Barcelona broke their streak of seven consecutive championship analyzed by fixed games victories after finishing 1:1 with Cadiz at the `Camp Nou`. Thus, the Catalans missed the chance to return to the title fight after the wrong steps of Atletico Madrid and remain eight points behind the leader in La Liga, with an equal number of matches played. Lionel Messi gave the hosts the lead after a penalty kick in the 32nd minute. The Argentine equalized in goals Luis Suarez in the battle for the goal-scoring prize, but he will remember this match rather with another record, which he improved. It was a No506 match for him in the Spanish elite, thus overtaking Xavi Hernandez as the player with the most matches for Barcelona in the league. Two more goals of `Blaugranas` were canceled due to ambushes, and a minute before the end another blunder by Clement Langle led to a penalty in favor of the guests, which Alex Fernandez scored. Barcelona`s last loss in the league was to Cadiz, which means that the rookie took four points from his two games with the Blaugranas this season. Ronald Koeman`s team failed to react after the heavy defeat by Paris Saint-Germain during the week and it is getting closer to register a zero season.
The coach of the Catalans did not make any changes in the squad, which also started against PSG.
As a guest, Fali returned to his usual position in the center of defense, after acting as a midfielder against Athletic Bilbao. Mauro returned to the starting lineup after a penalty, and Perea was Garrido`s partner in the middle of the field. Iskierdo started as a left winger.
The guests were relatively stable in the first minutes and did not allow serious dangers. In the tenth minute Messi shot directly from a direct free kick, although the position was not very comfortable. Ledesma did it, though not in the most convincing way. As expected, Barca had a huge advantage in ball control, but that did not bother the `yellows`. In the 16th minute Ledesma stretched very well to cross a dangerous cross to the far post. Shortly afterwards, Alba shot from 20 meters, but the ball went sideways. In the 18th minute Messi received a good pass from Busquets, but the Argentine`s shot was blocked. This was followed by an extremely inaccurate shot by Griezmann and a new attempt by Messi, who shot on the ground, but after a ricochet the ball ended up right in the hands of Ledesma. In the 22nd minute, Pedry found Griezmann in the penalty area, but the Frenchman`s shot was blocked. A few minutes later, Ledesma saved Messi`s shot from a distance. The key episode for the first part came in the 31st minute. Pedry tried to invade the penalty area, passing between two defenders of Cadiz. Isa tripped him - a penalty for Barcelona. Leo Messi performed in cold blood with a light kick on the ground in the opposite co rner of the one chosen by Ledesma. With this goal, the Argentine equalized Luis Suarez in the battle with the goal-scoring prize in La Liga. Both have 16 hits.
Cadiz could equalize very soon. A cross to Salvi`s right was diverted to the uncovered Sobrino, who intercepted with a knee from close range, but inches separated him from the target.
Until the break, De Jong and Pedri washed twice more Barcelona`s La Liga series ended with another blunder by Langle Soccer tipsters - more details and information: Soccer tipsters
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