Barcelona vs almería

ALMERIA, Spain, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Barcelona wasted a golden opportunity to extend their lead at the top of LaLiga as they were shocked 1-0 at lowly Almeria on Sunday thanks to a first-half strike by El Bilal Toure. Barca are top of the league standings on 59 points, seven ahead second-placed Real Madrid who were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Atletico Madrid on Saturday. Almeria are 15th on 25 points, two clear of the relegation zone. Almeria halted Barca's seven game winning streak in the league and delivered another blow to the Catalans who, after going unbeaten in 18 matches in all competitions, have now lost two straight matches after being knocked out of the Europa League on Thursday. The hosts were the better side in the first half and scored after 24 minutes when Luis Suarez sent a perfect long pass to Toure who was ghosting behind Barca's defence. The Malian striker ran towards the area and hit a thunderous strike in off the crossbar. It was only the eighth goal Barcelona have conceded in LaLiga this season, the least of any team in the top five leagues in Europe. Almeria should have extended their lead but Leo Baptistao's strike was blocked by goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Rodrigo Ely then missed a sitter from close-range, sending wide a header from a corner when he was all alone in the area. "I'm very angry because I think we made the worst game of the season by far, mainly in the first half," Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez told Movistar Plus. "We were not ...

FULL-TIME, Almería 1-0 Barcelona: A pathetic performance and a deserved defeat. The team took the game for granted, Xavi was bad again, and the lead at the top of the table is now seven points. A horrible weekend in every way. SECOND HALF KICKOFF! Almería 1-0 Barcelona: Back underway for the final 45 minutes. HALFTIME, Almería 1-0 Barcelona: A terrible first half from Barça, who are deservedly behind thanks to a lethargic and uncreative attacking display and bad defending on the goal they conceded. There’s a lot of improvement needed if they want to come back in the second half. GOAL, Almería 1-0 Barcelona (Touré 24’): Almería take their lead with their first attack of the game as a ball over the top of the Barça defense finds Touré who fires it home off the crossbar. KICKOFF! Almería 0-0 Barcelona: And we’re underway in Almería! WELCOME TO THE POWER HORSE STADIUM!!! The cozy home of Almería in beautiful Andalusia is the site of a huge La Liga match between the hosts and Barcelona, who come into this one looking to increase their lead at the top of the table to 10 points if they can beat a relegation candidate on a three-game losing streak. But it won’t be easy as Barça have very little time to recover from the European loss at Old Trafford and will certainly have tired legs in this one. This should be fun, and you’re welcome to join us to follow and comment all the action. Vamos! ( Note: the comments will be open only when the team news come out, because our commenter peo...

BREAKING: Gerard Piqué has announced his retirement from FC Barcelona. His final game at the Camp Nou will be this Saturday evening against Almería! Where can I watch Barcelona vs Almería in the US and UK? In the US, the following channels and online streaming services will be showing Barcelona vs Almería: US: In the United States, the game will be broadcast on ESPN+, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Deportes+. UK: In the UK, the match will be shown on LaLigaTV, Viaplay Sports 1, Viaplay UK. Watch Barcelona vs Almería live stream on Text coverage of Barcelona vs Almería, wherever you are You will be able to follow all the action from Barcelona vs Almería here on AS USA, where we’ll have minute-by-minute coverage. We’ll be building up to the game from an hour before kick-off, with team news and analysis. If your phone is connected, you’ll be able to keep up with how things are going. 🚨 SQUAD LIST Barcelona vs Almería: how they shape up The game itself has been overshadowed by Gerard Piqué's announcement that this will be his last home game for Barcelona before retiring from the sport . Coach Xavi Hernández has confirmed that the legendary defender will also be available for selection for the midweek game at Osasuna and when asked whether Piqué would start against Almería said, “We’ll see.” Despite a dreadfully disappointing European campaign ( for those of you who’ve been living under a rock, Barça didn’t qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League and will drop down the Eur...

