MADRID (AP) – Yannick Carrasco scored after defensive errors when Atletico Madrid ended Barcelona’s 10-year winning streak in the Spanish league with a 1-0 win on Saturday.
“We are very pleased to have won, it is a long time without a victory against Barca,” Carrasco said.
In addition to the match, Barcelona also lost Captain Gerard Piqué to a serious right leg at the beginning of the middle of the moment.
The victory gave Atletico a nine-point merit over Barcelona after 8 matches. Diego Simeone’s look is tied with Real Sociedad in the most sensitive of the rankings with 20 problems and has one less match. The Visit of the Society ascended to Cadiz on Sunday.
Barcelona fell to 10th place, with points.
“The difference (nine points) is great,” said Barcelona coach Ronaldo Koeman. “The league is still long and there are still many matches left, but this defeat forces us to string together a long series of victories. “
Carrasco scored the winning goal after mistakes from Piqué and goalkeeper Marc-André Ter Stegen, Piqué lost ownership near midfield and Ter Stegen left his area unsuccessfully to leave to intercept a pass to Carrasco. Ter Stegen’s legs to prepare for a distant shot into the open net.
“The way we approach the purpose is troubling,” Koeman said. “A wonderful team cannot grant a purpose like that . . . We want to (work) harder, especially in defense, to improve. “
Atlético beat Barcelona in Liga since their 2–1 win in February 2010 at the now demolished Vicente Calderón Stadium. The groups had played 20 matches since then, with Barcelona winning 14 times.
Barcelona was the last to beat Atletico at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in the Spanish capital, winning 1-0 last December in the Spanish league. Atletico has already had 19 undefeated matches at headquarters.
Atletico extended their undefeated league to 24 games. His last loss to local rival Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in February.
The attack was intended to be Luis Suarez’s first match against Barcelona since his dismissal through Koeman and his signing with Atletico, but he was unable to play after a positive for COVID-19 with the Uruguay national team. Nor could the newly signed midfielder at Atlético Lucas Torreira. to play after a positive result in the check with Uruguay.
Barcelona was veteran midfielder Sergio Busquets due to a knee injury sustained while playing for Spain in the League of Nations.
Piqué had to leave the match at 63, giving the impression that it was a serious knee injury following the fall of Athletic striker Angel Correa in the right leg. Piqué’s knee bent inwards and had to be helped out of the field. He had difficulty walking and was in a lot of pain, putting his hands on his face.
Sergi Roberto of Barcelona also gave the impression that he was injured when he left towards the end of the match.
Barcelona started with possession, but Atletico had the highest harmful occasions from the start. Ter Stegen got along well in front of Saul’s shot in the 5th minute, and Marcos Llorente hit the crossbar from the near-12th diversity.
Lionel Messi had a hearty functionality but had one of the occasions of Barcelona at 41 after a good pass by Jordi Alba. The Argentine goalkeeper had his skewed shot stopped by Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak. Messi also missed a loose shot later in the middle of the moment.
Barcelona’s defenseman Clément Lenglet had his head up close stored through Oblak at the beginning of the middle of the moment.
“We knew it was a challenging match here,” Pedri said of Barcelona. “We didn’t do well in the lead and scored at the end of the first part, it’s hard for us mentally. “
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