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 section and things have not been looking too good for them. Out of 19 matches played before meeting Barcelona they'd won just 4, with seven draws and 8 losses.
In comparison, FC Barcelona had 13 wins, with 5 draws and simply a single loss. Also take a look at the amount of goals: just 18 for Villarreal compared to Barcelona’s 59. So on paper, it ought to have been an easy win for Barcelona.
But soccer isn’t fought on paper, it’s fought on the pitch and in the event, there were few chances to score. Villarreal’s goalkeeper seem to be in top form, and the defence of the yellow submarines was solid. The first half offered few possibilities for Barca, and while Villarreal had some chances to attack the Barcelona goal nothing eventually came of it.
When the teams came out of the second half Villarreal were looking slightly more important, but it was Barcelona who controlled the play. Nonetheless despite having high possession of the ball, they were never ready to do anything with it. It wasn't really until the last 10 minutes of the match Barca had some good occasions to score but they were unable to score and the match stopped goalless.
The result was displeasing for Barcelona, who were already trailing Real Madrid by 5 points. With Real Madrid winning their match on Saturday 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'll take some bad results from Madrid to turn that around for them. It has still to be seen whether bad luck will strike Madrid so hard.
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