“There is a league”, was announced this morning (Thursday) on the front page of the newspaper “Sport” published in Barcelona. In an early game from the 19th round, Barcelona inflicted on Real Sociedad their second league loss of the season, and even after falling behind early from a goal by Willian Jose thanks to goals from Jordi Alba and Frankie de Jong already in the first half, won 1: 2 and landed on the Basques Not a simple blow.
Currently, this is what the table looks like in Spain: Atletico Madrid first with 26 points from 11 games, Real Sociedad next to it with the same number of points from 14 games, Real Madrid also with 26 points from 13 games, and Villarreal fourth with 22 points from -13 games and Barcelona fifth with 20 points from 12 games.
In Barcelona, despite the early delay, this morning they celebrated the big change and also the coach Ronald Coman Was very pleased with his players: “The schedule is very tight and we will have to see how the players will feel on Friday night ahead of the next game against Valencia, but it was our impressive victory in terms of approach and effort, these are three points we deserved. “Good for the method of Real Sociedad, Federy and De Jong did a good job.”
Koeman also referred to Griezmann’s huge miss, that the goal line should meet the crossbar: “It’s just a stranger, because he did everything right and the ball didn’t go in. I’m happy with his attitude.”
Another player who has not scored again is Leo Messi, who also came out of such a game with an impressive milestone: “The Flea” recorded his 300th victory at the Camp Nou in all competitions: 211 in La Liga, 53 in the Champions League, 30 in the Spanish Cup (including the final in the Spanish Cup). 2015) and also six home wins in the Super Cup. Messi, by the way, uploaded to his Instagram after the game a group photo of the team celebrating a goal – which he rarely posts on his personal account (and that too to say the least) – in what might imply a renewed warming in his relationship with the club.
Jordi Alba, Scoring the equalizer and scoring the winning goal, was pleased not only with the victory and admitted: “It was our best game this season and I am happy with how we looked today. We played with passion and record motivation. We met one of the best and most dangerous teams and knew it would be difficult “We fought for every ball and did not give up for a moment to achieve an important victory. I was happy to score and I was also lucky, I am very happy tonight.”