The twelfth day of LaLiga Santander has left Barça portrayed. The Catalans have shown their worst face and the situation, today, is very worrying. During his visit to Cádiz at Ramón de Carranza, Ronald Koeman’s men lost three points as a result of defensive errors, who have castiago since the beginning of the season. Right now, they are twelve points behind the lead, but only three points behind. Fortunately for the culés, the Royal Society played during their visit to Mendizorroza, to avoid that the difference with the first places of the competition was more alarming.
Barça has a lot to improve in the face of the next matches and it will be essential that they add three at a time, if LaLiga continues to be a goal. Although the schedule is very tight, between the domestic competition and the Champions League, Ronald Koeman has to find solutions immediately if he doesn’t want the situation to get worse and his position in jeopardy after the club’s elections, which will be held at the end of January.
Quite the opposite is what he lives Atlético de Madrid, which seems untouchable in LaLiga. Simeonen’s team beat Valladolid this Saturday, after goals from Lemar, which had not marked since 2019, and Marcos Llorente. With two less games (like FC Barcelona and Sevilla), they seem invincible this season and already add seven consecutive games winning. They are the only team that has yet to know defeat. and they already register 26 units in the competition, one less than Real Sociedad (25), which tied in their visit to Mendizorroza against Deportivo Alavés and remains in second position.
For its part, Villarreal completes the podium with 21 units, after staying in tables during the visit of Elche to the La Cerámica stadium. With one point less, they are followed by Real Madrid (20), who did their homework against Sevilla, and remain alive in the competition despite the irregular start of the campaign that has had. Cádiz, after the victory against Barça, remains in fifth place with 18 points. Julen Lopetegui’s men are sixth (16) and showed in the visit to the merengue team that have not recovered from Chelsea’s 0-4 win in the Champions League.
Granada, who suffered to reach 3-3 against Huesca, is in seventh position, with one unit less than Sevilla, as well as Betis, who beat Osasuna after several days playing. Finally, Barça occupies the ninth place, with 14 points, and is in a more than delicate situation. Koeman’s men need to wake up and start winning, because they are only three points away from relegation, currently occupied by Osasuna, Valladolid and Huesca.
Thus, the results of this conference have been: Athletic Club 0-2 Celta de Vigo, Levante 3-0 Getafe, Sevilla 0-1 Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid 2-0 Valladolid, Cádiz 2-1 Barcelona, Granada 3-3 Huesca, Osasuna 0-2 Betis, Villarreal 0- 0 Elche and Alavés 0-0 Real Sociedad. On Monday, the date will close with Eibar-Valencia (9:00 p.m. in Spain).
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Barça’s agenda for this week
After the defeat against Cádiz, Barcelona will receive Juventus Turin this Tuesday at the Camp Nou for the sixth and last day of the Champions League group stage. In the European competition, unlike La Liga, Barça has given nothing but happiness. In the reunion between Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the Catalans will be able to achieve the full of victories to recover the good feelings of the team. On Saturday, at the same time, the Barça team will have to face Levante at home. Check all the duels through this link.
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