Barcelona Kembali Unggul setelah 4 Kali Kalah
Barca Come From Behind to Avoid Fourth Defeat in Row
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Barcelona (B2B) - Barcelona sementara berada di peringkat kedua Liga Utama Spanyol setelah pada pertandingan Senin dini hari WIB menang 2-1 atas Athletic Bilbao.
Dengan kemenangan tersebut, Barca untuk sementara menggeser Real Madrid yang kini turun ke posisi ketiga.
Namun Real Madrid baru menjalani 33 pertandingan sementara Barcelona sudah 34 pertandingan. Madrid akan menjalani laga ke-34 dengan menjamu peringkat 15, Osasuna, pada 26 April, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Untuk dapat kembali ke posisi kedua, pasukan Carlo Ancelotti harus memenangi pertandingan melawan Osasuna karena kini Real Madrid mengkoleksi nilai 79 sementara Barca 81.
Sementara itu pemimpin klasemen sementara, Atletico Madrid berhasil mempertahankan posisinya setelah menang 2-0 atas Elche pada pertandingan Jumat (18 April).
Menurut laman www.lfp.es, kini Atletico mengumpulkan nilai 85 atau selisih empat poin dibanding peringkat kedua Barca. Keduanya telah memainkan 34 pertandingan.
Seluruh tim akan melakoni 38 pertandingan hingga akhir musim sehingga tinggal Atletico, Barcelona dan Real Madrid yang masih memungkinkan menjadi juara liga.
Barcelona - Lionel Messi ended Barcelona´s run of three straight losses and kept it in the Spanish league title chase by scoring a late free kick to complete its 2-1 comeback win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.
Messi´s 75th-minute goal answered some of the criticism the club´s all-time leading scorer had received for his lackluster performances in the team´s recent losses in the league, Champions League and Copa del Rey final.
Barcelona moved provisionally into second place, four points behind leader Atletico Madrid. Madrid is two points behind Barcelona but with a game to play.
Messi set up his winner after earning a foul on the edge of the area, and the Argentina forward used his left foot to finally beat Gorka Iraizoz after the goalkeeper had denied him twice.
While not exactly his electrifying old self, Messi was active creating scoring chances from the start, but Alexis Sanchez sent Pedro´s pass off the bar from close range in the 38th.
Barcelona´s attack was working. Its defense, however, showed the same frailties that have plagued it in the second half of the season.
