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FC Barcelona once again left two important points in the battle for the championship behind at the weekend. Now these are to be recaptured on matchday 15 in Spain’s La Liga. The Catalans don’t have much time to think about the 2-2 draw against Valencia, because the next game is already late on Tuesday evening (10 p.m.) when they visit Real Valladolid.
So you can’t take a deep breath, three days later it’s back to business again for the Catalans, who have been shaken by the schedule. Already in the closing stages against Valencia you noticed the team of Ronald Koeman that the battery was empty, so it is important to regenerate quickly if you want to kidnap the three important counters from Valladolid.
Valladolid :
Both teams drew on Matchday 14 at the weekend – but only one was happy about it: Real Valladolid. Because the ‘Pucelanos’ defied the Sevilla CF with a late goal in the guest appearance at the Sanchez Pizjuan a 1-1. For them, the draw is a clear win. Meanwhile, Barça were less happy about the 2-2 draw against Valencia.
With the draw in Seville, Valladolid has underpinned its rising form: In the last six games since matchday 9 there has been only one defeat, and this also in the Wanda Metropolitano against Atletico Madrid, currently the best team in La Liga.
Otherwise Valladolid got three wins and two draws in this phase and showed noticeably improved form compared to the weak start to the season. It took until the ninth game day before you could celebrate your first victory. Valladolid started the season with five bankruptcies and three draws.
But now it has recently picked up speed. But in the relegation battle, given the weak start to the season, it is of course still extremely tight. Valladolid is currently ranked first in relegation, 18th place, but there are only three points up to tenth place.
With a win against ailing Barcelona, ’Pucela’ can make a big leap towards the middle of the table. In view of Valladolid’s improved form, the chances are not bad at all, even if Valladolid vs. Barcelona the odds make something else clear at first glance.
Barcelona :
While Valladolid goes into the game on Tuesday with a late sense of achievement, Barça is definitely bent and is also under pressure. In the home game against Valencia, the Catalans only came 2-2, a setback after two wins in a row against Levante (1-0) and Real Sociedad (2-1), which actually gave coach Ronald Koeman’s team the necessary self-confidence should have given.
“It’s a shame that we couldn’t get the three points, we wanted to win, that was the clear goal,” declared goal scorer Ronald Araujo after the game, the central defender had made it 2-1 with a wonderful side pull.
Barça’s small streak broke again after only two games, another setback in the effort to climb up the table. As a result, the Catalans stick to a disappointing fifth place and have not won more games this season (7) than won (6).
It has already set three draws and four bankruptcies, so Barça lurches around in La Liga, does not get any consistency in the performances and results. In view of the central defense, however, this is not necessarily surprising: Koeman surprisingly only put Clement Lenglet on the bench twice in a row, trusted the young up-and-coming central defenders Mingueza and Araujo (both 21), who have hardly a handful of professional games under their belt.
As a result, the services are also fluctuating. Again and again, Barça conceded slight goals. So it is quite possible that Lenglet will move back into the center of the defense against Valladolid to stabilize the defensive. Barça will need a compact defense, but above all a powerful storm if the second away win is to work.
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