Barcelona stumbled in their first match of the Spanish La Liga. Espanyol took the lead in the Catalan derby but Barcelona drew 1-1. Barcelona took the lead in the seventh minute of the match at home. Alonso put Barca ahead. Barcelona may have been hoping for a win by a good margin then. But Espanyol poured water into that hope. They got a penalty in the 72nd minute of the match. Jucelu scored from the penalty spot to equalize for Espanyol. In the end, both teams could not score any more goals. Showed a total of 15 yellow cards in the match and two turned into red cards as well. Barca coach Xavi also sees a yellow card. Despite losing points in this match, Barcelona is at the top of the points table.
From 2015 Jordi Alba never got a red card but today he get it, it's really pain for him after so long to be clean of the red card in La Liga. Barcelona, although currently at the top of the table, are threatened by Real Madrid, they are also on the same point. Is it possible that Barcelona will fail to win the title again this season? but I hope Xavi has to think of a way for Barcelona to win titles with his current dream squad. 
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Competition two eternal rivals again have the same points. I think it's very interesting and very competitive. Moreover, the points of these two teams can last a long time until their second meeting in the El Clasico match. But in my opinion, Real Madrid is more ready to win the title again at the end of the season. Even though the rest of the season is still long, I am very confident that Los Blancos will be able to outperform the Blaugrana. Yes, of course I really hope that the difference in points will occur in the El Clasico match.
For whatever reason you think Real Madrid have a better chance of winning the title, you need to consider Xavi's success this season which has lifted Barcelona to the top of the table. Of course Barcelona are not superior to the quality of Real Madrid's players, but they can surprise at the end of the season. I don't underestimate Barcelona under any circumstances, it's normal to drop points in one or two match. Disappointing start to Barcelona. It seemed to be played pretty quickly when Barcelona came 1-0 after 7 minutes, but the 2nd goal failed to materialize. Barcelona had a handful of opportunities to score a goal but failed to do so. They were better, but opponent Espanyol scored 1-1 and that was it. Barcelona are still at the top, but only on goal difference. Interesting to know that today the first goal was conceded in their own stadium Nou Camp. It is also striking how few goals Barcelona have conceded in this competition. Still a certain degree of stability.
Barcelona having a disappointing results in camp Nou today with a draw tie 1-1 from espanyol. Let's assumed it's the first start from the two sides after the world cup, the players need to set things in place in other to returned back to their peak. Barça were too favorite to win the game with gamblers having much trust on them, but things don't always go as planned in football. The bluagrana sets good records this season but they still have long work ahead of them. 
Valladolid really demonstrated well in the first half that made the first half to ended up draw, because their defenders was so strong for Real Madrid strikers to achieve a single goal in the first half. Despite, Real Madrid defeated Valladolid 2-0 to achieved the three points from match, many people were not happy for the two goals they achieved from Valladolid with the red card they got from the match, which is an opportunity for Real Madrid to achieve 3 or 4 goals to prove that they are well prepared to win this title than to manage to scored two goals.
It was nice to see Benzema make 2 goals. After missing the World Cup he performed well. It looks like he wants to show Deschams that he was wrong for not calling him up during the final against Argentina. Thibaut Courtois also performed well, he held off several kicks that led to the goal. I saw Valladolid had two golden chances but Thibaut Courtois was able to thwart it. While Madrid leads the Table, but the gap with Barcelona is only one point. Maybe they will be displaced, because Barcelona will be against Espanyol.
Barcelona stumbled in their first match of the Spanish La Liga. Espanyol took the lead in the Catalan derby but Barcelona drew 1-1. Barcelona took the lead in the seventh minute of the match at home. Alonso put Barca ahead. Barcelona may have been hoping for a win by a good margin then. But Espanyol poured water into that hope. They got a penalty in the 72nd minute of the match. Jucelu scored from the penalty spot to equalize for Espanyol. In the end, both teams could not score any more goals. Showed a total of 15 yellow cards in the match and two turned into red cards as well. Barca coach Xavi also sees a yellow card. Despite losing points in this match, Barcelona is at the top of the points table.
Barcelona's failure to win full points makes competition for standings even more interesting, right now between Real Madrid and Barcelona having the same points and goal difference make Barcelona can managed standing position awhile, but La Liga adopted with head to head and not priority with goal difference I think have opportunity for Real Madrid back to top standing position later if draw or win at second el clasico match.
This derby is quite interesting between Barcelona vs Espanyol, especially the 12 yellow cards and 2 red cards given by the referee for players both team Barcelona and Espanyol are an indication of the tightness of the Catalan derby match.
The match referee was Antonio Mateu and I'm not surprised about yellow card and red card because these are normal for Mateu. But problem is Barcelona isn't in the right track. Though football is unpredictable but Barcelona may suffer for losing points comparatively weak teams. In my opinion, Real Madrid will secure number one position again. This derby is quite interesting between Barcelona vs Espanyol, especially the 12 yellow cards and 2 red cards given by the referee for players both team Barcelona and Espanyol are an indication of the tightness of the Catalan derby match.
