Barcelona did not rebound from its humiliating loss to Real Madrid within the Copa del Rey semifinals and used to be held to a 0-0 house draw with Girona within the Spanish league on Monday.
The outcome nonetheless allowed Barcelona to extend its lead over second-place Madrid to 13 issues with 10 suits final. Madrid misplaced 3-2 to Villarreal at house on Saturday.
Barcelona misplaced 4-0 to Madrid on the Camp Nou final week. It used to be the primary time Barcelona had misplaced to Madrid at house by means of 4 targets since 1963 and it was hoping to rebound within the staff’s uncommon Monday sport.
“The only thing that worries me now is to win the Spanish league,” stated Barcelona trainer Xavi. “We are nonetheless in a just right place. We cannot be happy with a draw at house, however we’re nonetheless 13 issues forward with 10 rounds left. We have to have a look at it undoubtedly.
Barcelona playmaker Gavi had one of the crucial best possible probabilities to wreck the impasse when his header off a nook kick used to be stored by means of Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga deep into stoppage time. Robert Lewandowski just about discovered the web in a while after with a backheel shot that deflected off a defender in entrance of the purpose.
Girona’s best possible alternative got here in a one-on-one scenario wasted by means of Taty Castellanos early in the second one part.
Barcelona completed with 18 photographs in overall, however handiest 3 had been on course. Girona had 5 general and none on course.
Barcelona stays unbeaten towards Girona in league suits, with 4 wins and two attracts. It used to be the primary time Barcelona failed to attain towards the guy Catalan membership.
Barcelona stays unbeaten in 14 house suits within the league this season, having conceded handiest two targets in overall — in a 1-1 draw towards Espanyol and a 2-1 win over Madrid.
It used to be the primary time since 2019 that Girona earned a blank sheet in a street sport within the league. It stayed in eleventh position with the draw.
Girona had crushed Espanyol at house within the earlier spherical, and it subsequent hosts last-place Elche. Barcelona visits relegation-threatened Getafe on Sunday.
Xavi nonetheless could not rely on a number of avid gamers on account of accidents, together with Ousmane Dembélé, Pedri and Frenkie de Jong.
As came about within the cup sport towards Madrid, lovers at Camp Nou chanted Lionel Messi’s title within the tenth minute. The former Barcelona celebrity used to be booed by means of some Paris Saint-Germain lovers in its contemporary house defeat to Lyon, resulting in higher hypothesis he may go away this summer time, however scored in PSG’s 2-0 win towards Nice on Saturday.