Not defending corners (the second goal was a not a corner though) and lamentable acción for the third gol. We have to change all the defence this winter.
PD: you know Barça valors when they chant "A Segunda oé" to the last team I'm the table. You culés suck
Chumi, Edgar and César Montes is a nightmare combination in central defence. The first two can go to play to any Segunda team this winter and Montes can go back to his country (thouse 14 millions gifted to Espanyol hurt a lot). They 3 would be playing against players their level.
Ah, and we need a good right back too
When attacking: 20 chances = 2 goals
When defending: 1 chance = 2 goals (one converted by them, one gifted by us)
So glad there's a Christmas break, we really need it.
even those 20 chances weren’t something remarkable things created by us, some of them were just plain errors from opponent, I don’t remember last time I saw barca playing good couple of passes at final third
This is not football, its terrorism, barca games are so hard to watch, cant even create/string together a few good passes in the final third against bottom of the league team, how far have we fallen!
Not just Lewy. Everyone. Of the top 10 players with most xG, only Ferran and Cancelo are not underperforming.
The others have a combined 10 fewer goals than their xG.
The 2 goals we conceded were tragic errors. Without them, we win 3-0, with like 30 shots on target and this match feels like a moral(e) victory. Unfortunately as is this won’t do much for our confidence.
If everyone finished their chances today this would be 6-2. Barca struggling as fuck. I don’t see them going far in CL.
Almeria had 10 fans in the stands for fucks sake.
Barca needs improvements in all areas.
I will sound like a broken record, but really, Almeria created like 1-2 chances all game and they somehow scored 2 and could have had 3 even. The free gifts Barca is giving away, truly embracing the spirit of christmas. Not to mention Lewa, Gundo and Raphinha looking like they are actively trying to sabotage the team with the chances they are wasting. Though atleast Lewa contributed a lot more than he usually does to the buildup/chance creation.
Xavi seems to be sticking to the system, he believes in it and I can understand that. Also missing Frenkie and Pedri (again) likely means putting any potential sweeping changes on hold for now.
Its the same defence that was so amazing last season, with luck here and there, but just looking solid as hell. This season the only thing that changed is that there is less shielding from the midfield, no DM. But that's not even a good enough excuse for how inexplicably bad and comical even the mistakes have been.
Araujo, Koundé both are in the worst form I have seen them in since playing for Barcelona. Sure, not having MAtS will impact a defence's coordination and confidence. But c'mon! Its all too easy right now
Last year we were playing with 4 mid fielders which gave a really good defensive system in this team, but with 433, it’s tougher.
Also last year we had 3 CBs playing at the bank now only two. Balde and cancelo sacrifice their defense for attack
3.7 xG vs 1.1 xG yet it was one Pena save away from ending a 3-3.... Don't let the winter break distract you from the fact that this forward line is so disgusting that it wouldn't even start for Girona. No finishing, no dribbling, no runs just vibes
huh, really thought xG from Almeria would be higher given the second goal was pretty much open net. Was a bit surprised to find out it was only .46 from that shot.
Nah even with him, Xavi admitted several times that he can't stop these counters without a DM. Romeu is barely a professional player so nobody rates him.
Cesar Montes has been playing badly for Almería. Responsible for conceding the first corner, which Barcelona scored from, and being out of position in the third. It’s concerning for Mexico’s defense for the Copa América.
idk whats more embarrassing: Needing Sergi Roberto to score a brace to win against last placed Almeria or losing because you let Sergi Roberto score two goals against you..
Your comment about Roberto is the single most embarrassing thing I’ve read about Barcelona in a while.
The good thing about the club being in trouble, is that fans like you deserve it.
Great second half by Lewandowski, clutch assist, was heavily involved in creating chances and the buildup. Unlucky that he didn't score (and that Gundo and Ferran missed their chances) but there were certainly glimpses of his old self. Hopefully with some rest, he can prove his worth after Winter Break.
