Real Madrid won, Girona won, Atlético de Madrid won, FC Barcelona lost points. Sunday evening, the Catalans held on to a draw against Granada (2-2). Trailing from the first minute of play, João Félix’s teammates chased the score throughout the entire match, before finally equalizing through Sergi Roberto in the 85th minute. A frustrating poor performance, just before the international break, while at the same time, the competitors continued. Enough to annoy Xavi, obviously disappointed.
“We totally dominated in possession, we generated chances. But, you can’t go on the pitch like that and lose after 20 seconds. This is an insufficient point. I think the team was patient and calm. We dominated to be able to take the 3 points”, first explains the Catalan coach. He pursues : “We completely controlled the game. We created several chances and deserved more. But we paid the price for our mistakes. In a stadium like this, such mistakes should not be made. The team was good, but one point is not enough. We were very good with Gundogan in the pivot position, then Romeu was very good. We changed the system a little in the second half, with a four-man tactic in midfield, in order to destabilize the opponent, and I think it went well. We deserved to win”. On arrival, Barça slows down and is officially 3 points behind Real Madrid.
