Both Catalan clubs failed to learn from Real Madrid's draw against Valencia. Barcelona's draw with Bilbao and Girona's loss to Mallorca were unexpected, especially given the risks
I think Barcelona missed out. Their track record and squad depth suggest they can beat Bilbao. Girona's erratic season makes their situation more understandable, but these are the matches you can't lose to finish high. These teams need to improve. Even with draws, Real Madrid is comfortably ahead, and Barcelona and Girona must improve or they'll fall behind
Previously I thought Barcelona could achieve a narrow victory over Bilbao, but that didn't happen and the two were forced to share points. It is clear that Barcelona missed the opportunity to move up to second place in the standings, and Girona was lucky not to be evicted this week. Among the top five teams in the standings, only ATM managed to secure full points this week.
If Barcelona can secure full points, Madrid will certainly be even more alert, because it could be that Barcelona will come back in and have the opportunity to hunt for trophies after they were so far behind in points previously. Bilbao appeared solid and their defense line was quite good, that comparable to Barcelona front line which failed to score goals.
If the match between Osasuna and Alaves is finished, La Liga will have 10 more matches left, and I think Girona and Barcelona will compete fiercely to secure second place in the standings. Meanwhile, Bilbao will continue to hit the ATM to get tickets to the Champions League. Bellingham still leads the list of top scorers at the moment, Madrid was lucky to recruit him last summer.
Talking about Barcelona, it seems that after losing players who are currently injured, Cavi is a little confused about who will replace Pedri and De Jong because there are no substitute players who have the performance like these two players.
Even though yesterday they failed to get points, it was a good result because Barcelona didn't want to lose points when playing away from home and initially I thought Barcelona would lose this match because Bilbao was strong enough to put up resistance which was almost able to break through Barca's goal but fortunately Cavi's troops were able to hold on until end of the match.
Yes, Atletico Madrid was indeed a lucky club last weekend because several big clubs got unsatisfactory results and even Girona also failed to get points because they lost against Mallorca.
The Laliga competition is becoming increasingly tense, several big clubs at the top of the points table are close to each other, the difference in points is quite fierce and easy to shift, but Real Madrid is still the club that looks the strongest because it has more or less a difference from Girona.
There are still around 33 points remaining that the big clubs can compete for, but I hope Barcelona can be consistent and shift Real Madrid's position to give the final prize before being sacked.