Barcelona closed a bad football week. On Thursday, Manchester United eliminated him from the Europa League and this Sunday, Almería defeated it 1-0 for the first time in its history, and stopped him from his triumphant march towards the Spanish League title. Anyway, the team led by Xavi is not at risk of losing the lead. He was left with 59 points, seven behind his escort, Real Madrid.
The goal for the modest local team was scored by The Bilal Toure 24 minutes into the first part. Barcelona could not react and went down at halftime by the minimum. In the second half, the Catalans went out looking for an equalizer and had some clear situations, but they couldn’t convert them. Almería, in which Velez’s former midfielder Lucas Robertone played 75 minutes, finally took the victory and three key points in their fight to get out of the bottom of the table. Add 26 units and is only three from the first place of relegation to Second.
In the other games played, Girona, with goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga and forward Valentín Castellanos as starters, as a visitor they beat Athletic Bilbao 3-2Celtic from Vigo beat 3 to 0 to Valladolid and Osasuna as a visitor beat Seville 3-2. In the Sevillian team, andhe world champion Marcos Acuña replaced Erik Lamela and Lucas Ocampos entered in the second half. The 23rd date will be completed this Monday from 5:00 p.m. (Argentine time) with the match between Villarreal and Getafe.