Barcelona miss chance to near Real Madrid

FC Barcelona drew 2-2 against Almeria in matchday 28 at the Spanish Liga, couldn’t make profit of Real Madrid loss to Deportivo La Coruna.

During the first half, Barcelona took control of the game, but soon the hosts started being stronger and stronger, had several chances to score against a rival showing serious defensive mistakes. Crusat was one of the players having a goal chance, but the ball went off target.Barcelona had more ball possession, but it means nothing for they found hard to come closer to Almeria’s keeper; yet, the guests managed to open the score with a goal from Bojan after a cross from Iniesta that Diego Alves failed to block.But the Catalan team did something weaker teams use to do: they got a defensive attitude, tried to keep the small advantage in the score and let Almeria entered in their field. The outcome is easy to guess: Corona sent a cross from a corner, was powered by Pulido with a header to score the first equalizer.In the second half, Thierry Henry entered the field, gave the guests a breath of fresh air for he allowed the second goal with a cross powered by Samuel Eto’o in the first play the French striker participated.Again, Barcelona seized to their 2-1 advantage, while Almeria tried unsuccessfully to steal them the ball until Corona sent a cross from a corner, Kalu Uche powered to score the final 2-2 at the very end of the game.

La Liga - League Stats
1 R. Madrid 62
2 Barcelona 55
3 Villarreal 53
4 Atlético 47
5 Sevilla 45
6 Espanyol 45
7 Racing 44
8 Getafe 39
9 Almería 38
10 Athletic 36
11 Valencia 36
12 Mallorca 34
13 Osasuna 34
14 Deportivo 34
15 Zaragoza 32
16 Betis 32
17 Valladolid 32
18 Recreativo 32
19 Murcia 23
20 Levante 19