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I think with or without the red card, Barcelona will still defeat them because the matching a revenge match for Barcelona following the 1-0 defeat Real Sociedad defeated Barcelona in their home in their Laliga first leg match; and this match is very important for Barcelona to win because it will give them the chance to lead the Laliga table ahead Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid and they finally lead with one point ahead of Atletico Madrid and three points above Real Madrid.
Real Sociedad's performance this season is impressive enough for one to predict that they stand a chance of getting a result at Barcelona but realistically, anyone who's been watching the league leaders performance this season will agree to the opinion that Barcelona was undoubtedly the favorites to win that game with or without Elustondo's 17th minute red card. Before the game, Barcelona knew that would take them to the top of the league after Real Madrid lost to Real Betis on Saturday. So if you ask me, Barcelona's win didn't just happen because the played against a 10-man Real Sociedad.
Barcelona's performance has been great since the beginning of this season. It was expected that they would be in the best position of the league this season but they were not in the rhythm for some time but when they regained the rhythm, the team has once again held the best position and I believe that It will be difficult for any team to overtake Barcelona in this season. In the last match, Barcelona won 4-0 against Real Sociedad. If it had been a 1-0 win, one could have thought so, but such a big win cannot be achieved due to the play of 10 players. Barcelona has won consistently. So it is definitely wrong to think that Barcelona won because of Aritz Elustondo's red card. Real Sociedad have won only two of their last 5 matches, while Barcelona have won 5 of their 5 matches.
Yea Barcelona performance yesterday was very impressive and they deserve the winning but you can not be sure if they will continue to be in the leading position because the point difference is not much and any loss from Barcelona and Atletico de Madrid win, they will displace Barcelona. Some weeks or month(s) ago the La Liga top 3 were showing some sign of inconsistency and they were loosing even to club that by default they are not suppose to lose against them. However, it would have been somehow certain or sure that Barcelona will win the league if they were leading with 8-10 points difference but let see.