DBasia.news – Barcelona was unable to win when hosting Atletico Madrid at Camp Nou in the continued match of LaLiga. The final result of the match is 2-2.
Did a little rotation and gave the opportunity to play on several names that usually occupy the bench such as Riqui Puig and Arturo Vidal, and making Antoine Griezmann as substitute, Quique Setien’s squad must end in a draw 2-2.
Leading first through Diego Costa’s own goal in the 11th minute, the visitor then equalized through a Saul Niguez penalty in the 19th minute. Lionel Messi put the home side back ahead through the spot in the 50th minute, but Los Rojiblancos thwarted Barca’s victory after Saul broke into Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s goal in the 62nd minute.
Responding to the draw obtained by Barca, Sergio Busquets could not cover his feelings of disappointment, despite pushing his team to focus until the end of the season, the midfielder considered it would be difficult for his team to defend the La Liga title.
“The struggle to be able to defend the La Liga title today is really difficult if you always lose points in every two matches, but Barcelona will continue to fight until the end of the season,” Busquets said as reported by Goal.
“We know it is difficult, but my team-mates and I will continue to try it. Atletico Madrid are a difficult rival. Barca dominated the match and created many chances, but then two penalties that they could really punish us – it was very embarrassing,” he added.
A draw would certainly be very detrimental for the Blaugrana, they failed to shift Real Madrid and must be willing to remain in second position, the distance of points with Zinedine Zidane’s squad could also increase to four points if they could overcome Getafe resistance, Friday (3/7).