Spanish League 21-22
Game board
Cycle 9 – 18/10/2021
- Levante
- 0 – 0
- Hattafa
- Real Sociedad
- 0 – 1
- Mallorca
- Rayo Vallecano
- 1 – 2
- Elche
- Celta de Vigo
- 1 – 0
- Seville
- Villarreal
- 2 – 1
- Ossona
- Barcelona
- 1 – 3
- Valencia
- Espanyol
- 0 – 2
- Cadiz
- Real Madrid
- 0 – 1
- Athletic Bilbao
- Granada
- Wednesday, 22/12, 20:00
- Athletico Madrid
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Plot twist? Osman Dembele (Barcelona Official Website)
After eight official games under Xavi, Barcelona finished 2021 last night (Tuesday) with a 1-1 draw against Sevilla at Ramon Sanchez Fijuan. The Catalans continue to show gradually improved ability under the coach and this time too they dominated most of the game against the second in the table, but again they failed to beat a really strong opponent.
“I’m not happy with the result,” he admitted Xavi At the end, “But it’s getting closer to Barça I want to see – brave, attacking. Just like it was in my time (as a player) and what led us to success. If Dembele’s kick (which went to the beam) had come in, we would have been talking about a phenomenal game.”
By the way Dembele, in France it was reported that the extremist finally decided to stay at Barça. As is well known, he has long been offered a new contract, his agent wanted the player to move to another team in the summer and from the beginning of 2022 he will also be able to sign and move in the summer as a free agent. However, according to the report, Dembele has made a decision regarding his future and will extend his contract. However, no agreement has yet been reached with Barça.
And back to the game. Frankie de Jong Unimpressive since Xavi’s appointment as coach, unlike Gabby and Nico Gonzalez for example, he was replaced five minutes before the end of Block de Jong. Recently there have been reports in Catalonia that the Catalans may be open to the possibility of selling the contract in the summer for the right price and he hopes that by the beginning of 2022 he will get back to himself. “We had to win,” he said, “we were better than Sevilla and that’s how it should be. We have to play better than the opponent.”
And what was written in the media about the game? B‘sport’ The Catalan had the headline: “A point of hope” and was also written: “In a game where Xavi’s players deserved more, they came back with a point from Harmon Sanchez Pijuan. The Catalans close the year two points away from the Champions League.”Mundo Deportivo They wrote: “To the beam. Barça dominated and came close to winning with a Dembele kick that stroked the post.”‘Marca’ Focus on the consequences of the game and write: “Madrid Winter Champion”.
After the Christmas break, Barcelona will open 2022 in an away game against Mallorca on January 2 and will do so, as usual, with a missing squad. Sergio Busquets and Gabby will be absent due to the accumulation of yellow cards, which may give De Jong an opportunity to develop as a back-up midfielder and not as a central midfielder as usual. Nico will likely get a chance in the squad after the break and Pedry will also return after an absence, as well as Anso Patti. The renewed official debut of Danny Alves will wait until they can register him only after the meeting with Mallorca, which means that the Brazilian will only be available for Xavi in the cup against Linars.
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