Slender 1-0 lead over Alaves, Barcelona rose to fifth in the standings
2022-01-26 08:11JAKARTA -- Barcelona picked up three points after beating Alaves 1-0 in the 22nd jornada of Spanish La Liga at the Mendizorroza Stadium on Monday (1/24/2022) early morning WIB. The only goal of the match was scored by Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong towards the end of the second half.
This victory makes Barcelona move Real Sociedad in fifth place in the standings with 35 points, with only one point adrift of Atletico Madrid in fourth place. Meanwhile, Alaves remain in the second-bottom position in the standings with 17 points from 22 matches.
Barcelona took the initiative to attack as soon as the match started and locked up the Alaves defense. Barca's first opportunity came in the 13th minute.
Dest sent an accurate cross for Luuk De Jong, but his execution still did not meet the target. Until the 25th minute, the game was quite balanced.
Barca dominate possession of the ball, but Alaves can still minimize the threat from the opponent. Barca's attacks are still too easily broken by the home team.
Until the 35th minute, Alaves was only able to record one attempt, but defended well. Barca continue to be frustrated by the Alaves defense.
The glasses score lasted until the first half was over. The second half restarted at a similar tempo.
The Blaugrana were more active on the ball, but 10 minutes passed without any dangerous chances. Xavi's squad began to get frustrated because it was difficult to dismantle the opponent's defense.
Until the 60th minute, Alaves comfortably survived and waited for a chance to counterattack. Barca tried to attack from all sides, but still not successful.
In the 78th minute, Alaves got a ripe opportunity through a counter-attack from the right side. Unfortunately Jason's header narrowly missed.
Barcelona found his goal in the 87th minute. Jordi Alba sent a gastric bait to the right side, was greeted by Ferran Torres who immediately removed the bait to pull into the middle of the penalty box for Frenkie de Jong. The score became 1-0. There were no additional goals until the game was over and Barcelona was entitled to take home the three points.
Lineup:
Alaves (4-5-1)
Fernando Pacheco; Martin Aguirregabiria, Victor Laguardia, Florian Lejeune, Javi Lopez; Jason, Gonzalo Escalante, Tomas Pina (88' Antonio Moya), Pere Pons (72' Miguel de la Fuente), Luis Rioja (90' Edgar Mendez); Joselu.
Barcelona (4-3-3)
Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Sergino Dest, Gerard Pique, Ronald Araujo, Jordi Alba; Frenkie de Jong, Sergio Busquets, Pedri (90' Clement Lenglet); Ferran Torres, Luuk de Jong (84' Ferran Jutgla), Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (72' Nico Gonzalez).
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