As the defending champions of La Liga, Barcelona have made a breakthrough in the Champions League this season to return to the round of 16, but the league has not performed well, losing at home to Girona in the last two rounds, and then being held to a draw by a mediocre Valencia, the first 17 rounds are only in fourth place in the table, as many as nine points behind the strongest dark horse Girona at the top of the table, if they want to keep their hopes of defending the title, they must win more games in the remaining fixtures, and the 18th round of La Liga kicks off in midweek this week, Barcelona hosts Almeria, who will not be able to find the bottom of the league with one win in the new season, but the last time the two sides met, Almeria defeated Barcelona by 1 goal at home, and now they meet again, whether they can break the spell of winlessness has become the biggest attraction!The game is on the spot 3Witnessed by 40,000 fans, although Barcelona took the lead in the score twice, they were stubbornly equalized by Almeria, but fortunately, Roberto scored a quasi-stunner at the last moment to help the team win 3-2, but a trumped-up goal from Barcelona still caused a lot of controversy after the game!
Xavi, who fell into the rumors of dismissal, did not dare to slack off in the face of the weak Almeria in this game, and put out the strongest lineup at home, Peña continued to start in place of the injured Special Lions, Balde and Cancelo guarded the two wings, Christensen and Araujo partnered with two central defenders, Roberto, Gundogan and Fermin were in midfield, Lewandowski played in the centre, Felix and Raphinha operated on the flanks, and Almeria, who travelled away, put on a back five to counter-attack Barcelona with a counter-attack.
After the start of the game, Barcelona launched a fierce attack on the goal of the league vice-president in the cheers of the fans, and in the 8th minute, Almeria made a mistake in the backline, and after Barcelona's corner kick, Roberto in the penalty area was completely unmarked, but his close-range header was saved by the Almeria goalkeeper.
The home team's bombardment finally paid off in the 33rd minuteAraujo rose high to head home from a corner from his team-mates on the right, and although the Almeria goalkeeper made another great save, he was unable to prevent Raphinha from close range as Barcelona took a 1-0 lead.
Barcelona's first goal, Araujo, who accounted for most of the credit, made a fatal mistake before the end of the half, and his mistake in stopping the ball directly gave the opponent a single chanceBaptistang scored a goal to help Almeria return to the dressing room with a 1-1 scoreline.
After the start of the second half, Barcelona was still besieging the opponent, Lewandowski, whose performance did not meet expectations this season, had a very strong desire to score, and he kicked his head and feet as soon as he came up, constantly hitting Almeria's goal, but he returned again and again in vain, and was defused by the opponent's defense, but Barcelona still took the lead again in the 60th minuteAfter a corner kick from the left, Roberto looked back at the moon with a forward strike, which left the Almeria goalkeeper out of reach and rewrote the score to 2-1But the slow-motion replay, this penalty was unwarranted, the ball was touched by Balde's bottom line, and the referee's misjudgment helped Barcelona a big favor.
But the fans at Barça's home stadium didn't rejoice for longAraujo, who had previously made a mistake to give a gift, once again gave Almeria a heavy gift, after the opponent's free kick, Araujo and Peña grabbed together, causing the latter to get out of his hands, and Gonzalez in front of the goal picked up the leak and easily scored, allowing the two teams to return to the same running line 2-2.
Fortunately, Roberto, who was the captain in the 83rd minute, stepped forward again to save the teamLewandowski picked up a pass in the penalty area at the front of the penalty area, and Roberto pierced the crotch to help Barcelona set the score at 3-2After ending an embarrassing three-game winless run, Roberto had a chance to score a hat-trick in the final moments, but his stoppage-time shot was denied by the crossbar, but he was still the biggest contributor to the team's victory!