there are still quite a lot of matches. but now it looks like the battle for the La Liga trophy has just really started between Barca vs Madrid.
Madrid will be more favored as the defending champion. but Barca's ambition to prove their revival must be a hard endeavor.
the match against Espanyol was very unexpected for Barca with possession of the ball they also couldn't win against a team that was far at the bottom of the standings. many unexpected things in the match on the field.
There were 10 players on both teams at the end of the game. A controversial penalty call denied Barcelona victory in the derby. As a result of the 1-1 draw, Real Madrid finish the season on top of the table at the end of the year. This means that Barca versus Madrid have just really begun their battle for the La Liga trophy. Madrid will be more favored as the defending champion. but Barca's ambition to prove their revival must be a hard endeavor.
the match against Espanyol was very unexpected for Barca with possession of the ball they also couldn't win against a team that was far at the bottom of the standings. many unexpected things in the match on the field.
Such unexpected things always happen when controversial referee Lahoz officiates a match. Referees like this one are notorious for making errors, yet they still get to referee big matches, which is itself a penalty.
Catalan Derbies have always been really interesting and thrilling to watch as a lot of heated conversations arose from these types of games. I have to say that Barcelona lost a sheer chance to get clear two points from Real Madrid but they failed to do so. We have seen that the referee has shown multiple yellow and red cards which indicates that the match was quite heated up in the stadium. At the end of the game, only 20 players remained out of 22 but whatever the foul count is, the fact is that this draw might hurt Barcelona in the long run.
