Saturday, January 30, 2016

Barca broke on top, after beat nine of Atletico

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Barcelona broke on the top of the Primera Liga after defeating his immediate pursuer Atletico Madrid.
Barcelona needed a complete turnaround to prevail by 2: 1, because of the rough performances, Atletico ended with two less on the field.
Otherwise Koke gave Atletico an early lead, but Messi with his 25th goal in 28 matches against this opponent equalized and then Luis Suarez scored for Barcelona. Followed red card to Filipe Luis and Diego Godin, which make the task of Atletico alignment impossible.
So Barcelona pulled three points on top, but with a game less against Sporting Gijon. They walk confidently forward along the road to protect the title.
Both teams played a really amazing first half. It started with a clean event for visitors as early as the fourth minute Antoine Griezmann failed to score from a great situation after a long shot. Then Claudio Bravo save.
In the 10th minute, however, Atletico already lead. A swift counterattack from Saul Niguez broke through on the right flank and centered around a point penalty, which was left unmarked Koke. He stuffed a volley Claudio Bravo and pulled his team the lead.
Catalans intensified after this development, but did not have many clear chances. Leo Messi just trying to hamper Oblak, but mainly by static positions. The pressure on Barca, however, was more than evident.
And it paid off with countervailing goal in the 30th minute. Then Neymar and Jordi Alba made a nice combination on the left flank of the attack and the Spanish international passed to Messi uncovered at penalty zone. And from there Argentinian does not forgive - 1: 1.
There were tense moments, but the hosts were still quite active. It was obvious that they seek full twist and their efforts were rewarded on 38 minutes when a great counter.
Then Dani Alves with a phenomenal pass to Luis Suarez, put the ball behind defenders and Suarez against Oblak. His shot was brutally strong and Slovenian goalkeeper had nothing to do but pick the ball out of the net - 2: 1.
It looked like it would be everything before the break, but it was not. In the 44th minute Luis Filipe came a brutal to a knee of Leo Messi and slightly injuring him severely. Argentinian at the last moment keep, but the entry of Brazilian was a direct red card and get it. So Atletico were only ten on the field for the second half.
Although they were less in numbers on the field, visiting Atletico were close to equalizing in 57 minutes. Then hooked on Niguez Barca defenders abandon Antoine Grizmann alone against Bravo and Frenchman shot, but goalkeeper the home team got a foot in the corner.
Shortly thereafter, however, was another blow for Atletico. In the 65th minute Diego Godín came very rude at the feet of Luis Suarez and deserved a second yellow card, thus visitors were only nine and had an impossible task to get at least a draw.
After this situation Barca lower the tempo, looking mainly to allow to reach positions before Bravo. Arda Turan 78 minutes failed to punish his former club by shooting wide of the goal. Messi and Suarez after him had their chances, but they failed to beat Oblak.
Ultimately this result and keep Barca broke on top with 51 points and a game less. Atletico is second with 48 and Barcelona slowly going ahead.

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