We hope you enjoyed the broadcast and the game! New victory for Barcelona in LaLiga to continue its good streak, while Alavés continues to watch the descent from close up. A warm greeting and until next time!
Abelardo's team came out in the second half advancing meters so as not to defend behind, and for some moments they put the Barcelona defense in complications. However, with 2-1, Barcelona pushed again and with quick, precise combinations, and accumulating players in attack they managed to make that goal against it end up being anecdotal.
The match ends with a victory for Barcelona against Alavés with a result of 5-1. The Blaugrana team has managed to prevail over their rival showing in the second half that it can be a gale. Those of Ronald Koeman, who saw how the Basque team closed the gap with a goal from Rioja, pressed with the ball and managed to score three goals in no time.
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One minute added!
Trincao's offside goal. Pass behind the back of Messi's defense that the Portuguese managed to take advantage of, but was in an advanced position.
Combination between Messi and Riqui Puig at full speed. The Argentine finished the play but Pachecho had no problem keeping the ball.
Abelardo's team was imprecise in his attempts to advance with the ball. He does not find good passes to his attackers.
Barcelona plays in this final stretch, dominating the game. Alavés defending in their own field.
Change in Barcelona. He enters the Dembélé field and Griezmann leaves.
Change in Alavés. Borja Sainz enters the field and Lucas Pérez leaves.
Change in Alavés. Deyverson enters the field and Joselu leaves.
JUNIOR FIRPO GOOOOOLLLL! The left-back makes the fifth after a play between lefties. Messi gave it to Griezmann, and the Frenchman looked to the far post for Firpo to score an empty goal.
Assists Antoine Griezmann
A blow on the Barcelona table to remove Alavés all hope they had to equalize the game or even turn the scoreboard. Messi protagonist in these two goals that put everything on track for Barcelona with a goal and an assist.
GOOOOOLLLLL OF MESSI! There has not been time or for the players to recover to the third goal for Barcelona that the Argentine with a left foot makes it 4-1 to leave the game practically resolved.
Assists Antoine Griezmann
GOOOOOOLLLLL DE TRINCAO! Barcelona makes the third in a defensive mess from Alavés.
Assists Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini
Change in Alavés. Pere Pons enters the field and Pina leaves.
Change in Barcelona. Pjanic enters the field and De Jong leaves.
Change in Barcelona. Enter the Dest field and Mingueza leaves.
Good start to the Alavés counterattack, which is managing to damage space. Again Rioja found the back of his defender but his subsequent shipment was intercepted.
Ronald Koeman's set spinning long possessions, in which the players play fast and make the Alavés players run.
Putting one more speed into the game, Barcelona, which is reacting well to the goal against.
By little Griezmann! Messi's chopped ball on the Frenchman, who hit him inside the crossed area and the ball goes very close to the goal.
Change in Barcelona. Pedri enters the field and Moriba leaves.
Messi out! Great play by Barcelona in the front of the Alavés area playing one touch. The crossed Argentine hit him but the ball goes down the bottom line.
Trincao hand-to-hand fails! Two against one of the Portuguese and Moriba. The right winger looked for the shot and Pacheco rejected the shot so he wouldn't score. Bad decision of the Barcelona footballer, who had his partner alone.
For Pacheco! The Argentine looked for a soft hit but the Spanish goalkeeper guessed his intentions.
Dangerous foul in favor of Barcelona. Take a set piece action Messi. You will have the opportunity to search for the goal.
Important goal for Alavés, who managed to get into the game again in a second half in which they had advanced meters and were trying to get higher. Good recovery for Rioja that allowed him to lead and beat Ter Stegen.
GOOOOOOLLLLLL OF RIOJA! Error in the exit of the ball from Barcelona that Alavés takes advantage of to put the 2-1.
The latest shipments from Alavés are very hasty, which are not causing problems for Barcelona. Abelardo's men have positioned themselves higher to face this second half.