It was a hot derby and although Barcelona scored an early goal, they missed a lot of chances to increase their advantage in the first half, their advantage was just total. In the second half, Espanyol did not give Barcelona so much freedom in action and it was clear that they were looking for an opportunity to equalize, and they managed to do it. After scoring a penalty, Barcelona had not much time left and they became visibly nervous. As a result Albaget a red card, and Laos handed out lots of yellow cards in its own style. Barcelona draw and level on points with Real Madrid, an unnecessary loss of points at the end of the year.
I think barcelona players were nervous since they scored the goal and its mainly because of the inexperience of the players despite having talent gavi and pedri need to get the experience especially in games such as derby's were the best team doesn't always win a lot of missed opportunities in this game and the fact that madrid won make it more of a disapointement.Disappointing start to Barcelona. It seemed to be played pretty quickly when Barcelona came 1-0 after 7 minutes, but the 2nd goal failed to materialize. Barcelona had a handful of opportunities to score a goal but failed to do so. They were better, but opponent Espanyol scored 1-1 and that was it. Barcelona are still at the top, but only on goal difference. Interesting to know that today the first goal was conceded in their own stadium Nou Camp. It is also striking how few goals Barcelona have conceded in this competition. Still a certain degree of stability.
Very bad way for Barcelona to end the league with a draw. Espanyol are too stubborn they shared the point together.
Hard test ahead as they will face athletico madrid.
It's either they win or they miss out on the league
Barcelona's failure to win full points makes competition for standings even more interesting, right now between Real Madrid and Barcelona having the same points and goal difference make Barcelona can managed standing position awhile, but La Liga adopted with head to head and not priority with goal difference I think have opportunity for Real Madrid back to top standing position later if draw or win at second el clasico match.
This derby is quite interesting between Barcelona vs Espanyol, especially the 12 yellow cards and 2 red cards given by the referee for players both team Barcelona and Espanyol are an indication of the tightness of the Catalan derby match.
This derby is quite interesting between Barcelona vs Espanyol, especially the 12 yellow cards and 2 red cards given by the referee for players both team Barcelona and Espanyol are an indication of the tightness of the Catalan derby match.
This was the game with the highest number of yellow cards I've ever seen.
Antonio Mateu Lahoz, He is one very generous referee, he is a bit of a controversy but people will remember his name. 
the only thing that is preventing us from staying at the top right now is because we conceded a lot of goals, while barcelona only conceded 6 goals, but if in the next game barcelona loses or draws and we manage to win the game then we will be on top again and I doubt it It's a lot that we dropped to second place again, anyway it was funny to see so many yellow cards in this game
And something unexpected in that match actually. I don't think Barcelona will loss points with the way they played, but they were just unlucky that Lahoz awarded Espanyol a penalty. The 1-1 score lasted until the end of the match, and we were very lucky because of this result. Now Real Madrid and Barcelona have the same points, so the competition will be even more intense between the two.Before entering the new year, Barcelona-Espanyol ended in a draw. In the match, Barcelona dominated very heavily, they scored early in the goal. Espanyol didn't have a good shot before taking the penalty, Barcelona was in full control. There were very controversial events in this match. The red card returning from Var will have different interpretations that can be discussed in the penalty. Barcelona would have been more productive if the game had not been stopped by the yellow cards that were constantly appearing in the match and the match had not become so stagnant. I did not like the management of the match at all, the referee kept running around and showing cards throughout the match.
It was an unsatisfactory year-end gift for Barcelona. I understand it was a hot match between Barcelona and Espanyol, but Barcelona shouldn't have dropped points in this match. I'm a little annoyed with the referee's decision to give Jordi Alba a red card, he punished the players too much with cards even this is the match with the highest number of cards at the moment.In the interview session after the match, Xavi said that the referee had lost control of the players on the field. He was so easy to issue a card, obviously something controversial after the same referee did it in the World Cup match between Argentina and the Netherland.
Disappointing start to Barcelona. It seemed to be played pretty quickly when Barcelona came 1-0 after 7 minutes, but the 2nd goal failed to materialize. Barcelona had a handful of opportunities to score a goal but failed to do so. They were better, but opponent Espanyol scored 1-1 and that was it. Barcelona are still at the top, but only on goal difference. Interesting to know that today the first goal was conceded in their own stadium Nou Camp. It is also striking how few goals Barcelona have conceded in this competition. Still a certain degree of stability.
It was a hot derby and although Barcelona scored an early goal, they missed a lot of chances to increase their advantage in the first half, their advantage was just total. In the second half, Espanyol did not give Barcelona so much freedom in action and it was clear that they were looking for an opportunity to equalize, and they managed to do it. After scoring a penalty, Barcelona had not much time left and they became visibly nervous. As a result Albaget a red card, and Laos handed out lots of yellow cards in its own style. Barcelona draw and level on points with Real Madrid, an unnecessary loss of points at the end of the year.
I think barcelona players were nervous since they scored the goal and its mainly because of the inexperience of the players despite having talent gavi and pedri need to get the experience especially in games such as derby's were the best team doesn't always win a lot of missed opportunities in this game and the fact that madrid won make it more of a disapointement.