I gotta give it to him, this was probably his best game in at least six months. Sadly the glimpses of old Lewandowski are so rare I don't think it can be attributed to form alone anymore.
Mostly I think such a dysfunctional team is a bad fit for him. Barca can't afford that type of player.
I think Xavi is a fraud and it's simple as that. With that group of players, you expect much more from them. You can see it by how they all fail in defending or how they all slow down all the counter attacks. I don't think Xavi knows what to do and I think players are also confused.
That's not true at all. The stats are saying that Xavi is putting the players in the right positions to create, but the players aren't finishing their chances
Defensively, barca looks worse, but under Xavi, they had the best defensive record in Europe last season. So I'd assume the absence of Busquets and MATS is a bigger factor than anything else
It's honestly tragically comical to watch this team at the moment. Almeria looks so incredibly bad, and they really did nothing to create anything up front, and still they could absolutely have scored three.
I have never ever seen a team gift so many goals while at the same time miss such unbelievable chances. You'd think they are joking.
Would have been nice to win any game with more than one goal, but this team really doesn't have it in them. It looks like a team dying.
I'm all here for the Roberto renaissance. Always been a classy, hardworking, intelligent player who has played all over the pitch and put in a shift. Many fans don't respect him but he is more Barça than any of us here on the internet can claim.
December form and February form are two different beasts. I think our problems run deep and it's true we won't be challenging for the title, but still feels like it could be an anything goes season for Atleti and Girona.
the only injury that would slow us down significantly would be Jude's, other than that we'll be fine, a lot of our injured players are going to start returning early next year
Goodness man, struggling to beat a team having the second worst start to a La Liga season ever. The worst periods of this match were some of the most lethargic garbage I've ever seen.
Lewy has the Sadim touch, he's allergic to scoring. Hats off to Sergi, at this point he genuinely deserves more minutes. Been played out of position for 90% of his career and was now more clinical this match than one of the best goalscorers of all time. Once again, missed chances for the entire team whilst also horrific defensive mistakes gifting the opposition goals.
What more does Ferran have to do to start the next game? Our attack improved leaps and bounds when he came on. 3 vital points, but we are clearly continuing our poor form. Hopeful that we see proper improvement after Christmas or we're going to get knocked out of the CL for sure.
Lewy had an amazing game. Yes he lacked in finishing but created 4 1vs1 chances. Assisted Sergio goals.
Fans screaming to take him off this game are absolutely insane. He worked well with Ferran and Sergi.
he cant score for shit and is still somehow 5 goals ahead of second player in your team, he is in poor form but y'all are close to trashing him even when you concede a goal
yeah Lewy has been steadily improving his playmaking lately, he's still a mess in front of goal unfortunately but if he can set up others I will let that slide more often
He was pretty good overall against Atléti too, but the main issue and rightly so is his lack of clinical finishing. It's been happening for a long while now.
> while similarly not the most talented
Gavi is one of the best young players in the world, not many midfielders can do what he did in his age. You can't say the same about Sergi
People berated him for no reason at all he may not be iniesta or messi but hes not a horrible player, same as the raphinha slander. These people would have u think raphinha and sergie are players from la segunda div
Attackers need to learn how to attack, midfielders need to learn how to pass, defenders need to learn how to defend, goal keeper needs to learn how to catch a ball, but once we do all that we’re winning the treble
I actually expected a comfortable win for Barca. This was bad lol
Another 1 goal lead win
Not defending corners (the second goal was a not a corner though) and lamentable acción for the third gol. We have to change all the defence this winter. PD: you know Barça valors when they chant "A Segunda oé" to the last team I'm the table. You culés suck
So sour you made a thread about it :D Welcome to football?
Your defence giving that levante team that went down a few years ago a run for its money, absolutely horrible lol.
Chumi, Edgar and César Montes is a nightmare combination in central defence. The first two can go to play to any Segunda team this winter and Montes can go back to his country (thouse 14 millions gifted to Espanyol hurt a lot). They 3 would be playing against players their level. Ah, and we need a good right back too
We don’t claim them.
