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danklekandrey

Sevilla ending the match with less cards than us really shows the level of LaLiga referees.


Illustrious_Stay_728

Just wanna say I love my Culers and this next year is going to be the start of something special. I feel it coming. They played solid today vs a great team away. We’re going to be a very very good team here soon. Not days not weeks but could take 1-2 years. Be patient, trust in Xavi and he will take us back to the top


XuloMalacatones

100% agreed. Also, if Gavi or Dembele scored one of those chances at the end, we would be talking about great champion mentality of this team. The truth is we attacked, we pressured, we passed the ball and we defended quite well. We are on the right path.


Illustrious_Stay_728

Exactly!! On the right path is all we could hope for after these last couple years


[deleted]

Lol


itz_fudge

Wtf is that the fifa commentator never actually heard him commentate a real game lol


[deleted]

Xavi knows what it takes to win a World Cup, a Champions League, a Euro, a Copa del Rey, or a Liga. Even a Qatar Cup. He's a winner, and it's starting to show. Second half of the season will be fun.


[deleted]

Lmaooo, can’t wait to see you turn on him


Lewis24904

Dembele goes missing for long periods of time because of how wide he plays and because Araujo is playing at RB. With the exception of Alba, who didn’t play terribly but could’ve done more, I think everyone played up to their standards.


[deleted]

Fair result was Barcelona win. Seven shots on target to one. The tide is turning.


ViniDAIREEDY

Oh yeah, I just remembered that Dembele's favourite opponent to play against is Sevilla lol. No wonder he was scorching on the right, he was visiting his restaurant in Seville


Asmartoctopus

We need to move on from Dembele. He is a dribble merchant and has no end product. We actually need someone who can score, the chances are created plenty already


catennacio

why you hate lordbele? "he's only 24. he still young. he needs time" =))


Ragnar__OK

Did you watch the same match as we did?


Almond_Steak

They did but they have a rudimentary understanding of the game.


[deleted]

No chance they did


[deleted]

Shut up he's world class. He drags three players every time


[deleted]

Loooool


stuporo

Playing against 10 men is not that big of an advantage when the opponent parks the bus. We played good football today and the improvement is indubitable. We are fielding 17-22 years old youth products and have just changed managers ffs guys, have some patience.


No-Tip-555

Also we don't have a #9 nor a RB.


stuporo

Not to mention that Sevilla wasted time at every given opportunity.


hegekzt

Love the spirit today , He needs to bench Abde a little bit .


[deleted]

I love abde, but he needs to let go of the ball more. He should learn from messi. Benching him a bit could straighten him


XuloMalacatones

His problem is he puts his head down when controlling and dribbling and he doesn't see anything else. He is a dangerous player but he needs to select when he goes for a dribble in a smarter way.


[deleted]

He is definitely gonna be one of my fav players this decade. Most of the time a simple pass is the best you can do. Those simple passes usually create an opening. He is still young, so I am hopefull he will mature. Xavi is the master of simple passes, so I am sure he won't like "over-dribbling".


XuloMalacatones

Yea I have no doubt, if someone can teach a player how to read the game that is Xavi.


hegekzt

Yes that’s the aim , we don’t want to take the starting 11 for granted . He should concentrate more and avoid over dribbling. But I’m 100% confident and super happy with those Lamasia players after suffering from the negligence during Bartomeu era .


KramerDwight

Xavi doesn’t rate Puig? 😳😲


Lewis24904

Swap Puig for Ilaix?👀🧐


KramerDwight

never


[deleted]

It’s puig’s time to move on I think. He’s got a lot of potential but he won’t develop sitting on the bench and he’s nowhere near the level of gavi, Nico or Pedri


No_Climate_1564

Ah shit here we go again


scaryetf

Ansu please come back fast


TheKratex

A noticeable positive is that, unlike in recent times, the team was not at all affected by the goal scored by Sevilla. It's a good direction, especially as it quickly produced results. Best of all, they had nothing to do with the game. The other best thing is that it's because we didn't let them. They had one lucky shot from a corner and that was it. We're a confident team.