Yellow for Tachi! Card for the Alavés player after using his hand to stop Firpo.
Messi did not hit the goal directly and put a cross into the area. Lenglet brushed it but the ball goes down the baseline.
Dangerous foul in favor of Barcelona. Tachi's block on Junior Firpo.
Up Lucas Pérez! The Alavés attacker hit him with his left slightly heeled after a great heel from Joselu, but the ball went over the goal.
Change in Barcelona. He enters the Umtiti field and Busquets leaves.
Change in Alavés. Enter the Rioja field and Cordoba leaves.
Change in Alavés. Laguardia enters the field and Martín leaves.
The second part between Barcelona and Alavés begins!
Both goalkeepers did not have to intervene much, Pacheco had several interventions with Barcelona plays offside, and Alavés, who attacked a lot on their running bands, barely found Ter Stegen's goal to generate danger. At the moment with the two goals the Blaugrana team unblocks a meeting that was not being anything comfortable.
Barcelona momentary victory 2-0 against Alavés at the Camp Nou. First time in which both teams maintained a pulse, Barcelona trying to open spaces and Alavés trying to be quick to take advantage of those left by their rivals. Ronald Koeman's men were not entirely comfortable but with a goal from Trincao and another from Messi they managed to go ahead to the dressing room.
End of the first part!
GOOOOOOLLLLL OF MESSI! Individual play by the Argentine, who caught near the front, dribbled to orient himself to his left, and adjusted it to the post so that the ball would end up entering and make it 2-0.
Assists Sergio Busquets i Burgos
Two minutes added!
Two corner kicks in favor of Barcelona in which they fail to generate danger. Good defense of Alavés inside the area.
Long ball from Mingueza, who is being the footballer who is generating uncertainty in the defense of Alavés. Today's right back of Barcelona seeks to face Duarte when he has some space.
Alavés is trying to respond to the goal against attacking into space, but Abelardo's men cannot finish the plays. They have had several positive actions from Edgar on the right.
Goal annulled to Barcelona for offside by Griezmann. The goal was from Messi, but the previous play was from the French in a heads-up that fails against Pacheco. The Barcelona player was ahead. The VAR had to intervene.
Paradón de Pachecho on a new occasion in Trincao. Messi was the footballer who found the Portuguese, who was offside. Invalid play.
Important goal for Barcelona, which was not managing to open spaces and go deeper on the wings. Mingueza in a one on one was the one who managed to generate a mess in the rival defense.
GOOOOOOLLLL OF TRINCAO! Mingueza found space in an individual action, put a ball that ended up at Moriba's feet at the far post, and he gave it to Trincao at will to make it 1-0.
Assists Moriba Kourouma Kourouma
Bloca Ter Stegen! Battaglia's shot after a clearance by Mingueza that was left by the German goalkeeper.
Little pace and speed in the game. In the last minutes the game has been stopped on several occasions due to various fouls.
Direct game by Alavés, who tries to play in a few passes but attacking the spaces to hurt Barcelona. At the moment Abelardo's men do not find the rival goal either.
Barcelona is not comfortable with the ball. He cannot make Alavés go back meters and for the moment those of Ronald Koeman do not reach the rival area. The game is played in a few meters.
Duarte has returned to the field of play.
Yellow for Martín! Card for the Alavés player after cutting a counterattack with a foul.
Duarte, who was the footballer who cut off Trincao's play, lying on the pitch. The Alavés defender hurts his right knee.
Alavés corner kick that Barcelona defends without problems. The Blaugrana team tried to go out on the right back with Trincao but Alavés recovered the ball.
It is difficult for Barcelona to generate spaces in the first passes. Ronald Koeman's team moves the ball but Alavés does not suffer.
Barcelona has the ball and Alavés retreats waiting for their opportunity. Little possession for Abelardo's men in this first leg of the game.
Up Lucas Pérez! Alavés counterattack in which the Galician played after a long drive from Edgar, who looked for him inside the area.
