After Eintracht Frankfurt, Now It's Cadiz's Turn To Beat Barcelona At Camp Nou
JAKARTA - Barcelona again lost at Camp Nou. Having previously lost 2-3 to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League, the Catalan club has now lost to Cadiz 0-1 in Spanish La Liga, Tuesday 19 April local time.
With this result, Barcelona failed to approach Real Madrid at the top of the standings. The Blaugrana still collect 60 points, 15 points adrift of Real Madrid.
Meanwhile, Barcelona also collected the same points with Sevilla and Atletico Madrid, occupying the third and fourth positions. They have the right to sit in second place only because they excel in goal productivity.
In this match, there are three pillars of Barcelona players who are absent. Pedri and Gerard Pique are injured, while Ronald Araujo is serving a ban.
In this match, Barcelona coach, Xavi, also rested Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Adama Traore, and Dani Alves. All three sat on the bench at the start of the game,
Blaugrana actually appears to press and dominate the match. It is evident from the match statistics which show Sergio Busquets and his friends recorded 75 percent possession of the ball.
Xavi's men also fired six shots on goal. However, none of them scored a goal in that match.
While Cadiz, from four attempts at goal, one managed to become the winning goal. Lucas Perez scored the goal in the 48th minute.
Xavi made a number of changes in the second half to bring his team level. However, until the end of the match, the position of 1-0 for Cadiz's victory did not change.