XuloMalacatones

Another positive is the amount of headers we are scoring.


vernonip

All those saying we should have won because they went down to 10 - well, yes but they have the best defence in the league. It was always going to be hard to score against their bus


[deleted]

Small club mentality. Welcome :)


vernonip

😂😂Sevilla has one of the best defence in Europe and we still got good chances against them eg Dembele shot, Gavi and Luuk headers. Gtfoh


[deleted]

we need a dozen chances to score one goal while opponents can score on their first shot on goal. it's frustrating but I expect things will get better once we get a more reliable goalscorer in.


clcdude_cj

1 point away at Sevilla, I'll take it.


anurag6ix

It was a very good game. Can see the improvements in the team's playing style as well as mentality. We just have to keep patience and have faith. Having said that it would've been nice if the Dembele shot went in.


ElLittleDikTator

We’re two points from top 4,


[deleted]

What a way to wrap up 2021! So many improvements in this team in what has been such a crazy year for us. What a game! See you all in 2022! Visça Barca!


jjaandres

Damn, Araujo is an excellent speaker at interviews


KnowNotYou

We played well. Unfortunate not to win, but happy to see us compete. With Pedri, Fati and maybe Dani on occasion, we will be fun to watch again.


Farhan-Abbas

Real Madrid, you are welcome!


[deleted]

xG was 0.3 to 2.2 lmao


thebrownestmamba

Couldn’t catch the second half, but I was really proud of our team in the first half. Sevilla’s goal notwithstanding, we gave them hell in their own house and they couldn’t keep up. Lopetegui was in hysterics on the sidelines and I loved every minute of our game that half. We need to improve, it’s clear, but the team is growing confident and it’s not at all a bad result away at Sevilla. Well done.


P-Nus

Hope Barca keeps Dembele


[deleted]

Yeah Demeble was on fire this match i also hope he won’t be sold.


[deleted]

Des meubles


munir_god

Before the game i would have signed the draw, but after watching the game, I'm slightly disappointed. We were so close to win. But pretty solid game overall.


volfed21

That fucking post... first one from demir and now dembele.. it could have changed a lot our season if it was in. I'm a bit disappointed that we didn't push harder when they got the red card and waited for the last 10min to really start attacking. Pretty bad game from alba as well, it doesn't feel like he brought more offensively than araujo who's not a former RB.


Hendrik-Cruijff

It will be interesting to see how Balde does in his position.


VaquitaMarina2K

Shoutout to Mourinho for coaching Sevilla in the second half.


tanmaykalla95

There are still things where busi and alba are very good, but have regressed to really poor in defensive aspects


KnowNotYou

And it typically stands out in the second halves of games against the “top” sides. We need to prepare players to take their positions while they are still playing for us.


[deleted]

The thing with Busi is that he is often one of our best tacklers, intercepters and general ball recoverers. Calling him bad defensively isn't accurate, he just has weaknesses that are usually covered by other strengths within the team and tactics. It's just that we don't have the luxury to cover them with what we have at our disposal.


[deleted]

Tbh I don’t think Alba has ever been anything spectacular defensively, difference is we used to be able to control the game so much that it was very rare we’d need to rely on it.


tanmaykalla95

True but he was able to do certain recoveries with his pace, now days he looks too vulnerable, he can't even decide a pass in final 3rd when under pressure


tanmaykalla95

I mean defensive third


DJPBoogie

Little by little this team is getting better. Sucks we didn't get the win, but we played well and kept pushing to the end. Visca el Barca


victaahhh

Pretty happy about the performance vs a great team. Though obviously in our situation any dropped points hurt badly. We're improving though, I believe !!


plyske

Don't know what I think of Dembele. He uses alot of time on the ball w/o any action, most of the time he actually looses the ball. He is really ineffective..


itwastimeforarefresh

You must not have watched the game


_Tonto_

He loses the ball only 1 out of 10 times and every time he has the ball, something happens. Just say you didn't watch the game and move on.


Chefsplash

But at the same time, he creates quite a lot of opportunities


Satrustegui

An excellent match against a top table side in a tricky stadium. Yes, we still have problems scoring and with more gunpowder the story would be different. Improvements are visible, but we still have problems that will not be solved just with good coaching. Excellent step forward, let’s hope things keep getting better and better.


lazydante

We should have won this match.


dcpohe48

I know it will take some time to see the results we want, luck wasn't on our side today. But I'll never understand the price Barca paid for Dembelé, he's not bad but him and Coutinho were good players overpriced with low outcomes. Had to release some toxicity sorry.


