4 important observations in the loss of Barcelona to Granada
Sports 360 - Barcelona tasted a loss again in the new season of the Spanish league with a loss from Granada on Saturday evening with two goals without reply in the fifth week of the competition.
We observe you our visitors 4 reviews of the game in the following lines…
Barcelona's defense costs him a lot
Granada's double against Barca means that Ernesto Valverde's men have received nine goals in just five La Liga games this season - a very high rate for a team the size of Barcelona.
Barcelona received 48 shots, which means that there is a defect in the back line, and the team maintained a clean sheet only once and that was in the Champions League against Borussia Dortmund, thanks to goalkeeper Ter Stegen and not defense at all.
Gerrard Pique
Although the golden midfield in Barcelona became the last rule, the team continues to take possession of the ball in the games, and the possession rate against Granada 74%, but the team lacks the control of Xavi and Iniesta, which put the defense under greater pressure.
Coach Ernesto Valverde should find a quick solution to the team's defense problem rather than continue to bleed points and enter an inevitable crisis.
2 - Where are you, Griezmann ?!
One of the Mexican series in Mercato last summer, the episodes ended with the reincarnation of French Antoine Griezmann colors Barcelona after playing for Atletico Madrid in a deal worth 120 million euros.
The day Griezmann started in Barcelona, forgetting for him, he appeared as a ghost in the team's loss to Athletic Bilbao in San Mames 1-0 in the first round of La Liga.
Antoine Griezmann
In the first appearance at the Camp Nou, the 28-year-old wore a brilliant gown and scored two goals and another in a 2-0 win over Real Betis.
Griezmann then disappeared and was content with the role of the viewer in the draw with new rookie Osasuna 2 goals for each team, as well as not appearing well against Borussia Dortmund Europe, and then the return of the ghost again against Granada.
3 - headache distance from the camp Nu
Barcelona have not managed to win the Champions League since 2015, several reasons including the inability to win away from the Camp Nou.
Some of the matches outside Europe saw Barca disasters, notably the loss from Roma at the Olympico 3-0 and falling to Liverpool 4-0 last season.
Barcelona did not know the taste of any opponent away from home in all competitions in the current period for the eighth consecutive game.
Barcelona lost 4 points to newcomers Osasuna and Granada in a draw with the first and loss of the second and if the two games were held in the Camp Nou would have won the Blaugrana a handful of goals.
4 - Granada achieves surprise and grabs the lead
Granada surprised everyone and snatched the top of La Liga by beating Barcelona after raising his tally to the tenth point, waiting for the outcome of Sevilla's game with Real Madrid today at the end of the fifth round.
Granada
Granada have the same balance as Sevilla and Atletico Madrid but are outperformed by a goal difference, but if the Andalusians draw with Real, at least they will take the lead.
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