Defeated by Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona’s “engine” is not yet hot

  DBasia.news –  Barcelona defeat in the inaugural match of LaLiga 2019-20. Playing at San Mames, the headquarters of Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona lost 0-1.

Barcelona is seen as one of the most serious teams preparing for the 2019-2020 season rolling squad. El Barca has brought in new players such as Frenkie de Jong, Junior Firpo, to Antoine Griezmann.

However, the inclusion of these players has not had a positive impact on the field. Playing without an injured Lionel Messi, Barca fell 1-0 at the Bilbao headquarters.

In fact, as usual, Barcelona always controls the course of the match. Gerard Pique and his friends incised possession of the ball up to 72 percent.

Nevertheless, Barcelona does not play effectively. Of the 11 opportunities created, only two led to the goal. Meanwhile, Athletic Bilbao who have the same number of opportunities, directing five of them to the target.

Gol only puppet host comes before the fight was over. The aging striker, Aritz Aduriz, fired an acrobatic shot that nested inside the Barcelona goal. Athletic Bilbao also won with a score of 1-0.

The defeat immediately became the material to criticize Barcelona. Not a few parties who doubt El Barca can defend the LaLiga title. On the other hand, Real Madrid performed convincingly by beating Celta Vigo 3-1.

However, it is too early to judge Barcelona will fail to win LaLiga. Because three of the 16 titles they won began with a defeat in the opening match. The notes were engraved in 1951-1952, 1973-1974, and 2008-2009 seasons.

Barcelona will return to playing by entertaining Real Betis in the second week of LaLiga 2019-2020, at Camp Nou, Sunday (25/8) local time or early Monday morning Western Indonesian Time. Until now, there has been no news whether Lionel Messi can appear in the match.