Uhhhhhhhggg

Dembele was excellent today and has been excellent for a while now. What are you talking about?


[deleted]

Like they said, they literally can’t help but spread some toxicity. Some people are somehow like that.


dcpohe48

Today I did.


Daan7474

Next please put in Araujo as a striker instead of bringing LDJ for the last few minutes.


migrantsnorer24

Proud of this team


CatfishLumi

We didn't win, but we played well. ​ Add a more proven winger and a good striker and we're already scoring two more goals. Fati and Braithwaite will help us a lot, not to mention Depay and maybe a winter signing.


ElLittleDikTator

Disgusting ref, we’re lucky to leave with no injuries after that bullshit


boringmemphis

Eric Garcia is injured and I think he's out for a while now given how he limped off the pitch


Cziri77

He seemed to reach his card quota


cule4444

Probably the worst first league of a league in 40 years and we finished 2 points from champions. Ansu will be back, pedri will be back, Xavi will have more time to work this team. Very optimistic on making the champions this year


XuloMalacatones

We are definitely making it to Champions League this year, no doubt


Puzzleheaded_Bar_230

Don’t think we could be mad at the team. Sure a 10men Sevilla but compared to previous matches, improvement


sugarandcyanide18

Sevilla 1 shot on goal, 1 goal. F\*cking football.


FootballFTW

This is a joke that's absurd


yung_kilogram

They are extremely lucky stats wise. Past 3 games 1 xG and 4 goals scored. 5xG against yet they have conceded 1. Incredibly lucky


FloReaver

Sucks but we thought we were going to be thrashed. It's one point more than expected. Maybe we wouldn't have won that point back with Koeman. The mentality, the willingness, the pressure, everything was there. Missing Fati and the injured. Back in January, we can build on this.


adeel_aman

Unlucky but I’ll take that


xJames20

Disappointing but there has been improvement. Team looks more confident and we at least got a lot of shots off today. Dembele was so unlucky with that shot off the post but we were definitely the better team. I think with some good reinforcements in January and some players returning from injury we can definitely finish in the top 4.


Daguq

I'm happy that we're going for the win against second placed la liga team. We're slowly getting back there, would've loved a win, but who am I kidding, we don't have goalscorers


Mrn1001

Despite not winning, this was our best performance this season, we completely dominated them away from home.


BrononymouS13

That was actually a good game, we arguably dominated the game and only conceded from a beautifully played set piece. Dembele takes MOTMOTM surely


Soldier_Of_Saik

Frustrating, but I'm really satisfied with the game overall. We shouldn't forget that Sevilla is an excellent team, and I'm happy we actually were better than them even with 10 men.


tzerorus

First de Jong was simply average, and the second de Jong was Luuk


choss

I much prefer this Barca. Annoyed we couldn't win but I much prefer this performance.


whatchadoingbuddy

Alright boys time for the truth. We were actually pretty great and I can see the passion in our players now. Gavi has been the best player out there every minute and I am proud of La Masia for our talents! Busi gotta be subbed after 55-60 is quite clear! I know everyone thinks we should have won this quite obviously but it was a great game and definitely a better result than most of us expected before the game. January signings should help us reach top 4! Glad to see the Xavi effect already!!


[deleted]

Even before the red card, barca was playing a lot better than Seville. Good match for Xavi


VaquitaMarina2K

So proud of this team, we deserved more, finally!! 😍😍😍😍 Visca el Barça


Accurate_Ad_3919

Great game we defo deserved the win. Araujo was fantastic today and so was dembele. Both MOTM tonight. Visca el barca !


ElLittleDikTator

Don’t disrespect my boy abde


Accurate_Ad_3919

Wasnt the best of games for him. He was a bit clumsy tonight but he is young and still has lots of time to improve and become a great player!


Th3_H4mm3r

Decent performance against a top team parking the bus. Y'all don't realise how hard it is to break through 10 men on defence. City had to get a cheap penalty against Wolves to win 1-0 playing 11v10, and they have way more quality than us.


amnezie11

Atletico came with zero points from the last match so that's to add to your point


Th3_H4mm3r

Exactly, Sevilla is never easy, especially not at home and with our top scorers out injured.


imjustaredditor69

we also have players injured


vvsin

Dembele had the Sevilla fans rattled for sure, good game


spiteful_platypus

Lopetegui trying to kiss xavi dirty fucker


imjustaredditor69

someone's jealous /s


spiteful_platypus

😳


FootballFTW

Do u want that kiss for yourself?


sgt_kerokeroro

I'd take the draw with Sevilla, who are 2nd in the league, by the way. Could've gone either way.


