La Liga | 1:4 defeat to Sevilla, guarding a group of wounded soldiers, how can Barcelona play?

Qilu Evening News·Qilu One Point reporter Yin Chengjun

This week was really not going well for Barcelona. In the early morning of October 6, in the 8th round of La Liga, Yamal was absent due to injury, and Barcelona lost to Sevilla 1:4. This is their second straight loss this week, and on October 2, they just lost 1:2 to Paris Saint-Germain at home.

Since the match against Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona's injury situation has become worse and worse. Rafinia is an old injury. Fortunately, the club wisely loaned to Rashford, which can last for a while. Lewandowski was seriously injured in early August. Although he has returned, he is in poor form. Yamal was injured on the international match day in September and was absent in four games. He finally got on the court against Paris Saint-Germain, but after the game, he was injured and needed to rest for two to three weeks, and he withdrew from the Spanish national team.

Facing old opponent Sevilla, Barcelona coach Frick let Lewandowski be in the front, Torres and Rashford are on the left and right, Ormo serves as the front midfielder, and Pedro and De Jong serves as the double midfielder. This lineup can be played in one battle, after all, Sevilla is no longer as brave as he was and is in the middle of the game this season. No one expected that there was a big problem with Barcelona's defense line. In the 13th minute, Araujo gave his opponent a penalty kick. Former Barcelona star Sanchez took the penalty and Sevilla led the way.

In the 37th minute, Sevilla relied on Romero to score in the penalty area to expand the score. Fortunately, Rashford was very powerful and scored his first goal since joining Barcelona in stoppage time in the first half, catching the score at 1:2.

The second half was a disaster for Barcelona. The coach Frick replaced the poor performance of central defender Araujo and left-back Martin, but Garcia and Barde were not much better on the bench. Sevilla scored two goals in a row, completely locking the score.

In fact, Barcelona originally had an excellent equalization opportunity. At that time, Januzai knocked down Valde in the penalty area and was awarded a penalty kick, but Lewandowski, who was in a bad state, could not even kick the penalty kick, which seriously damaged morale.

On the same day, Real Madrid defeated Villarreal 3:1, overtaking Barcelona with points and becoming the "leader". The situation of the championship competition between these two giants this season will be extremely complicated, but Real Madrid has Mbappe, who is in excellent condition at present. Apart from a group of wounded people, no one can stand up and can only win with the overall strength.