The penalty and the red card made things much better for Barcelona to win against Osasuna. However the second half performance of the team was really horrible. I mean there was a dominance in ball possession as usual but there was only one goal attempt. If it weren't for that penalty maybe they weren't going to score the winning goal.
But I still want to understand this because of Osasuna's not being an easy opponent. Still Barcelona should have had more goal attempts than that. In the end there is still a big quality gap. It was nice to see Lewandowski scoring another goal and hopefully he can be better in time.
Barcelona of a truth won their Spanish La Liga match against Osasuna tonight and took home all three points from the game but I think they weren't convincing with their performance tonight and if not for Alejandro Catena's in 84th minute of the game, the result of the game would've been different from what we saw.
If Barcelona plays against big team who are good in converting their chances like they played against Osasuna, they'll be thrashed by such club. Xavi Hernandez must improve his team's performance if he really want to have a good season with his Barcelona set up
Can Barcelona defend its title this season?
Yes, we are witnessing the hard struggle of the La Liga champions. Barcelona could only win all 3 points against home team Osasuna thanks to a penalty. I wonder how they can play poorly when they have a perfect squad in every position. But no matter what, Xavi and his team won 3 points to continue chasing their great rival Real Madrid on the La Liga rankings this season.
Barselona almost drew the match but the penalty shootout was a huge opportunity for them as the match was 1-1 until the 84th minute. Barcelona won today's match and got total 10 points and on the other hand Girona is in 2nd position with 10 points and Real Madrid is in 1st position with 12 points. Barcelona will be in position to overtake Girona if they win their next match. And then Real Madrid will be their only rival