Barcelona almost had to end the match with a draw if Nico's goal was considered offside. It was a good scoring process in my opinion although on replay it looked a little offside. But the referee ruled that it was a legitimate goal and Barcelona won this match with great effort today.
I was surprised by Elche's two goals after Barcelona took a 2-goal lead, it proves that Barcelona's defense has really been in trouble this season. Nevertheless I think this is an important point for Barcelona although I think some people doubt it.
It's true that Barcelona's victory against Elche is very important, because after all Barcelona must not lose a lot of points to get into the top 4.
Especially against a weak team Barcelona must win, so I'm happy Barcelona got 3 points. Even though as you say, Barcelona almost had to end
the match with a draw if the goal scored by Nico Gonzalez was declared offside. I admit that Barcelona's defense this season has been very bad,
it is Xavi's job to improve Barcelona's defense to be stronger and not easily concede goals. If we look at the match statistics, it is very clear that
Barcelona controlled the match and deserved to win. But it was surprising that Elche managed to score two goals in close time and managed to
make Barcelona panic. This is a lesson for Barcelona players not to underestimate their opponents and lose concentration when they are already
two goals ahead. Hopefully Barcelona can win again against Sevilla in the next match, although I doubt Barcelona can beat Sevilla. Because Sevilla is
a team that is difficult to beat, but if Xavi can run the right strategy, Barcelona still has a chance to beat Sevilla.