
Espanyol-Mallorca 2-1
(22′, 51′ Braithwaite – 41′ Muriki)
Cadiz-Rayo Vallecano 1-0
(74′ Guardiola)
Real Madrid-Atletico Madrid 1-1
(85′ Rodriguez – 78′ Jimenez)
Valencia-Real Sociedad 1-0
(40′ Thumbeldia auto.)
Sunday 26/2
Athletic Bilbao-Girona 2-3
(35′ Yuri, 89′ Raul Garcia – 4′ Garcia, 19′ self. De Marcos, 45’+1′ self. Vesga)
Celta-Valladolid 3-0
(17′ Seferovic, 32′, 64′ Vega)
Almeria-Barcelona 1-0
(24′ Toure)
Sevilla-Osasuna 22:00
Monday 27/2
Villarreal-Getafe 22:00
The next (24th) matchday:
Friday 3/3
Sociedad-Cádiz 22:00
Saturday 4/3
Getafe-Girona 15:00
Almeria-Villarreal 17:15
Mallorca-Elche 19:30
Atletico Madrid-Seville 22:00
Sunday 5/3
Valladolid-Espanyol 15:00
Barcelona-Valencia 17:15
Rayo Vallecano-Athletic Bilbao 19:30
Betis-Real Madrid 22:00
Monday 6/3
Osasuna-Thelta 22:00
Source: Sport Fm
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