Spain's football giants are not experiencing the most successful period - if Madrid's "Real" fail to score in four consecutive matches, then "Barcelona" cannot win as many times.
In the duel of the "La Liga" championship held on Sunday, "Barcelona" lost points for the fourth consecutive time - "Valencia" managed to achieve a 1:1 draw.
After the match, Barcelona's coach Ernesto Valverde said that Barcelona did not play up to their potential, but the opponents' goal was also a factor of success.
"Four days ago we scored a goal in the 2nd minute, today - the opponents. These things can happen. We train not to make such mistakes, but football is not always predictable.
It is true that this season we are more often forced to recover after the opponents' goal than to defend the advantage ourselves. It seems like we are swimming against the current, but I have no doubt that this will change soon," said E. Valverde.
In this match, the coach's decision to make the first substitution only in the 84th minute surprised - Philippe Coutinho replaced Ousmane Dembele. Just four minutes later, Rafinha, who has almost not played this season, appeared on the field.
E. Valverde explained this decision quite humorously: "Substitutions took so long because I simply didn't know what changes we needed on the field."
After eight rounds, "Barcelona" is in second position in the Spanish championship.
