Barcelona suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at the hands of Rayo Vallecano in La Liga on Sunday. This is the third home game in a row that Xavi's side have lost, following defeats against Eitracht Frankfurt and Cadiz.
Xavi named one of his strongest possible lineups for the game. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang lead the attack with Ousmane Dembele and Ferran Torres on the wings. Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong and Gavi started in midfield. Ronald Araujo partnered Eric Garcia at the heart of the defense, with Sergino Dest and Jordi Alba on either flank.
The game started off terribly for the hosts as Alvaro Garcia gave Rayo Vallecano the lead in the seventh minute of the game. Isi Palazon skinned Alba on the wing before chipping a pass into the box for Garcia to strike home. The goal seemed to have woken the Blaugrana up as they started to dominate proceedings, but were unable to carve out any significant chances.
It wasn't until the 42nd minute that the Blaugrana had a golden opportunity to level the scores. However, Gavi saw his strike hit the underside of the bar. The half ended with Xavi's side on top in terms of play, but yet to find an equalizer.
The second-half started much the same as the first as Palazon had a great opportunity to double Rayo Vallecano's lead, but Alba was on hand to block what was a certain goal. Barcelona then continued to put pressure on the visitors but were, once again, unable to break down a resilient defense.
Both sides had chances to score in time added on, as Depay and Dembele saw their efforts thwarted. Meanwhile, Pathe Ciss saw his strike flick off the post and go wide. The game ended in defeat for Barcelona.
Barcelona's loss hands Real Madrid the La Liga title
Ahead of the game, Barcelona were the only side that had a chance, although minute, to prevent Real Madrid from winning the La Liga title. Xavi's side were 15 points behind Los Blancos with a game in hand and six games left to play.
However, with this loss, the best the Blaugrana can do now is tie Real Madrid's points tally. Also, with a massive goal difference between the two sides, Los Blancos have all but been crowned the league champions this season,
With that being said, here are the best Twitter reactions to Barcelona's 1-0 loss against Rayo Vallecano:
JoyNg
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The only way to stop Real Madrid from winning La Liga is👇😂😂
Cuubdesuyz
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Congratulations to Madrid and for barca they will suffer more than this. The hypocrisy of football has caught up with them. They had banners and inscriptions at the Nou Camp at every match day asking 🇷🇺 to stop the war in 🇺🇦. But when Abde one of their junior team players asked for the same thing for Palestine, he was coerced to pull down his tweet. Since then I have lost interest in ⚽️
Beautifulboy
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Congratulations to Madrid and for barca they will suffer more than this. The hypocrisy of football has caught up with them. They had banners and inscriptions at the Nou Camp at every match day asking 🇷🇺 to stop the war in 🇺🇦. But when Abde one of their junior team players asked for the same thing for Palestine, he was coerced to pull down his tweet. Since then I have lost interest in ⚽️
I will munch this and keep it for you when Barca starts lifting trophies real soon. This comment was supposed to be for Abde and not Barca. Why didn’t he post when Muslims terrorist were shouting Allahu Akbar before bombing and killing women and children? Your advice should be for him, because that Twit has started affecting his career. Even big footballers like Benzema, Salah, Mane a whole lot of them wouldn’t do such. They all know you can’t support terrorist. You know the truth, but you just won’t admit it. We both know why you wouldn’t admit. And let me remind you that football don’t give a shii about your interest. So if you ain’t interested in football, that’s your business and none of ours. If you have lost interest in foot, why are you still on All Football?[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh] Shiii 🤣🤣🤣
Donne6
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But who else also noticed that after reading everything, I couldn't find the Twitter reactions under the article... All Football keeps on amazing me [Hitface] And it is once again the Almighty AUTTY
Fihacekry
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The only way to stop Real Madrid from winning La Liga is👇😂😂
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What a joke 🤣 But you are correct WHEN Messi played for Barcelona Real Madrid had hard time winning league 🤣