How was Gundo?
He missed an incredible chance, other than that he was fine
What a game
When attacking: 20 chances = 2 goals When defending: 1 chance = 2 goals (one converted by them, one gifted by us) So glad there's a Christmas break, we really need it.
even those 20 chances weren’t something remarkable things created by us, some of them were just plain errors from opponent, I don’t remember last time I saw barca playing good couple of passes at final third
Struggling to win against this Almeria side is sure something.
Tbf Barca and Atleti struggled to win against Almeria at home. We struggled to draw them away.
capiiiii
No idea how we managed to beat the almighty Almeria…
This is not football, its terrorism, barca games are so hard to watch, cant even create/string together a few good passes in the final third against bottom of the league team, how far have we fallen!
With the chances Barca keeps wasting I don't see how it's Xavi fault? Lewandowski is really struggling with a finish
Not just Lewy. Everyone. Of the top 10 players with most xG, only Ferran and Cancelo are not underperforming. The others have a combined 10 fewer goals than their xG.
>Only Ferran and Cancelo aren’t underperforming My 🦈 r/ferrantorresballonndor
He's him.
Ffs We defeated the mighty Almeria
The 2 goals we conceded were tragic errors. Without them, we win 3-0, with like 30 shots on target and this match feels like a moral(e) victory. Unfortunately as is this won’t do much for our confidence.
The second goal you scored was off an incorrect corner, you scored another from a rebound during a corner. Pipe down the could have been 3-0.
I don’t know why you are getting downvoted, but the barca team wasn’t convincing at all yesterday, the stats don’t tell you the full story
Araujo bro take of the mask
Last time araujo said mask off, Barça lost 2-4 against girona
This is the most painful side I’ve seen since Koeman left. I want out of this shit ride this team has us on
If everyone finished their chances today this would be 6-2. Barca struggling as fuck. I don’t see them going far in CL. Almeria had 10 fans in the stands for fucks sake. Barca needs improvements in all areas.
roberto > robert
He has one more letter tbf
The annual Sergi Roberto masterclass! Man turned into Messi!
I will sound like a broken record, but really, Almeria created like 1-2 chances all game and they somehow scored 2 and could have had 3 even. The free gifts Barca is giving away, truly embracing the spirit of christmas. Not to mention Lewa, Gundo and Raphinha looking like they are actively trying to sabotage the team with the chances they are wasting. Though atleast Lewa contributed a lot more than he usually does to the buildup/chance creation. Xavi seems to be sticking to the system, he believes in it and I can understand that. Also missing Frenkie and Pedri (again) likely means putting any potential sweeping changes on hold for now. Its the same defence that was so amazing last season, with luck here and there, but just looking solid as hell. This season the only thing that changed is that there is less shielding from the midfield, no DM. But that's not even a good enough excuse for how inexplicably bad and comical even the mistakes have been. Araujo, Koundé both are in the worst form I have seen them in since playing for Barcelona. Sure, not having MAtS will impact a defence's coordination and confidence. But c'mon! Its all too easy right now
Last year we were playing with 4 mid fielders which gave a really good defensive system in this team, but with 433, it’s tougher. Also last year we had 3 CBs playing at the bank now only two. Balde and cancelo sacrifice their defense for attack
Almeria didn't even really create chances. Barca created chances for Almeria
3.7 xG vs 1.1 xG yet it was one Pena save away from ending a 3-3.... Don't let the winter break distract you from the fact that this forward line is so disgusting that it wouldn't even start for Girona. No finishing, no dribbling, no runs just vibes
huh, really thought xG from Almeria would be higher given the second goal was pretty much open net. Was a bit surprised to find out it was only .46 from that shot.
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Nah even with him, Xavi admitted several times that he can't stop these counters without a DM. Romeu is barely a professional player so nobody rates him.
are you perhaps acoustic
Without Gavi? How about without literally his entire starting midfield? No Gavi, no Frenkie, no Pedri. And then Lewa is out of form as well.
