The Barcelona team failed to beat Las Palmas in their visit to the Canaries from the 26th round in the Primera Division. The clash between the two teams finish at 1: 1 and new Barca missed valuable points in the title race just days before the derby against Atletico Madrid pursuer on Sunday. Lionel Messi gave the guests a lead in the 21st minute with their 599th goal in their professional career. However, Jonathan Cajeri of a penalty kick in the 48th minute. This was the first penalty against Barca for more than 2 years. Ernesto Valverde's graduates certainly did not show the best they could. Especially during the second half, their game was rather pale and they did not prove to be worth the three points.
Las Palmas bet in this match Jonathan Cayer up front, and he was supported by Alen Halilovic, Jairo Samperio, and Tana Dominguez.
Barca started with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez in front. Andres Iniesta and Alexis Vidal acted on the wings.
In the 8th minute, Barca organized his first good attack. Messi and Suarez jumped against one defender, the Argentine experience gave Uruguayan, but the pass he was too weak and Suarez failed to overcome keeper. In the subsequent corner, the ball again came to Suarez, who tried an acrobatic blow with his back to the door but inaccurate.
In the 11th minute, Messi had a chance to shoot a foul of about 25 meters and made a very dangerous shot, but keeper Leandro Chichizola saved.
A minute later came the first opportunity for the hosts. Alain Halilovich tried a diagonal blow but did not find the outline of the door.
In the 21st minute Messi had a second chance to shoot free throws and this time attitudes sight and a lovely shot stuck the ball in the goalie angle of 0: 1.
In the 25th minute, the hosts received a free kick in the corner of the penalty area, but Alen Halilovic fired over the door.
In the 40th minute, Etebo tried to distract Mark-Andre Teaching from a distance, but the ball passed the door.
The second half started quite interesting. 47 minutes into the match, Matthias Agigegaray was able to draw the ball in the middle corner, but the shot went just wide. Then Judge Matthew Lahos pointed to the white point and at first, it was not clear why, but the repetitions showed that Luca Din had played with his hand. Jonathan Cayer did well with the penalty kick and restored the match.
This goal obviously quite confused the plans of the Catalans, which almost all the second half wandered on the field and could not seriously oppress the opponent.
In the 80th minute, Usman Dembele advanced to the right and centered on Suarez, but he did not manage to stop the ball well and to score a goal.
In the 96th minute, Dembele tried a long shot, but right in the keeper's hands.
So the match ended without a winner, and Barcelona remains at the top of the 66-point ranking, but only 5 ahead of Atlético Madrid. Las Palmas took a valuable point in the struggle for survival in the elite, but for now, it is not enough and the team remains in the danger zone in the 18th position with 20 points.
source - sportal.bg
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