Double rejection of Pacheco before an exit of goal in which Messi tried to surpass him in two occasions from the left.
Barcelona started the game, arriving twice in these first minutes. After Griezmann's chance, Trincao looked for an individual finish that went away.
With this match, Lionel Messi equals Xavi Hernández as the Barcelona player with the most games in LaLiga history (505 matches)
The Alavés defense blocks the first time! Opportunity for Barcelona within the rival area that Griezmann ended without success.
The game starts at the Camp Nou!
The match referee is Jorge Figueroa Vázquez, who belongs to the Andalusian Referees Committee.
Alavés coach Abelardo Fernández has faced Barcelona seven times in LaLiga without winning any of them (1E 6D), more than against any other rival in the competition.
Alavés player Joselu has scored a total of three goals in his last five LaLiga games, as many as in his previous 22 games in the competition.
Lionel Messi has given only two goal assists with Barcelona in LaLiga 2020/21 but has an Expected assists of 6.56, which indicates that he should have given 4.56 more assists according to the characteristics of his actions, the widest difference of a player is season in competition.
Barcelona player Lionel Messi has scored 10 goals against Alavés in LaLiga, scoring in seven of his 10 meetings with Vitoria in the competition. He has scored at least one goal in his last three games against them at the Camp Nou (four goals in total).
Barcelona is the team that shoots the most on goal in LaLiga 2020/21 (144) and only Elche (43) has done fewer shots on goal than Alavés in the competition this season (55).
With their victory last round against Real Valladolid (1-0), Alavés ended a six-game winless streak in LaLiga (2E 4D) and have not won two consecutive games since November 2019 (two).
Barcelona have only been left unmarked in one of their last 56 games at Camp Nou in LaLiga (44V 9E 3D), 0-0 against Real Madrid in December 2019.
Alavés have conceded six or more goals in four different games against Barcelona in LaLiga, more than against any other rival in the competition: 6-0 in January 1932, 7-1 in January 1999, 6-1 in October 2002 and 0-6 in February 2017.
At home, Barcelona have won 12 of the 15 games they have played against Alavés in LaLiga (1E 2D) and have only gone unmarked in one of them, a 0-1 defeat in February 2000, the only time that have measured on matchday 23.
Barcelona have not lost in their last eight games to Alavés in LaLiga (7V 1E), scoring an average of 3.1 goals in them, since a 1-2 loss at home in September 2016, in which it was the 250th game. by Sergio Busquets in the competition.
The changes by Alavés with respect to their last game against Valladolid are entering the starting team Martín, Battaglia and Córdoba. They leave Ximo Navarro (injury), Manu García and Rioja.
Alavés comes out with the following team: Pacheco – Martín, Tachi, Lejeune, Duarte – Edgar, Battaglia, Pina, Córdoba – Joselu, Lucas Pérez
Several changes in Barcelona with respect to the last LaLiga game against Betis, with Copa del Rey during the week. De Jong, Firpo, Moriba, Trincao and Messi enter the starting team. Araújo (injury), Jordi Alba, Pjanic, Dembélé and Braithwaite (injury) leave him.
Barcelona comes out with the following team: Ter Stegen – Mingueza, De Jong, Lenglet, Junior Firpo – Moriba, Busquets, Riqui Puig – Trincao, Messi, Griezmann
There are already lineups!
Alavés comes to the game after winning 1-0 at home against Real Valladolid on the last day. An important match for Abelardo's men, against a direct rival, which made them add two games without losing defeat after a bad run.
Barcelona comes to this confrontation after beating Betis away from home in the last league match. Those of Ronald Koeman obtained three points after winning 2-3. During the week, the Blaugrana team played the first leg of the Copa del Rey against Sevilla away from home and fell 2-0.
Good night everyone! Saturday's day closes in LaLiga with the match between Barcelona and Alavés at the Camp Nou. Two very different goals between the two teams that are at the top and bottom of the leaderboard.