Yesterday, Sunday, Barcelona, the leaders of the Spanish League, lost 1-0 to its guest, Leganes, with a goal scored by defender Sergio Gonzalez from a header at the beginning of the match in which the Catalan team wasted many chances, suffering its second successive defeat at home in the competition.
Despite its impressive results in the Champions League with five victories in six matches, Barcelona struggled domestically for more than one month, as it achieved One win In the last six league matches.
Barcelona is still in the lead with 38 points, equal to Atletico Madrid, and one point ahead of… real madrid Third ranking. The Spanish capital’s two teams have one postponed match. After achieving its first victory ever at Barcelona Stadium, Leganes rises to 15th place in the standings with 18 points.
Wholesale opportunities
Leganes scored the only goal of the match from a corner kick four minutes later, when an unmarked Gonzalez rose high at the far post to head home a shot into the net.
Barcelona sought to equalize, and despite its dominance in the match, as its percentage of possession of the ball exceeded 80%, it was unable to outperform the Leganes defense line, consisting of 5 players, and wasted many opportunities.
Barcelona had 20 attempts, only four of which were on target throughout the match, and goalkeeper Marko Dimitrovic excelled in clearing three chances in the first half.
Barcelona players wasted many opportunities and faced an iron defense – Reuters
The 32-year-old goalkeeper reacted quickly to block an attempt from Robert Lewandowski in the tenth minute, after a wonderful effort from Rafinha on the left side. He also brilliantly blocked a direct shot from Rafinha and turned it onto the crossbar in the 33rd minute, before beating Lewandowski one-on-one minutes later.
Barcelona’s frustration continued in the second half, as Dani Olmo took turns And Secretary Jamaland Rafinha wasted opportunities, and Lewandowski and Jules Kounde also missed opportunities from close range.
Pedri told the Dazón platform in frustration: “It is impossible to feel happy after what happened today. We lacked the spark required in the attack to score the net, and we have to play the matches better. We cannot allow our competitors to score at such an early time in the matches, and I think we made “Opportunities, but we have to know how to exploit them. It is difficult to explain our suffering in the league, but we have to move forward.”
Saint-Germain and the lead
In France, a team won Paris Saint-Germain The summit of the 14th round of the league matches against its guest, Lyon, after defeating it by three goals to one, in the match that brought them together yesterday at the “Princes Park” stadium.
The French capital team’s hat-trick was scored by Ousmane Dembélé, Portuguese Vitinha from a penalty kick, and his compatriot Goncalo Ramos in the 8th, 14th and 88th minutes, while Lyon’s goal was scored by Georgian Giorgis Mikautadze in the 40th minute.
And he stopped Parisian giantWith this victory, the loss of points that it suffered in the previous two rounds, with draws against Nantes and Auxerre respectively, raised its score to 37 points, continuing its monopoly at the top of the general standings, 7 points behind Marseille, the runner-up.
On the other hand, Lyon suffered its first loss after 9 consecutive matches, during which it recorded 6 victories and 3 draws, leaving its score frozen at 25 points in fifth place.
In other matches, Brest Stadium beat its guest Nantes 4-1, Strasbourg beat its host Le Havre 3-0, Rennes Stadium beat Angers 2-0, while Montpellier and its guest Nice tied 2-2.