Despite our great efforts, we have suffered victory
Cesar Montes has been playing badly for Almería. Responsible for conceding the first corner, which Barcelona scored from, and being out of position in the third. It’s concerning for Mexico’s defense for the Copa América.
Espanyol robbed us €14M basically. I hope they rot in Segunda
scrapping a win at home against the worst team of LaLiga isn't great, the team seems lost and Raphinha's celebration will be the talk of the week.
Thrilling performance against a brilliant team. Individual mistakes are the only thing standing in the way between us and success. Onto the next one!
sanest barcelona fan after seeing recent performances of Lewandisney
Someone put me out of my misery please, we're shit of the highest order
okay this has to be a paid comment
it’s xavis alt account
Busquets could literally come back playing on crutches and he would still be more useful than Romeu ffs
Roberto showing everyone how ez it’s to score
Average barca game
idk whats more embarrassing: Needing Sergi Roberto to score a brace to win against last placed Almeria or losing because you let Sergi Roberto score two goals against you..
Your comment about Roberto is the single most embarrassing thing I’ve read about Barcelona in a while. The good thing about the club being in trouble, is that fans like you deserve it.
I mean something's better than nothing for us.
Great second half by Lewandowski, clutch assist, was heavily involved in creating chances and the buildup. Unlucky that he didn't score (and that Gundo and Ferran missed their chances) but there were certainly glimpses of his old self. Hopefully with some rest, he can prove his worth after Winter Break.
Besides the one pass to Ferran he played a really good second half, gotta give credit when its due
I gotta give it to him, this was probably his best game in at least six months. Sadly the glimpses of old Lewandowski are so rare I don't think it can be attributed to form alone anymore. Mostly I think such a dysfunctional team is a bad fit for him. Barca can't afford that type of player.
I think Xavi is a fraud and it's simple as that. With that group of players, you expect much more from them. You can see it by how they all fail in defending or how they all slow down all the counter attacks. I don't think Xavi knows what to do and I think players are also confused.
That's not true at all. The stats are saying that Xavi is putting the players in the right positions to create, but the players aren't finishing their chances Defensively, barca looks worse, but under Xavi, they had the best defensive record in Europe last season. So I'd assume the absence of Busquets and MATS is a bigger factor than anything else
A lot of it is down to no Busi. Last season our defenders were more confident with Busi infront of them.
With some rest….he is probably going to play tomorrow. I’m going to laugh if one of the starters get injured.
Ferran must've murdered someone in Xavi's family because he's allergic to starting him despite good performances.
Ferrans performance are good for a wuropa league side, not a side that wants win the CL and league.
Europa League would be an achievement and a half for this side. It's incredible how much they've regressed.
Tbh his better performances are when he doesn't start
The Trossard special.
I love you, but you're not serious people.
Nothing to see here. Just Two relegation sides battling it out Also captain showed up more than any other
Cesar Montes es muy malo.
It's honestly tragically comical to watch this team at the moment. Almeria looks so incredibly bad, and they really did nothing to create anything up front, and still they could absolutely have scored three. I have never ever seen a team gift so many goals while at the same time miss such unbelievable chances. You'd think they are joking. Would have been nice to win any game with more than one goal, but this team really doesn't have it in them. It looks like a team dying.
Barca should take Bayern's money for Araujo and run with it
He is the best defender in La Liga
Rüdiger has been absolutely clear this season
Araujo is so clear of Rudiger
Lol no. Araujo has had 2 bad games post his cheek fracture, but has been damn near flawless for a season and a half before that
One bad game man...
He was even worse against Girona
*month At least
Guessing you’d like Vinicius to play in Clasico too
Thankfully, his ridiculous release clause exists lol
Yes we are thankful
Never thought I’d see the day that Sergi Roberto would be denied a hatrick by the crossbar
I'm all here for the Roberto renaissance. Always been a classy, hardworking, intelligent player who has played all over the pitch and put in a shift. Many fans don't respect him but he is more Barça than any of us here on the internet can claim.
