These newly advanced teams from the lower division are creating surprises. Barcelona was fully dominating the match but effective defense and counterattack made Barcelona nearly lose it. Atletico Madrid was too made to share the points with Elche. It's not that these teams would come in and just take the lead but the difficulty in playing them for larger teams could be due to their lower exposure to that team and their strategies. With teams playing each other more, they'd be more ready to handle the teams like they do to other teams they are used to.
When Levante took a two-goal lead against Barcelona, I was shocked and surprised. For a moment, I wondered if Barcelona would drop points in this match. I'm sure many Real Madrid fans expected them to drop points. However, Barcelona made a magnificent comeback, scoring three goals to win the match. Such comebacks are rare from great teams. Even after falling behind 2-0, I still thought they could win the match. In the end, Barcelona won.
In the first half, Barcelona front line performed very poorly because the team's balance was disrupted by Rashford, whose role did not really help the attack. Therefore when the second half began, Hansi Flick restored the balance that Barcelona should have shown by removing Rashford.
I must commend the outstanding performance of Levante players, who put up a fierce fight and even dominated Barcelona with their pressing tactics. Despite an unexpected goal in the final minutes, overall this promoted club managed to surprise us.