Congratulations to Barcelona for the massive victory they got from Athletic club. Barcelona really performed well through out the match that made many people to believed that Barcelona will definitely achieve something good from this tournament if they can maintain this strategies they used to defeated Athletic Bilbao 4-0 for the favour of Barcelona. Barcelona defenders made the match difficult for Athletic Bilbao strikers to achieve a single goal from the match, because Barcelona defenders and midfielders are well organized in this match to embrace the victory.
Barca had possession of the ball in their defense and midfield. looks very strong, it is not easy for Bilbao to deal with.
Of course, 3 goals in the first half made the mentality of Bilbao players not good. they are not a weak team, but Barca overcomes them with an effective attack.
although still lagging behind Madrid, now Barca will try not to fall behind. Barca only lost to Madrid, and the competition between the two is getting more and more exciting.
Bilbao are in a difficult situation before starting the match at Camp Nou, the visitors have not won in their previous 3 matches. The burden of not performing optimally in the last three matches made them unable to provide resistance to Barcelona. Barcelona who got a win over Villarreal last week were very enthusiastic about welcoming the match, Xavi Hernandez men are also very motivated to stick to Real Madrid in the table.
The direction of the match has begun to be seen after the referee blew the whistle signaling the match had started, three goals were obtained by Barcelona in the first half. As a result of being left behind by three goals in the first half, Bilbao increasingly slumped due to the pressure that Barcelona players continued to launch. Bilbao had to admit defeat 4-0 and make E Valverde team still stuck in sixth position with 18 points.