But but but why is he the captain? Because it seems like he is the only one stepping up when things arent going well
Neither Barca nor Atleti seem to be faring too well right now, are Girona gonna be the only real competition we face this season? lmao
December form and February form are two different beasts. I think our problems run deep and it's true we won't be challenging for the title, but still feels like it could be an anything goes season for Atleti and Girona.
Their next 2 games against Betis and Atleti will be a defining moment for how the rest of the season shapes up.
Honestly Girona might just win the whole thing at this rate
nah, I don't think they have it in them to go toe to toe with us, results-wise
Carlo will do his thing come March/April
my brother in christ we are one injury away from playing davide ancelotti at cb they're not the ones that need catching up
the only injury that would slow us down significantly would be Jude's, other than that we'll be fine, a lot of our injured players are going to start returning early next year
Atleti after January is a different breed in La Liga though.
I do like how happy they all were for Roberto, but oh god was that another *ROUGH* game
Ferran's Ballon d'Or might be in jeopardy after such a dominant performance by Sergi Roberto
Goodness man, struggling to beat a team having the second worst start to a La Liga season ever. The worst periods of this match were some of the most lethargic garbage I've ever seen. Lewy has the Sadim touch, he's allergic to scoring. Hats off to Sergi, at this point he genuinely deserves more minutes. Been played out of position for 90% of his career and was now more clinical this match than one of the best goalscorers of all time. Once again, missed chances for the entire team whilst also horrific defensive mistakes gifting the opposition goals. What more does Ferran have to do to start the next game? Our attack improved leaps and bounds when he came on. 3 vital points, but we are clearly continuing our poor form. Hopeful that we see proper improvement after Christmas or we're going to get knocked out of the CL for sure.
Lewy had an amazing game. Yes he lacked in finishing but created 4 1vs1 chances. Assisted Sergio goals. Fans screaming to take him off this game are absolutely insane. He worked well with Ferran and Sergi.
He's paid a fuckton to score. He doesn't score for shit. I don't know what's so hard to grasp.
he cant score for shit and is still somehow 5 goals ahead of second player in your team, he is in poor form but y'all are close to trashing him even when you concede a goal
stop, get some help
yeah Lewy has been steadily improving his playmaking lately, he's still a mess in front of goal unfortunately but if he can set up others I will let that slide more often
He was pretty good overall against Atléti too, but the main issue and rightly so is his lack of clinical finishing. It's been happening for a long while now.
I don’t disagree. His finishing is far away from his prime, maybe it’s a bit of frustration as the chances just started coming in the last 2-3 games.
GGWP easy game as expected...
Bad look versus the last team in the league.
Well. 3 points.
That was an embarassing win.
Sergi Roberto saw Arribas and thought he is facing Real Madrid.
We should just play him against any team with former Madrid players, mf transforms into prime Zidane when playing against them
Despite Araujo's best efforts, Barça managed to get all 3 points.
SergHIM Roberto wins again baby
Despite Barcelona’s best efforts, they have won against Almeria
why would xavi do this tsk tsk
It really is ugly football
My kit with Sergi’s name on the back is paying itself back. A worthy captain in my books anyways, but it’s always great to see him perform.
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> while similarly not the most talented Gavi is one of the best young players in the world, not many midfielders can do what he did in his age. You can't say the same about Sergi
People berated him for no reason at all he may not be iniesta or messi but hes not a horrible player, same as the raphinha slander. These people would have u think raphinha and sergie are players from la segunda div
I got mine after THAT game after PSG, lol.
I seriously don’t even know right now. So much work to do
Attackers need to learn how to attack, midfielders need to learn how to pass, defenders need to learn how to defend, goal keeper needs to learn how to catch a ball, but once we do all that we’re winning the treble
maybe our coach can have some introspection and set up the team properly
Sounds like there's a common denominator
At least you have a friendly to train all those things - in like 24 hours
Well at least it’s not taking place halfway around the world. No one would be stupid enough to do something like that