FC on Saturday Barcelona lost the second match in a row. After last week's defeat against Leganes (0-1), Hansi Flick's team lost to Atletico Madrid (1:2). Barcelona lost even though they were leading from the 30th minute after Pedri's goal.
In the second half, however, Rodrigo de Paul and Alexander Sorloth scored for the hosts. The Norwegian scored the decisive goal in the sixth minute of added time. It was another disappointing performance by Barcelona and Robert Lewandowski.
In the second half, the captain of the Polish national team wasted an excellent opportunity created by Ferran Torres. Before the break, Raphinha was unlucky. After the Brazilian's shot, the ball only bounced off the goal post Atletico.
Unlucky Barcelona
As calculated by the journalists of the Catalan “Sport”, it was the 19th time this season when the ball bounced off the crossbar or goal post of Barcelona's rivals. Hansi Flick's team became the leader in Europe in this respect, overtaking Manchester City. Pep Guardiola's team hit the crossbar or post 18 times.
From our point of view, it is also interesting how these shots are distributed among individual players. Lewandowski into the crossbar or post in La Liga he has already scored five times. The Pole is the leader in the entire league. Right behind him is Raphinha, who hit the crossbar or post four times.
Third place in this classification is occupied by Dani Olmo, who shares the position with Atletico's Samu Lino, Villarreal's Yeremy Pino and Athletic Bilbao's Unai Nunez. As for Barcelona, ​​Lamine Yamal hit the frame twice, and the other time it was done by Torres and Ansu Fati.
In La Liga, Barcelona hit the frame 16 times. It also happened to her three times in the Champions League. If we combine the numbers from these competitions, it turns out that Barcelona's leader in this statistic is Raphinha, who scored twice in the Champions League. This happened to Fermin Lopez once.