On the occasion of the 19th day of La Liga, FC Barcelona, particularly fragile this season, is preparing to welcome Real Sociedad, next Wednesday, which remains on six draws in all competitions. If the Basques have lost only two games this season, the Blaugrana must pick up the standings to revive.
Clearly, the FC Barcelona season will not be easy this year. Far from the serenity and control displayed during the great Catalan era, the Blaugrana seem poised to relapse into crisis at any time.
Indeed, after having achieved good one-off performances, especially in the Champions League and La Liga, Ronald Koeman’s men were surprised by Cadiz (2-1) before falling heavily at home during the duel for first place in their group in C1 against Juventus (0-3).
Despite this big disappointment, the Barcelona managed to recover on Saturday by winning in front of Levante (1-0). This success allowed them to move back to eighth place in the standings, still nine points behind the leader.
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The leader, precisely, is none other than Real Sociedad, which still has two games ahead of its opponent of the day. This team, already very prominent last year, confirms its fine dispositions displayed during the previous exercise, to the point of being therefore at the top of the La Liga standings.
Beaten only once this year, the players of San Sebastian were able to line up a good series of seven wins in a row to become leader. However, they remain on three parity scores achieved against Villarreal (1-1), Alaves (1-1) and Eibar (1-1) in the derby last weekend.
FC Barcelona : Ter Stegen – Dest, Araujo, Lenglet, Jordi Alba – F.De Jong, Busquets, Coutinho -Griezmann, Messi, Pedri
Real society : Alex Remiro – Zaldua, Zubeldia, Le Normand, Nacho Monreal – Guevara, Zubimendi, Januzaj, R. Lopez, Portu – Isak
