Now their target is going to be to win the La Liga title. Real Madrid will be a bigger threat there of course. I wonder if Barcelona will maintain this performance against Real Madrid again in the other El Clasico in the league later on.
Real madrid is not in good shape. even from the previous games. Meanwhile, Barcelona continues to show good consistency from every previous match. Even Barcelona have never lost again after suffering their last defeat in the El classico match in October. Barcelona vs Real Madrid's next meeting at Laliga is still a long way off, namely in March. and we don't know if there will be many changes in the ranking of the standings. for a while barcelona is now still leading at the top of the standings with a difference of 3 points from Real Madrid. And Barcelona also has opponents who are not too strong in the next match. so the opportunity to continue to collect full points is very wide open for Barcelona.
It is the truth that Real Madrid have started to get bad results recently. First the Villarreal loss in the league and now losing their title chance to Barcelona. Ancelotti must be really disappointed with this level of performance these days.
However all teams have this kind of periods. Barcelona had a terrible time period in the Champions League for example. The most important thing is to gather yourself up before it is too late. The gap between Real Madrid and Barcelona in the standings is still 3 points in the end. I think the title competition would go on until the end of the season.
Seeing real madrid struggle in recent weeks and having barcelona get more and more stable & consistent performance ... xavi must be preparing the next step strategy to keep the team in great mood especially after get a morale boosted with the first trophy of the season they lift yesterday. 3 points away could fall in just 1 bad game for barcelona , beware just beware.