18-time Spanish La Liga champion FC Barcelona continued to win this weekend by beating Recreativo Huelva 2-0 on matchday 11 of the league. This is Barcelona’s ninth consecutive win in La Liga and their 16th straight win without losing this season.
With this victory, Barça is three points ahead of Villarreal and five points ahead of Valencia and Real Madrid. During this date, Villarreal tied the match with Málaga 2-2 and Real Madrid and Valencia lost to Valladolid and Sporting de Gijón respectively.
In the match against Recreativo, Barcelona was overwhelmingly dominant as Messi, Thierry Henry and Eto’o had scoring chances in the first half, but Recreativo’s goalkeeper, Asier Riesgo, largely saved their intentions. However, Barça coach Pep Guardiola advised his players at half-time to be patient and control the game in order to achieve the positive results they wanted to achieve. And then, just 6 minutes into the second half, a foul by Xavi assisting Messi gave Barça their first goal. Next, Barça continued to attack Recreativo and in the 85th minute the substitute Keita, who had just arrived for the match, scored the second Barça goal. Even with the good defense of Recreativo, Barcelona achieved its victory and added more points as the first team in the League.
Coach Pep Guardiola expressed that Recreativo was an uncomfortable team to play but still got a positive result.
“Recreativo was an uncomfortable opponent and we had to be patient, but a game lasts 90 minutes, so that’s fine. With these results it’s not like we’re champions, but we’re up at the moment and, of course, we want to”. stay there”, said Guardiola. Barcelona’s rookie coach also stated that his next match against Getafe was going to be difficult, but his team also wants a win in that match.
We have to mention that Lionel Messi has given Barcelona the opportunity to create options and give positive results. In a way, Messi has been the pillar of Barça, not only scoring his seventh goal of the season with the Catalans, but also creating plays and moving defenders to create space in the rival area. On the other hand, Xavi the midfielder has also been incredible, Samiel Eto’o and Thierry Henry have given an incredible balance in the team’s attack and their coach Pep Guardiola has arranged the tactics stated in each game to generate this incredible winning streak for the team. club.
Barcelona’s next match will be against Getafe on November 23 at Barcelona’s Camp Nou, followed by their next Champions League match against Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon on November 26.
Pep Guardiola and his players hope to maintain their effectiveness for the coming games and will work hard all this week to play their best, looking for the key strategies to achieve victory once again. In this way, the club will be able to add more points to its leadership in LaLiga and qualify for the next round of the Champions League.