Barca threatens Atletico's fourth place

 Barca threatens Atletico's fourth place


Frenkie de Jong's late goal helped Barca win three points against Alaves in the 22nd round of La Liga at dawn on January 24 (Hanoi time).

Coach Xavi's teachers and students played deadlocked most of the time on Alaves' field. But in a rare attack, Barca found a goal. From the left, Jordi Alba passed the wing to Ferran Torres to enter the penalty area. After that, the former Man City midfielder passed the ball to De Jong to score.


The precious goal of the Dutch midfielder helped Barca to win the 35th point in La Liga 2021/22. At this time, the Camp Nou team is only one point behind Atletico Madrid in fourth place.



Barca vs Alaves Anh 1

De Jong appeared just in time to rescue Barca. Photo: Reuters.

Mundo Deportivo uses the word "gray" to describe the outcome of the match between Barca and Alaves. The away team held the ball up to 76% in this match, but struggled to find every space on the opponent's side who was standing at the bottom of the La Liga rankings.


In the first half, the number of chances Barca created before Alaves was negligible. The shots from Pedri, Torres and Pique are the rare pressure Barca put on the Alaves goal. Meanwhile, Alaves is the team with more dangerous opportunities.


At the end of the first half, Pere Pons had a favorable opportunity to score the opener for Alaves but he could not beat Ter Stegen.


Before De Jong scored, Barca showed a completely deadlocked play against Alaves's shrinking squad. Coach Xavi reacted quite slowly in the way of adjustment, when he brought in Nicolas Gonzalez in place of Abde Ezzalzouli from the 71st minute. Only after 84 minutes did he withdraw Luuk de Jong from the field.


The signs of fatigue of Barca players after 2 intense matches in the Spanish Super Cup (losing to Real Madrid 2-3) and the King's Cup of Spain (winning against Athletic Bilbao) were evident on Alaves' field.


But Marca emphasized: "Xavi's teachers and students cannot use that as an excuse to justify the bad match at Alaves Stadium."


Barca's midfield trio of De Jong, Busquets and Pedri all played above Alaves. But the attacking trio showed opposite performance, especially De Jong.


Barca lacks a striker who is agile and flexible enough to become the ideal ending point for attacks. De Jong still had a few good runs in the ice against Alaves, but not enough. In addition, the absence of Ousmane Dembele also makes Barca's crosses lack speed and directness.


The "giant" of Catalonia is temporarily happy to win three points on Alaves' field. But Xavi needs a few more additions in this mid-season transfer window to be able to compete for the top 4 position until the end of the 2021/22 season.

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