Strong competition prevailed in the match between Barcelona and Deportivo Alaves until the end, to continue the suffering of the Blaugrana this season.


Barcelona's suffering continued after it fell to a 1-1 draw against Deportivo Alaves at the Camp Nou on Saturday in the twelfth week of the Spanish Football League.
Barcelona's performance did not change much under the care of the interim coach, who replaced Ronald Koeman after the latter's dismissal at dawn last Thursday due to poor results.

After a negative first half that saw Argentine Aguero injured and the participation of Brazilian Coutinho in his place, the first goal came thanks to Dutchman Depay with a wonderful shot (49).

The guest responded quickly with a goal by Luis Rioja, who translated a great tactical sentence (52).

Depay almost brought his team back to the front on more than one occasion, after about a quarter of an hour of the equalizer, but Barcelona could not form a real threat to the visitors' goal in the last 20 minutes.

The confrontation witnessed the participation of Moroccan Abdel Samad Zalzouli for the first time with Barcelona in the last 10 minutes, instead of Mingueza.

Barcelona's tally of 16 points became temporarily ninth, while Alaves raised its score to 10 points, in 16th place.

Barcelona vs Alaves match - special coverage

The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
(90+1) Balde missed the chance to snatch the winning goal due to his poor control of the ball inside the penalty area.
(83) Coutinho breaks the silence of missed opportunities with a shot from the edge of the penalty area for a free kick that passes over the goal.
(70) The exit of Pique and Gavi, and the participation of the French Longlet and Ricky from the ranks of Barcelona.
(61) Depay appears again and Severa brilliantly tackles.
(59) Al-Qaim prevents Depay from the goal of progress.
(58) Jordi Alba tries with a powerful shot over the goal.
Goal (52): Alaves responds quickly after a distinctive tactical sentence and the finish from Luis Rioja.

Goal (49): Depay breaks the jinx with a wonderful shot from outside the penalty area.

The start of the second half.
The first half ended in a tie without goals.
(45) Dutchman Depay shoots from outside the penalty area and Severa is in the right place.
(40) Aguero's injury and replacement is the most prominent thing that happened in the past 10 minutes, and Barguan decides to include Brazilian Coutinho.
(30) Barcelona is unable to find solutions because of the organization of its defensive rival, which prompted Alaves to try to gradually get out of its areas and threaten the German goal Ter Stegen with Edgar.
(22) Argentine Aguero tries the option of shooting from outside the penalty area with his ball near the goal.
(18) Three real attempts for Barcelona within a minute, goalkeeper Severa is in the right place, and the misfortune continues to accompany him to the Blaugrana.
(12) Barcelona's most dangerous chances come from Alba's escape from supervision and turning it into a cross that the defense has pushed into a corner.
(7) Barcelona penetrates into the penalty area of ​​​​the guests, but the attempt passes safely on Alaves.
(2) The first attempt of the promising Gavi by converting a cross held by the Alaves goalkeeper.
The match kicks off.
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