Rare slip up by Barca
By lucky119
@lucky119 (643)
India
February 13, 2011 3:45am CST
Hi All,
Barcelona played a shocking draw against Sporting Gijon. Its a very good chance for Real Madird to close the gap on Barca to 5 points. But they have to beat Espanyol to do that.
Barca will play Arsenal next in Champions league encounter.
can Real Madrid close the gap?
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3 responses
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
13 Feb 11
Haven't seen the game, and I was very surprised when seeing that the game ended in a 1-1 draw. I was expecting a clear Barca win, but it seems that Arsenal was in their heads, so maybe that made them loose the concentration. However, I am convinced that Real will have to play very well to be able to win at Espanyol, which is a good team at home.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
14 Feb 11
And they have won. When I saw that Casillas was sent off so early in the game, I thought that there is no way that Real can win this game, but as I heard, they could have won with a bigger goal difference. I have watched the last 10 minutes from the game and Adebayor had two great opportunities to score, while Espanyol none. So this tells a lot of how things were during the whole game. The commentator said that there is no doubt about that Real was much better than Espanyol.
@NicoZieg (591)
• Denmark
14 Feb 11
I kinda thought the same, because Casillas often saves Real Madrid, but now he was gone, and they had to play with on 10 men on the pitch.
Real Madrid was the best team, and they could easy have won win 2-3 goals. Marcelo has a great chance and Adebayor had some too.
This result just shows how much Real fought yesterday to get closer to Barcelona.
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
13 Feb 11
Real Madrid did cash in on this and scored a 1-0 victory over Espanyol. But even then the lead that Barcelona has at the top 5 points is pretty phenomenal. I do not know if Barcelona had half an eye on the match against Arsenal or if it was one of those nights when everything that you does not work.
Anyhow one more slip up from Barcelona can make La Liga more interesting.
Cheers!
Ram
@NicoZieg (591)
• Denmark
13 Feb 11
I saw this match, and it was quite unbelievable. Barcelona had the ball almost all the time, and but they didn't manage to create a lot of chances. They only got a few.
Real Madrid has a difficult match today against Espanyol, but I think Real is going to win it, because Barcelona's result makes them really motivated. I think Real win today, and make the difference between Real and Barca to 5 points.
I hope the result against Gijon will affect Barcelona's performace against Arsenal and in the coming week league matches.
