Barcelona remain in the second ten
Catalan Barcelona could not improve the position in the standings and remained on the 12th line after a 1:1 draw with Alaves.
Despite a confident performance in the Champions League and victories over Ferencvaros and Juventus, things are not going well for Barcelona in La Liga. After six games played, the Catalans gained only 12 points. At the same time, Ronald Koeman's team has only two points scored in the last four encounters.
In the last round, Blaugranas finished the match in the majority, but could not do more than equalize the score. This was done, by the way, by Antoine Griezmann. The Frenchman was marked by the first effective action since the beginning of the championship, repeating the achievement of his counterpart from Real Madrid Eden Hazard on the same day.
After the game, the head coach of the team, Ronald Koeman, shared his thoughts and plans after the unsuccessful start of the season, which became the worst in the last 18 years,
“Of course, it worries me that we only scored two points out of twelve. I think the game was overall satisfactory. I would be more worried if we weren't creating anything.
But we must do better in front of the goal. Last pass, last shot. We cannot miss so many moments. We are missing too much now,” the Dutch specialist said.
The main hero of the match, Antoine Griezmann, was of a similar opinion, saying that, in particular, he did not realize many of the moments that he should.
In Spain, every year the teams show progress in building high-quality defense. This makes the top clubs more and more difficult to score. Confirmation of this is the lack of problems with the creation of Barça in the Champions League.
Already on Wednesday, Koeman's charges will meet with Dynamo Kyiv at Camp Nou. Bookmakers predict an easy walk for the Catalans with a coefficient of 1.16 for the home win. A guest triumph has the odds of 22.00 and a draw at 9.10.
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