Barcelona Blog
Barcelona suffered a painful defeat with a clean goal against the Almeria team, which it faced today in the twenty-third round of the Spanish Premier League championship.
With this result, Barcelona maintained the top of the La Liga standings with 59 points, 7 points ahead of Real Madrid, who finished in second place with 52 points.
And Barcelona received four strong blows after the defeat against Almeria
Wasted opportunity to widen the difference
Xavi Hernandez was hoping to take advantage of Real Madrid’s slump yesterday, Saturday, by drawing with Atletico Madrid, to widen the difference to 10 points, but the defeat against Almeria made the difference shrink to 7 points, after it was 8 points in the last round.
Xavi Suspense
Xavi Hernandez received a yellow card for objecting to the referee’s decisions in the Almeria match, which means that he will be subject to a one-match suspension penalty due to the accumulation of cards, which means that he will miss the match against Valencia next Sunday in the twenty-fourth round of La Liga competitions.
Gavi and Raphinha’s punishment
In addition to Xavi, it was confirmed that the Brazilian winger Raphinha and the Spanish midfielder Gavi were absent from the Valencia match after they received a yellow card against Almeria, which means stopping them for one match for accumulating cards.
