In the Spanish "La Liga" championship, two matches of the 17th round were played on Saturday.
In the expensive points, the team of "Barcelona" lost in San Sebastian, which in a few days will compete against a direct competitor - Madrid's "Real". The Catalans shared points with "Real Sociedad" - a productive draw 2:2.
"Barca" maintained their leader position after the draw, but Madrid's "Real" team, playing against "Valencia" tomorrow, can take advantage and gain a two-point lead before the "El Clasico".
This season, San Sebastian's team, fighting in the top four, started the match well and gained an advantage in the 12th minute - Mikel Oyarzabal scored from the penalty spot.
However, after half an hour, the "La Real" team "faded" a bit and "Barcelona" started playing more freely with the ball. In the 38th minute, Antoine Griezmann restored equality with a great goal.
The second half started fantastically for the visitors from Catalonia - finding plenty of space in the opponent's defense, "Barca" turned the score in their favor: after Lionel Messi's pass, Luis Suarez directed the ball into the opponent's goal.
However, "La Real" did not raise the white flag and in the 62nd minute answered with a second goal - Marc-Andre ter Stegen unsuccessfully cleared the ball after the opponent's pass, the ball landed directly at the feet of young striker Alexander Isak, who punished the guests with a precise shot from a few meters away.
Both sides created opportunities in the remaining time, but the draw remained until the very last minute.
"Real Sociedad" at least temporarily remains in fourth place after the draw, but after the round they could drop even to eighth place.
The other match between "Granada" and Valencia's "Levante" ended in the victory of the latter.
Results:
"Real Sociedad" 2 - 2 "Barcelona" 12' [1 - 0] M. Oyarzabal (11 m. penalty) 38' [1 - 1] A. Griezmann 49' [1 - 2] L. Suarez 62' [2 - 2] A. Isak
"Granada" 1 - 2 "Levante" 55' [0 - 1] R. Rochina 60' [1 - 1] D. Machis 89' [1 - 2] E. Bardhi
