Barcelona put the point and the chance of revalidating their title in the Spanish League at risk, after tying their visit to Celta de Vigo 2 to 2 today, in a game that marked the return to goal of Uruguayan Luis Suárez, twice Assisted by the Argentine Lionel Messi, who for the third consecutive time could not reach the personal mark of 700 points.
The Catalan team, which provisionally leads with 69 points, may be displaced tomorrow to second place if Real Madrid (68) defeats Espanyol (24), last of the tournament, who will face that commitment with an interim coach (Joaquín Pérez Rufete) after firing today to Abelardo Fernández.
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Barcelona was always in advantage at the Balaídos stadium, where the Uruguayan Suárez was reunited with the net after the meniscus operation on his right knee that took him off the pitch in January, before the suspension of the Spanish season due to the pandemic of coronavirus.
The “Gunman”, who had not scored since the Catalan derby with Espanyol, on January 4, screamed first after a play prepared with his friend Messi, who faced a free kick in a good position to score, he threatened to hit the goal and served the goal with a pass to the head.
20 minutes passed from the first half and the game, corresponding to the 32nd. date, he seemed with a clear fate in favor of the visit, who dominated the ball with Messi as the game articulator, lying on the right side of the attack and with a tendency to run towards the center to combine with the freshness of the young Ricky Puig and Ansu Fati.
The captain of the Argentine team had 39 minutes of the initial period the great chance of scoring goal 700 that he could not set past dates against Seville and Athletic Bilbao. After recovering a ball at the exit of the rival defense, he was outlined for the left-handed player inside the crescent of the area but his shot hit one of the supports of the goal net.
Celta de Vigo, located on the 16th. put, took advantage of a carelessness of the defense of Barcelona at the beginning of the second half and came to the tie for the first time in the match with a solitary definition of the Russian Fedor Smolov, after a pass from the Turkish Okay Yokuslu.
A quick response from the pointer almost allows him to mark Messi, with a high shot, that demanded a revision from the VAR due to a cross by a local defender that did not mean a foul on Rosario.
Suarez, 22 minutes into the last period, was reassured when he received a ball from Messi, with his back to the goal, turned on the edge of the area and defined with a low shot to the right post of Serbian goalkeeper Dragan Rosic. But two minutes from the end, Celta captain Iago Aspas settled the final tie with a low free kick that surprised the German Marc Ter Stegen.
If Barcelona loses the point this Sunday they will have only six dates to try to recover it, with the following rivals ahead: Atlético de Madrid (next Tuesday at the Camp Nou), Villarreal (5/7), Espanyol (8/7), Valladolid ( 7/12), Osasuna (7/15) and Alavés (7/19).
The 32nd. The date of La Liga, which began on Friday with the draw between Seville and Valladolid (1-1), also recorded today Athletic Bilbao’s 3-1 victory over Mallorca, which did not include the Argentine youth Luka Romero.
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