FC Barcelonaelated by winning the Spanish Super Cup and two victories in the King's Cup, returned to play in La Liga after a three-week break. In the away match of the 20th round, her opponent was Getafe.
FC Barcelona did not beat Getate. A wasted opportunity in the La Liga table
The Catalans started the match much better and took the lead in the ninth minute after a rather bizarre goal by Jules Kounde, who took advantage of goalkeeper David Soria's clumsy intervention. However, less than half an hour later, Mauro Arambarri equalized, taking advantage of confusion in front of Inaki Peni's goal. Ultimately it ended 1:1.
How did this result affect the competition table? Barcelona has something to regret, because they did not take advantage of a great opportunity to reduce the gap to the leader Atletico Madrid, which earlier in the same day lost sensationally against Leganes (0:1). The biggest winner in this situation may be Real Madrid – if they score points against Las Palmas, they will become the leader. However, fourth-place Athletic Bilbao can match the achievements of the Catalans.
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La Liga table after the Getafe – FC Barcelona match
- Atletico Madrid – 20 games, 44 points, 34-13 goal balance
- Real Madrid – 19, 43 points, 43-19
- FC Barcelona – 20, 39 points, 52-23
- Athletic Bilbao – 19, 36 points, 29-17
- Villarreal – 19, 30 points, 34-31
- Mallorca – 19, 30 points, 19-21
- Real Sociedad – 19, 28 points, 17-13
- Girona – 20, 28 points, 28-27
- Sevilla – 20, 26 points, 23-29
- Rayo Vallecano – 19, 25 points, 22-22
- Real Betis – 20, 25 points, 22-26
- Osasuna – 19, 25 points, 23-28
- Celta Vigo – 19, 24 points, 28-30
- Las Palmas – 19, 22 points, 24-29
- Leganes – 20, 22 points, 19-29
- Getafe – 20, 20 points, 14-17
- Deportivo Alaves – 20, 20 points, 24-32
- Espanyol – 20, 19 points, 19-32
- Real Valladolid – 20, 15 points, 14-39
- Valencia – 19, 13 points, 18-29
The mentioned match between Real Madrid and Las Palmas will be played on Sunday, January 19 at 4:15 p.m. The 20th round of La Liga will end on Monday, January 20.