Getafe Vs Barcelona game ends in stalemate as the home side came from a goal down to restore parity and held their grounds until the final whistle by the referee. It was a surprise for me that Getafe held a Barcelona side that's in form to a 1-1 draw today. Of course Barcelona dominated all aspects of the game but couldn't find that space to kill off the game, the game grew so intense in the dying minutes that 5 yellow cards were shown by the referee in injury time.
Getafe played very defensively - that was a good strategy to beat Barcelona. Sometimes such a strategy doesn't go to plan as the opponent's dominant play can lead to errors in defense - but today Getafe were really lucky as some of Barcelona's players were underperforming. Lamine missed several chances - Raphinha too, but only Kounde succeeded. Getafe were also lucky in that they only created a handful of chances throughout the match - their goal was lucky.
By the way - did any of you pick Getafe Barcelona to draw in the betslip, if so - congratulations on that big win.
It must be admitted that Getafe was indeed successful with the strategy they implemented in this match, so they were able to get 1 point from a match that was really not easy. Barcelona who continued to attack and were 1 goal ahead, they had to concede in the 34th minute so that Getafe could equalize. This is the 4th match in a row for Barcelona and they have not been able to get even 1 win. Of course this is a very unsatisfactory result, because this result makes them widen the gap with the team above them.
The problem of today's Real is not the attacking players, Mbappe plays well, although I agree that it is more difficult for him to play in La Liga than it was in Ligue 1, the problem of Real is in the defense. They do not concede in every match, but they concede a lot in important matches, and this is the main reason for their failures. If this is not corrected, then this season will be a failure for them, so they need to work on the transfer market to strengthen the defense.
Defense is a slightly more difficult problem to overcome by Ancelloti because the availability of existing players makes it difficult for him to rotate when needed, but if you look at the attack line also affects because if the team does not work optimally then they have difficulty achieving better results. Facing a weak team may not be very influential because the problem is when facing a stronger team and defeat as when facing Barcelona clearly the weaknesses that appear precisely the defense that made many mistakes so they had difficulty compensating for the attacks that were launched by Barcelona.
If we look at the statistics they have created until week 19, they are actually still doing well. However, I agree that they often concede goals during very important matches, which is what ultimately makes them unable to perform optimally in several matches. When they manage to score many goals, their defense works well. However, when they have difficulty scoring goals, their defense cannot work well. This is what is still happening to Real Madrid so far. They can actually still be better, even much better, they just need to solve their problems.