Alaves vs Barcelona
Barcelona had a narrow win against Osasuna in the last match. Barcelona's performance was good enough. Even then the team could not score more than one goal. So the Barcelona team is trying to dominate from the beginning of today's match.
Lewandowski scored from Gundogan's pass in 22 minutes. Barcelona now lead 1-0. Barcelona players did not attack much after scoring. However, at the end of 40 minutes, Barcelona managed to have 74% of the ball possession. Barcelona probably want to end the first half 1-0. Maybe Barcelona will change their match strategy in the second half.
Barcelona played very cautiously in the first half. Xavi is well aware that his team's overall condition is not good right now. Because of this he is now very tactful. Barcelona kept their defense tight in this match but still tried to attack. Barcelona tightened their defense after scoring. Barcelona lead 1-0 at the end of the first half. A bon Barcelona made a total of 3 shots while Alaves players made 6 shots. I think we will see a few more goals in the second half. Xavi may have tried to find weaknesses in Alaves' defense in the first half. In the second half, maybe Barcelona will increase their attack speed.
And the second half has been a better performance from the Barcelona team as Vitor Roque has made the goal tally to a 1:3 in the 63rd minutes to keep the Barcelona team in a comfortable position in the game. The Xavi men really did a better job in the defense after conceding goal I the early minutes of the second half but Xavi corrected the defensive error and his team came back stronger even as they sure of winning this particular.
Bad news for Barcelona as Vitor Roque has been sent off following a second yellow card he received so Barcelona is currently playing with a one man down hopefully they hold on to the goals they have scored and not conceed more goals.
Barcelona managed to get 3 points from the match. Barcelona won 3-1. Barcelona were very tactical in this match. They don't attack too much. Barcelona are now looking to tighten up their defense after conceding 5 goals against Villarreal. Xavi has changed his match strategy. In the last two matches, Barcelona is defensive. played
In the second half I expected to see better gameplay from Barcelona. But in the second half, Barcelona played a defensive strategy. If Vitor Roque had not received a red card, Barcelona might not have played a defensive strategy in the second half.