Hundreds of spectators
In the early morning of December 21, Beijing time, in the 18th round of La Liga, Barcelona hosted Almeria. In the first half, Raphinha broke the deadlock with a follow-up shot and Baptistang equalised with a one-on-one strikeIn the second half, Roberto scored with a header, Edgar Gonzalez picked up a leak and equalized again, and Roberto scored another goal to complete the double. In the end, Barcelona beat Almeria 3-2.
As the defending champions, Barcelona has not performed well this season, after the last two consecutive rounds of winless, has been left behind the leader Girona by 9 points, while 7 points behind the second-placed Real Madrid, the road to the title has begun to fall behind, coach Xavi is more and more out of class.
In this round, Barcelona hosted Almeria, who are at the bottom of the table, and the latter became the only team in the top five leagues this season without a win, with a very poor result. In addition, this game is also the final game of the year for Barcelona, and the team's only goal is to get all three points smoothly.
According to Barcelona's official statistics, only 34,471 people came to watch the game, setting a new low for the team's home attendance this season.
A detailed review of the competition——
In the 33rd minute, after Araujo's header was saved, Raphinha scored from the bottom of the line to help Barcelona break the deadlock 1-0.
In the 37th minute, Lewandowski flashed an angle in front of the goal and hit the goal, which was saved sideways by goalkeeper Maximliano.
In the 41st minute, Baptistang scored with a one-on-one shot to help Almeria equalize 1-1.
In the 60th minute, Raphinha took a corner kick and assisted Roberto's header to score the goal, helping Barcelona lead 2-1 again.
In the 72nd minute, Almeria took a free kick, the Barcelona goalkeeper and defenders made a mistake, goalkeeper Peña saved, and Edgar Gonzalez missed the goal, and the score became 2-2.
In the 83rd minute, Lewandowski sent a pass to assist, and Roberto inserted a single push to score a brace to help Barcelona lead 3-2 again.
At full-time, Barcelona narrowly beat Almeria 3-2.
In this game, Barcelona conceded 2 goals, bringing the team's number of goals conceded after 18 rounds to 21, which has exceeded the total number of goals conceded in La Liga last season before the end of the first half, highlighting the team's increasingly unstable defense and the main reason for the unsatisfactory results.
After the victory, Barcelona reached 38 points, overtaking Atletico Madrid with one more game and returning to third place, while remaining six points away from Girona at the top of the table with one more game and retaining their title hopes.
This is the 17th meeting between Barcelona and Almeria, with 14 wins, two draws and one defeat, with the only defeat coming in a 1-0 defeat away last season.
Now facing Almeria, who are at the bottom of the table, Barcelona not only won by a small goal, but also completed a stunner under difficult circumstances, and the advantage is getting smaller and smaller.