FC Barcelona travelled down to Villarreal on Sat. night for week 21 of this season’s Spanish League. The yellow submarines as they are known are way down in the relegation zone and things haven't been looking too good for them. Out of 19 matches played before meeting Barcelona they had won just four, with seven draws and 8 losses.
In comparison, FC Barcelona had 13 wins, with 5 draws and merely a single loss. Also take a look at the amount of goals: just 18 for Villarreal compared with Barcelona’s 59. So on paper, it ought to have been a straightforward win for Barcelona.
However , soccer isn’t fought on paper, it’s fought on the pitch and in the event, there were few opportunities to score. Villarreal’s goalkeeper appear to be in top form, and the defence of the yellow submarines was solid. The first half offered few chances for Barca, and while Villarreal had some chances to attack the Barcelona goal nothing finally came of it.
When the groups came out of the second half Villarreal were looking slightly more critical, though it was Barcelona who controlled the play. Nonetheless despite having high possession of the ball, they weren't able to do anything with it. It wasn't truly until the last 10 minutes of the match Barca had some good occasions to score but they couldn't to score and the match stopped goalless.
The result was disheartening for Barcelona, who were already trailing Real Madrid by five points. With Real Madrid winning their match on Sat. it now leaves Barcelona 7 points behind and it’s starting to look as if the la liga title is going is out of their reach. While allegedly they are not out of the race, it will take some poor results from Madrid to turn that around for them. It remains to be seen whether misfortune will strike Madrid so hard.
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