NEW DELHI: Barcelona held to a goalless draw through Girona of their Catalan derby on the Camp Nou on monday. With this draw, Barca have prolonged their lead on the most sensible of LaLiga to 13 issues.
Barca got here closest to scoring however Ronald Araujo‘s shot within the first part didn’t utterly pass the goalline prior to Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga clawed it transparent in what was once a in large part uninspiring efficiency from the house facet.
Barca moved to 72 issues from 28 video games, 13 forward of second-placed Real Madrid with 10 rounds ultimate, whilst Girona are 8 issues transparent of the relegation zone in eleventh position.
Barcelona trainer Xavi was once hoping for a response from his facet following their 4-0 loss to Real Madrid within the Copa del Rey semi-final remaining week, however they struggled to wreck down a resolute Girona protection that had best stored one different LaLiga blank sheet all season.
Gazzaniga additionally needed to transparent the ball off his goalline after workforce mate Santiago Bueno performed a stray again cross that will have nestled within the backside nook, whilst Barca winger Raphinha fired large when smartly positioned on the again put up.
Home defender Eric Garcia headed over from a unfastened kick when he will have to have scored, however the most productive probability of the second one part fell to the guests.
Barca got here closest to scoring however Ronald Araujo‘s shot within the first part didn’t utterly pass the goalline prior to Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga clawed it transparent in what was once a in large part uninspiring efficiency from the house facet.
Barca moved to 72 issues from 28 video games, 13 forward of second-placed Real Madrid with 10 rounds ultimate, whilst Girona are 8 issues transparent of the relegation zone in eleventh position.
Barcelona trainer Xavi was once hoping for a response from his facet following their 4-0 loss to Real Madrid within the Copa del Rey semi-final remaining week, however they struggled to wreck down a resolute Girona protection that had best stored one different LaLiga blank sheet all season.
Gazzaniga additionally needed to transparent the ball off his goalline after workforce mate Santiago Bueno performed a stray again cross that will have nestled within the backside nook, whilst Barca winger Raphinha fired large when smartly positioned on the again put up.
Home defender Eric Garcia headed over from a unfastened kick when he will have to have scored, however the most productive probability of the second one part fell to the guests.
Striker Taty Castellanos was once performed thru one-on-one with Barca goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, however curled his shot large when a easy sq. cross to workforce mate Viktor Tsygankov would have led to a tap-in for the latter.
Barca trip to Getafe of their subsequent fixture on Sunday, whilst Girona host Elche at the identical day.
(With inputs from Reuters)