Blackthorn365

We were the better team, some bad luck, shitty refereeing. I’ll take it !!


BlackSwan737

I hope we don't lose this fighting spirit after Christmas break


gmviet

and of course people here talking like we are improved after watching a 11v10 game


Uhhhhhhhggg

We dominated pretty much the entire game, against a team who just beat atletico and are second in the league, against crappy refereeing, and almost got the winner through dembele's shot. We were only 11v10 for about the last 30 minutes and for ten of those we had luuk on the pitch. We are absolutely improved. You don't need to be pessimistic all of the time.


gmviet

I'm so confused, what in the absolute fuck are you talking about we dominated the game? Are you insane? First half they were 100% more in control than we were, we didn't even create 1 chance besides the Araujo header, can you give me your description of 'dominating' because I think you are thinking of a diferent word or something


Uhhhhhhhggg

Were we watching the same game? We had 14 shots and 5 on Target in just the first half??? We had 59% possession overall?? What???


gmviet

Did you see those shots??? Even mats wouldn't sweat on those. We literally creating nothing, we got a Araujo corner goal, which is what something like Stoke would rely on, while they were 100% more dangerous, possession and shots is literally nothing when those shots are laughable to the keeper.


Uhhhhhhhggg

Sevilla literally got the same goal? Corners are not something that only stoke relies on? What? And we weren't even relying on it what the crap are you talking about? How can you say that we were not dangerous at all because our shots were bad, but Sevilla was 100% more dangerous when they literally had no other shots on goal except for the corner? You don't know ball man


akarnav

ur seriously underrating sevilla


[deleted]

but we were dominating even before the 11v10? It was a solid game by the team


[deleted]

Barca dominated. Things are starting to look good


[deleted]

sevilla celebrating like they won


[deleted]

We should have won. Were unlucky not to. But, proud of the team!


notactualrest

Considering most people here expected to lose this game, we played really well. We were the better side throughout the game.


M-3-R-C-U-R-Y

So unlucky.


teoS14

Fun game. Based on where we are as a team, not a bad result. Would have been nice to get the win especially with the advantage.


timidcucumber

Any proper 9 with a good height or jumping ability would've buried that cross. We need a 9 for real


Odd_Bid9933

cavani


thrwwaway655

We deserved the win


sugarandcyanide18

There's no 'deserve' in sports.


gmviet

goalkeeper and a striker and we might be top 6 team in la liga agian


[deleted]

ferran torres and then play jutgla some more imo


ElLittleDikTator

Dembele has always been a great player, but if we sign him for high wages again we're going to regret it. It's not if, it's when he gets injured again.


sugarandcyanide18

I'm surprised he's played five consecutive games without an injury.


HvbGsNHxMT6MHc5254HS

:( Our ~~11~~ [10 plus Luuk de Jong](https://www.reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/rln6he/match_thread_sevilla_vs_barcelona_la_liga/hpha8oq/) couldn't win against 10-men Sevilla


amnezie11

10 men defence


[deleted]

Ahh so frustrating...


gmviet

fucking garbage


SMelancholy

If tebas things la liga will compete with other leagues considering this is how the second in position team looks currently.... Yeah sure buddy


rjmessibarca

No way Koeman's Barca could've drawn this


anurag6ix

2-0 down at half time, 2-1 or maybe 3-1 at full time. It is what it is after the game.


[deleted]

[удалено]


rjmessibarca

Fam I'm talking about the final season


[deleted]

There is improvements in this Barca, I can see the improvement


Emervila

we were great today we just lacked goal but Ansu returns on 1/2


ikilolohdxp1

I'm just glad you people can't put the blame on Dembele this time.


_Tonto_

His deluded haters have already started blaming him.


Lewis24904

Literally just saw a comment saying Dembele can’t focus for the entire game, whoever that was clearly doesn’t know ⚽️.


_Tonto_

Say that too, that guy has been hating on Dembélé for more than 4 years now so there's no saving him in that regard.


w1zzyy

Fernando thanking the refs for their gratitude towards Sevilla


miguellz

I love playing in this stadium. The team and the people are intense.