This was the game with the highest number of yellow cards I've ever seen.
Antonio Mateu Lahoz, He is one very generous referee, he is a bit of a controversy but people will remember his name. the only thing that is preventing us from staying at the top right now is because we conceded a lot of goals, while barcelona only conceded 6 goals, but if in the next game barcelona loses or draws and we manage to win the game then we will be on top again and I doubt it It's a lot that we dropped to second place again, anyway it was funny to see so many yellow cards in this game
And something unexpected in that match actually. I don't think Barcelona will loss points with the way they played, but they were just unlucky that Lahoz awarded Espanyol a penalty. The 1-1 score lasted until the end of the match, and we were very lucky because of this result. Now Real Madrid and Barcelona have the same points, so the competition will be even more intense between the two. It was a hot derby and although Barcelona scored an early goal, they missed a lot of chances to increase their advantage in the first half, their advantage was just total. In the second half, Espanyol did not give Barcelona so much freedom in action and it was clear that they were looking for an opportunity to equalize, and they managed to do it. After scoring a penalty, Barcelona had not much time left and they became visibly nervous. As a result Albaget a red card, and Laos handed out lots of yellow cards in its own style. Barcelona draw and level on points with Real Madrid, an unnecessary loss of points at the end of the year.
I think barcelona players were nervous since they scored the goal and its mainly because of the inexperience of the players despite having talent gavi and pedri need to get the experience especially in games such as derby's were the best team doesn't always win a lot of missed opportunities in this game and the fact that madrid won make it more of a disapointement. 
Different seasons, of course the conditions will not be the same for these two teams. And today it is clear that Barcelona is struggling to stay on top of the standings even though Barcelona drew today with Espanyol. Because Real Madrid temporarily still has to be in second place even though the number of points is the same as Barcelona, so both of them still have to make better improvements in every game so they can continue to compete in the title race this season.
At least Barcelona managed to maintain its position because it didn't lose to Espanyol, but it's a shame Barcelona missed the opportunity to add points because they failed to get a win in this match, Real Madrid caught up with Barcelona on points and currently their points are equal, this will make it difficult for Barcelona to maintain its position The first sequence.But in conditions like this it becomes a bit inconvenient I think because they have to try even harder now to maintain their condition which is ready to be followed by Madrid.
1 point result is not bad but they should be more than this.
Different seasons, of course the conditions will not be the same for these two teams. And today it is clear that Barcelona is struggling to stay on top of the standings even though Barcelona drew today with Espanyol. Because Real Madrid temporarily still has to be in second place even though the number of points is the same as Barcelona, so both of them still have to make better improvements in every game so they can continue to compete in the title race this season.
At least Barcelona managed to maintain its position because it didn't lose to Espanyol, but it's a shame Barcelona missed the opportunity to add points because they failed to get a win in this match, Real Madrid caught up with Barcelona on points and currently their points are equal, this will make it difficult for Barcelona to maintain its position The first sequence. 
It was a hot derby and although Barcelona scored an early goal, they missed a lot of chances to increase their advantage in the first half, their advantage was just total. In the second half, Espanyol did not give Barcelona so much freedom in action and it was clear that they were looking for an opportunity to equalize, and they managed to do it. After scoring a penalty, Barcelona had not much time left and they became visibly nervous. As a result Albaget a red card, and Laos handed out lots of yellow cards in its own style. Barcelona draw and level on points with Real Madrid, an unnecessary loss of points at the end of the year.
Madrid has been managed to make a goal after more than 80 minutes of match. that proves that if valladolid has been giving a hard game for madrid. The game could be ended with the draw as the result but that's very good when benzema would able to execute the penalty and second goals was coming a few minutes after he was making the penalty. I just wanna say if benzema has become a very important player in the game.
He was always helping madrid to leave from the difficult situation like that. Barcelona has very big chance to win easily against espanyol caused by it will be playing at camp nou.
He was always helping madrid to leave from the difficult situation like that. Barcelona has very big chance to win easily against espanyol caused by it will be playing at camp nou.
I think Real Madrid got lucky in the match after they failed to score in 80 minutes luck came in the 83 minute through a penalty and another goal in the 89th minute
Today it is Barcelona's turn to take over the standings it should not be difficult for Barcelona to win because Espanyol is not a strong team, sure Barcelona secure 3 points today.
Before entering the new year, Barcelona-Espanyol ended in a draw. In the match, Barcelona dominated very heavily, they scored early in the goal. Espanyol didn't have a good shot before taking the penalty, Barcelona was in full control. There were very controversial events in this match. The red card returning from Var will have different interpretations that can be discussed in the penalty. Barcelona would have been more productive if the game had not been stopped by the yellow cards that were constantly appearing in the match and the match had not become so stagnant. I did not like the management of the match at all, the referee kept running around and showing cards throughout the match.
Barcelona drew this match. This is probably their first match after the World Cup. However, I did not see any good opportunities for Barcelona in this match. Their team still has that midfielder and defense problem. Jump to: