Barcelona Get The Undeserved Win

When Barcelona took to the pitch tonight at the El Madrigal in Villareal earlier today, they were fighting for much more than points. They were battling for the memory of their recently fallen former coach in Tito Vilanova who lost his battle with Cancer. Although I have to admit that this was a very undeserved win for the Blaugrana who snaked by Villareal 3 to 2 as they now sit only four points behind La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid. Barcelona by the way they played looked as if they were going to have every right to win as they were creating chances near the net, but Villareal's defense was just too much. The defense didn't allow Barca's main threats of Lionel Messi, Dani Alves, Alex Sanchez, etc to do anything. Villareal had a brilliant strategy as they were playing the counter attack and in the 45TH minute of the game it would pay off. Jonathan Pereira will drive the ball and he will carve up the defense and with great precision he will find Cani in front of the net for the first goal of the game.

Going into the second half, Barcelona were fighting for the ball with a little bit more of a sense of urgency as the La Liga title is the only thing they have to fight for. Unfortunately for them, on the counter attack Manu Trigueros will get the ball crossed to him and he heads it into the net to put Barcelona down two goals. Then the luck rolls to Barca's side right after this. What is worse than one own goal? Well, two own goals of course and that is what brought Barcelona back into it. The first one came in the 65TH minute when Dani Alves takes a shot towards the net that Gabriel will back heel it to the back of his own net. Fast forward to 13 minutes later and Dani Alves will once again cross a ball that Mateo Musacchio will head into the back of hos own net. Now the game is tied at two a piece and Barcelona has the momentum and Lionel Messi will receive a beautiful pass from Cesc Fàbregas to put the team ahead for good in the 82ND minute. The only reason I said it was a underserved win was that up to that point, Villareal's goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo was having one heck of a game stopping Lionel Messi and company so it was a shame to see him lose this game.