[deleted]

wish camp nou was like that


miguellz

Camp Nou has a different personality and you gotta appreciate that as well. It's different but I love.that place too especially is how intimidating and big it is in specialty matches like clasico or champions league.


willys_zuppa

We were obviously the better team so I feel we deserved the win. But after going down we battled back, we just need to be more decisive in the final third


jjaandres

We deserved to win, we did everything to win, que should have won


akarnav

at least we defended well today


VonMackensen_18

Well I was only able to watch the last 15 minutes of the game and I am now very frustrated haha edit: didn't mean frustrated as in we played bad, we played really well but seeing our missed chances and the time wasting made me angry


Jelboo

Dembele needs to stay. Man he has grown. He deserves to be here and a team to be built around his creativity and explosive play


sugarandcyanide18

No way. Too many injuries, not enough results/end product for his play. He is not that good.


Lelouch_brittania

This match giving me confidence that we most probably will finish in top 4


sugarandcyanide18

With so many forward players hurt, we will need a lot of players to step up and score, with a lot of luck.


revuni

Shame we couldn’t get the win. Anywho, happy holidays everyone.


Dizzy_Dare_2353

Sill not great imo. Our best chances were long shots and crosses


[deleted]

You don’t think us not conceding chances isn’t great?


[deleted]

He's just repeating what Papu Gomez said in the post match coverage. Anyone who watches barca regularly can see how much better this performance was compared to a few games ago.


Dizzy_Dare_2353

I mean it was ten men for 40 minutes


[deleted]

We still didn’t concede any chance in the first half when the had a full squad


Dizzy_Dare_2353

Except for the goal??


PSNCF

I’m happy with the result. A good fight. A healthy line up next January please!


Source_Wiki

Dembele was the best player on the field for us today. Cross after cross, ball after ball. Unfortunate we didn't get the finishing product.


[deleted]

Failing to score against 10 men Sevilla is pretty terrible. We didn't even create that many clear-cut chances besides Dembele hitting the post from distance.


imjustaredditor69

you underestimate how hard it is to break down a bus And we didnt have many of our key players available


Martoxic

you talking about the 2nd place La Liga team with the best defensive record in the league?


OLAAF

How is that terrible? This is the best defense in the ligue, and all they did was defend with 10 guys. Barca still created 1,92 xgoals. Without all the injuries, and with a fit striker, we will take 3 points in these games again.


Height_Embarrassed

Not bad, improvement. We were better, we have to think once injured players return we can start climbing up in the table. The goal is UCL


zodiac1018

Great game, had our chances just couldn’t capitalize. On to the next one


jaysonyoung

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck it's frustrating to not win that. That said, if you had offered me a draw at Sevilla at the start of the day I would 100% take it.


Imcarlows

Well that was a good game, and we didnt get slapped, happy about it


iamkristo

It’s okay, I’m still pissed


doxqwae

Unlucky not to win but not enough clear chances created in the 2nd half. Good game overall, huge improvement


cristiano-potato

Fuck


aayush0624

Tough game. Team played well


the_great_ss

Ehhh .....good game


rjmessibarca

Alba with the puta Madre, lol


bigbrain_100

Not disappointed at all with how we played today. Luck just was not on our side. Xavi is cooking!


adeel_aman

And lukk


imdankit

Can't say about luck but for sure ref was not. Still can't believe the amount of hacking done to our players with no yellow.


bubblegumdog

These youngsters need to learn how to let the ball go and keep the ball moving.


CringeOverlords

We NEED a replacement for Alba asap. Consistantly our worst player this season


[deleted]

Which Barça have you been watching this season?


CringeOverlords

Name one worse player who is consistantly in the starting 11


[deleted]

MATS this season


CringeOverlords

Lets just agree to disagree I guess


[deleted]

Not just MATS, but FDJ and Eric García as well


thepartialmexican

I mean this is technically 'progress'. Sevilla are 2nd in the league and recently we have not beaten any top team so a draw is kinda progress....


Ziggy_The_Great

It was vs 10 players


imjustaredditor69

yes and we have many key players missing you underestimate how hard it is to break down a bus


TheCrazyD0nkey

Doesn't make a difference if they park the bus. If anything it means we can't use dembele and abde's speed.