Barcelona versus Rayo Vallecano, La Liga: Final Score 0-1, Barça play inadequately once more, lose at home
Yet again the refereeing was a flat out joke, however Barça had the right to lose
Barcelona presently have played a similar number of matches as the remainder of the La Liga groups and squandered the opportunity to practically ensure a spot in the Champions League next season because of a 1-0 misfortune to Rayo Vallecano at Camp Nou on Sunday night. Barça yielded early and never seemed to be a genuine danger until the end of the game, and regardless of completing the end of the week actually second in the table they stay only six focuses in front of fifth spot with five games to proceed to should strive to secure a Top 4 completion.
FIRST HALF
Barça had an exceptionally sluggish beginning to the game, playing slow going after football and losing simple balls in midfield with unfortunate passes and choices. Rayo then again were extremely fast out of the entryways and scored the opener when Isi's ball incredibly observed Álvaro García, who was given opportunity to control the ball and track down the base corner to give the away group a stunning lead.
The Blaugrana actually required somewhere around 20 minutes to awaken subsequent to yielding the main objective, however at last increased their power in assault and began to make genuine possibilities. Goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski and the Rayo backline expected to make a few genuine intercessions, and Barça verged on getting an adjuster on various open doors.
They were likewise denied an unmistakable punishment when Santi Comesaña hit Gavi inside the crate, however both the arbitrator and VAR disregarded the yell. Gavi was engaged with another pivotal turning point when he hit the crossbar with an excellent shot, and Ferran Torres scored on the bounce back yet was denied the objective for an offside.
At halftime Barça had begun ineffectively however got better toward the finish of the period and might have handily scored an objective or two, yet were still behind going into the last 45 minutes and expected to work on significantly more to track down the triumphant objectives.
Final part
Barça couldn't continue the energy from the finish of the primary half and were back to their sluggish, unoriginal assault with next to no development and a ton of crosses that never compromised the Rayo guard.
Xavi Hernández rolled out a twofold improvement with 30 minutes to go, acquiring Memphis Depay and Nico González hoping to add greater force and imagination off the seat, yet the two players had next to no effect right off the bat and Memphis was particularly inefficient and loose with his passing.
The Barça administrator took his last two actions of the game with 20 minutes left, sending Luuk De Jong and Adama Traoré to attempt to cross the Blaugrana back into the match. Yet again however the arrangement didn't work, and Barça never made a genuine opportunity to track down a late adjuster and were denied an unmistakable punishment when Gavi was pushed in the back inside the crate before the ref, who some way or another didn't see a foul that VAR never tried to check.
The last whistle came following 11 minutes of added opportunity to give Rayo three major focuses that will save them from assignment now, and Barça have now lost two directly at home without scoring an objective and have won only one of their last five in all contests. The misfortune isn't the apocalypse and they are still in fantastic situation to complete in the Top 4, however the tension is there and they can't bear to drop additional focuses.
Barça will invite an intriguing entire seven day stretch of rest and preparing prior to confronting Mallorca next Sunday in what has turned into an unquestionable requirement dominate match for a Barça group going through a difficult stretch at this moment.
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Dest (Lenglet 46'), Araujo, Eric (Adama 71'), Alba; F. De Jong (Nico 60'), Busquets, Gavi; Dembélé, Aubameyang (L. De Jong 71'), Ferran (Memphis 60')
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