Barcelona lost a crazy match

The Spanish champions Barcelona missed the chance to take the leadership position in La Liga, after losing to Celta 3-4 in their visit to Vigo in a game of the seventh round. The Catalans were shocked, after they conceded 3 goals before the break.

As you know, Lionel Messi is still injured and he couldn’t take part in the game. However, Barcelona have enough classy players, who can replace the Argentinian magician, but it this case they weren’t at their usual level.

Luis Enrique’s players conceded all the Celta’s goals because of huge errors in defence. Barcelona weren’t concentrated enough and the logical thing happened in the 22nd minute of the game, when Sisto took advantage of a poor clearance and found Barcelona’s net. 1-0! Then, just 10 minutes later Iago Aspas scored after a great counter attack. Just 2 minutes after the second goal for Celta Vigo, the French international defender Jeremy Mathieu scored an own goal after unsuccessful tackle. So, the home team punished Barcelona’s poor performance in defence with 3 goals in just 12 minutes.

The captain of Barcelona Andres Iniesta replaced Rafinha at the break. That was the 600th match for the Spanish international midfielder with Barcelona’s shirt. And the result was obvious after the inclusion of the experienced midfielder. Gerard Pique started to play more often in attack for the champions and the defender scored a cancellation with a header in the 58th minute after Iniesta’s great cross in the box.

6 minutes later, the Brazilian superstar Neymar bagged another goal for Barcelona. This time, he scored from the penalty spot. 3-2! But, the lack of concentration again costed too much to Barcelona. The goalkeeper ter Stegen kicked the ball in the head of Hernandez in the 77th minute and the ball was in the Barcelona’s net for the 4th time in the match. The Catalans didn’t stop chasing the point until the final whistle of the match, even though they were losing 4-2.

Gerard Pique scored another goal 3 minutes before the end of the regular time, but that was the last goal in the match and Barcelona couldn’t take the 1st place in the league, leaving at 4th position after the teams of Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Sevilla.