Barcelona played a Derby match against the city rival Espanyol. The La Liga champion’s performance was so poor against Espanyol today. On th...
Barcelona played a Derby match against the city rival Espanyol. The La Liga champion’s performance was so poor against Espanyol today. On the opposite way, in the last fifteen minutes, they had to play with the ten men’s squad. In the crucial moment of the game, Barcelona lost the Dutch midfielder, Frenkie de Jong. The new sign of the Catalan club got the 2nd yellow card in the 75th minute and left the ground. As a result, Barcelona stumbled and lost points. According to the Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde, De Jong’s red card caused a lot of damage.
At the venue of Espanyol, earlier today the 19th round of the La Liga took place between Espanyol and Barcelona. The La Liga champion went behind at the beginning but in the 2nd half, through the goals of Luis Suarez and Arturo Vidal, they went ahead by a 2 – 1. But after De Jong’s red card, the picture of the game was changed. Barca lost control of the midfield. At the end of the game, Espanyol scored the 2nd goal and the game finished with a 2 – 2 goals. In the 75th minute, De Jong made a foul and so, he was given the 2nd yellow card.
In the league football competition, it is the first red card for the Dutch professional midfielder. A few minutes later, Barcelona coach took the former Atletico forward Antoine Griezmann from the ground and grounded the defender Nelson Semedo for securing the defence. But after trying so hard, they could not save the team or failed to score the match-winning goal. Considering the last four matches in the La Liga of Barcelona, they just found one victory.
[MARCA] | VALVERDE: De Jong’s red card did do Barcelona damage
Valverde: “De Jong’s red card did us damage. We had three chances to kill the game off and we ended up drawing from one chance. We controlled the match, we were fine after come back and had intention to score.” pic.twitter.com/89I1T7dHEr
— BarçaTimes (@BarcaTimes) January 5, 2020
After the match, the Barca manager Valverde stated that their weakness is the reason for losing the points. In every match, they have to fight. Barca could not make the start good against Espanyol. Yes, they turned around but unfortunately, they became ten men’s squad. So, the opponent increased the pressure on them and returned to the game. The red card of the Dutch footballer was one of the main reasons for losing points. Besides, Barcelona failed to score the 3rd goal and this is football.
In recent times, Barcelona’s away matches picture seems almost the same. They went behind at the beginning and later, turned around and used to make a draw or in some cases victory. Against Leganes, they went behind at the beginning but finally got the victory by a 2 – 1 goal. But against Real Sociedad, after going behind they made the draw with a 2 – 2 goals.
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