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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.
Most of the time despite how hard these other teams try, they still end up being inferior to these elite teams, if let's say they play 20 times, 15 times out of this figure the big teams will win the other 5 times is football been football where there are set backs for the big teams. Even before the match, I knew Barcelona will never play with them the way Real Madrid did in the Copa Del Rey last week. I knew Barcelona will run riot on them especially when they are seeing 1st on sight.
This is the fate of small teams in Spain. They lose most of their matches against teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, but the matches they win are great matches for them. These surprising results are what determine the champion in the Spanish league. This year Barcelona started the league very well and was doing really well. They lost a lot of points to small teams one after another and then they gave up the leadership. However, we see that they are the leaders again and Real Madrid started to lose points. That is why the Spanish league is good, every team is open to surprises.