Cadiz stops Barcelona's string of victories and renews its sorrows

Barcelona received a new shock days after its exit from the quarter-finals of the European League, and lost at home to Cadiz zero / 1 today, Monday, at the end of the thirty-second stage of the Spanish Football League.

Lucas Perez scored the winning goal for Cadiz two minutes after the start of the second half of the match, which was held at the Camp Nou stadium.

Cadiz raised his score to 31 points, leaving the relegation centers and ascending to the sixteenth place, while Barcelona's balance froze at 60 points in second place, 15 points behind the leaders Real Madrid and with a goal difference only against Atletico Madrid and Seville, and Barcelona has a game postponed.

Cadiz cut a string of seven consecutive victories for Barcelona in the Spanish League.

The defeat in today's match came after the shock of Barcelona's defeat at home also "Thursday" against Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany, 2/3 in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the European League, after the first leg ended in a 1-1 draw.

Barcelona was the best party in terms of possession and offensive pressure during the first half, but it did not succeed in taking advantage of the early opportunities, after which it suffered from the defensive bloc of Kadesh, and the first half ended in a goalless draw.

The situation was different in the second half, as Kadesh made an attacking awakening and his confidence was greatly enhanced after the goal of the advance, after which the offensive attempts became a debate between the two teams and Kadesh wasted more than one real opportunity to consolidate the progress, as goalkeeper Jeremias Ledesma excelled in addressing a number of dangerous balls that It was enough to turn the scales of the match in favor of Barcelona.

The match started with the control and continuous offensive pressure from Barcelona and the brilliance of Ousmane Dembele, who was the main source of inconvenience to the Kadesh defense in the first minutes.

The first scoring opportunity came in the third minute, as Ousmane Dembele ran on the right side and penetrated brilliantly into the penalty area and then hit a ball that was saved by goalkeeper Jeremias Ledesma and followed by Ferran Torres, but the goalkeeper blocked it again before the defense dispersed it to a corner that was not used.

Barcelona's attacking attempts continued by Dembele, Ferran Torres and Memphis Depay, but Kadesh intensified his focus in the first minutes to keep the danger away from his goal.

Cadiz tried to break the siege imposed on him in the middle of his stadium and advance to the attack, but he did not pose any real danger to the Barcelona team, which quickly regained its offensive activity in search of the goal of progress.

Dembele penetrated the penalty area, evading the defense brilliantly in the 22nd minute, then hit a powerful ball that was blocked by the defense, and the attack continued, and Torres passed the ball to Jordi Alba, who was rushing from behind to hit hard, but the ball passed over the crossbar.

Barcelona launched another dangerous attack in the 24th minute, and Sergio Dest crossed in front of the goal, but defender Valle Jimenez intervened at the right moment and knocked out the ball.

Despite Barcelona's superior performance, Cadiz almost opened the scoring in the 27th minute after a quick counter-attack, as Raul Barra defied the defense's pursuit of him, and passed a dangerous cross to Lucas Perez, who shot directly, but the ball passed near the post.

Barcelona continued to excel in possession and offensive pressure, but Cadiz strengthened his defensive bloc and relied on quick counter-attacks in search of opportunities.

Dembele starred greatly in evading the defense as he raced towards the penalty area in the 39th minute, then hit a powerful ball, but the goalkeeper saved it twice.

Cadiz dealt a painful blow to Barcelona two minutes after the start of the second half, where Ruben Sobrino received a high ball and hit it with his head and was blocked by goalkeeper Andre Ter Stegen and then hit it again with his foot and Ter Stegen responded to it again and rebounded to Lucas Perez, who put it in the net when the goalkeeper fell, announcing the progress of Cadiz 1 / zero.

Barcelona almost equalized after a dangerous attack less than two minutes later, but Dembele hit the ball near the post.

Play was stopped in the 58th minute due to the fall of Ferran Torres and Valle Jimenez after a strong challenge, but they continued to play.

Xavi, coach of Barcelona, ​​paid star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang instead of Memphis Depay in the 62nd minute.

In the 64th minute, Cadiz coach Sergio Gonzalez made two changes, involving Ivan Alejo instead of Salvador Ponce and Federico San Emetrio instead of Jose Mari.

The Kadesh goalkeeper saved his net from a goal in the 68th minute, when he brilliantly blocked a dangerous ball by Dembele from the edge of the penalty area.

In the 77th minute, Xavi paid Adama Traore and Luke de Jong instead of Frenkie de Jong and Clement Longlet.

Luke de Jong almost equalized for Barcelona in the 78th minute, as he received a ball from a corner kick and headed it with his head, but goalkeeper Ledesma saved it brilliantly. Cadiz responded with a serious attack seconds later, but Ter Stegen narrowly saved the ball.

Ledesma saved Eric Garcia's ball from outside the penalty area in the 85th minute.

Barcelona's attempts continued in the remaining minutes of the match, and Kadesh had already threatened more than once, but Ledesma continued his brilliance and defended his goal brilliantly, ending the match with Kadesh's 1-0 victory.

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