Welcome along to this LaLiga Santander live blog for Almeria vs Barcelona, with the league leaders looking to make the most of Real Madrid's derby draw on Saturday to move 10 points ahead in the standings. Xavi's side will look to bounce back from the disappointment of Thursday's Europa League exit and they'll try to take the three points at an unfamiliar stadium, as they haven't visited the home of Almeria since 2014. Still, Barcelona will be heavy favourites in this game against the newly promoted side and we'll bring you all the updates from across the 90 minutes right here in this live blog. Almeria vs Barcelona LIVE - Latest Text Updates

UD Almería (18th, 22pts) vs *Points and positions at the time of writing on Saturday Competition/Round: 2022-23 La Liga, Matchday 23 Barcelona Outs & Doubts: Pedri, Ousmane Dembélé, Ansu Fati (out) Almería Outs & Doubts: Alejandro Pozo (out) Date/Time: Sunday, February 26, 2023, 6.30pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 5.30pm GMT (UK), 12.30pm ET, 9.30am PT (USA), 11pm IST (India) Venue: Power Horse Stadium, Almería, Spain Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias VAR: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva How to watch on TV: ESPN Deportes (USA), Not Available (Canada, UK), Sports18 (India), SuperSport (Nigeria), Movistar LaLiga (Spain), How to watch online: Movistar+ (Spain), Following a painful loss to Barça come into this one after another hugely disappointing night in Europe that raised more questions about Xavi Hernández’s ability to lead his team to continental success, but his dominance over La Liga is undeniable. And thanks to a huge favor from Santiago Bernabéu, Barça can officially become title favorites on Sunday. If the Blaugrana get the win against Almería they will open up a 10-point lead at the top of the table with 15 matches to go, the type of gap that becomes nearly insurmountable at this point of the season. Barça will face Real Madrid in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final on Thursday, and it would be a big confidence boost to be up double digits on Los Blancos before they face off twice in the next three weeks. But it won’t be easy to overcome Almería, who despi...

El último baile de Ni el notable partido de Ferran Torres ni la resistencia almeriense en el primer tiempo. Tampoco Lewandowski, que erró un penalti en el primer tiempo, ni los goles que anotaron en la segunda parte Ousmane Dembélé y Frenkie De Jong. Todas las miradas estuvieron puestas en Piqué, que el jueves anunció por sorpresa su retirada como futbolista profesional. Las 92.605 almas que llenaron el Camp Nou reconocieron antes, durante y después del partido la trayectoria de uno de los suyos, que se emocionó cuando en el minuto 84 Xavi Hernández decidió sustituirle por Andreas Christensen. Piqué abandonó el campo abrazado por todos sus compañeros y escuchando de fondo los aplausos de su afición, que se alargaron más de dos minutos. Fue el clímax de una noche de fútbol en la que el Barcelona mostró una buena versión que remató en el segundo tiempo con los goles que no transformó en unos brillantes primeros 45 minutos. Gerard Piqué lloró en su despedida del Barcelona | Fuente: EFE Piqué ovacionado en el Camp Nou El central de La Bonanova se llevó la primera gran ovación ya desde los primeros segundos de un duelo que el Almería planteó con rotaciones. Francesc Ferrer 'Rubi' reservó de inicio a jugadores importantes como Embarba, que terminó tocado ante el Celta, y el central Srdjan Babic, pensando en el próximo partido contra el Getafe, un rival directo. El técnico catalán apostó por una defensa de cinco, con un bloque bajo, buscando su oportunidad en alguna contra ante u...

Barcelona will be top of the La Liga table for the next two days thanks to a comfortable 2-0 win against Almería at the Greatest Stadium on Earth on Saturday night. Barça played very good football and dominated a helpless Almería side, and the night was extra special as Gerard Piqué started and captained the side for the last time at Camp Nou and was part of the winning team on his farewell. FIRST HALF Barça had a huge early chance to score the opener when Kaiky was called for a handball inside the box just five minutes in, but Robert Lewandowski missed the penalty in what was an early sign of what was to come in the first 45 minutes. The home team played some truly breathtaking attacking football, with quick passing, great movement between the lines and chance after chance after chance against an Almería defense that simply could not keep up with the Blaugrana’s offensive play. Yet somehow, someway, the ball just wouldn’t go in. Goalkeeper Fernando made big saves, the ball went agonizingly wide multiple times, and perfect crosses that would have resulted in tap-ins were cleared at the very last second by the Almería defenders. At halftime the game was somehow goalless despite one of the strongest attacking performances Barça have put together in quite a while. But football is funny that way, and the Blaugrana had to find a way to finally score and secure the win in the second half. SECOND HALF Barça wasted no time in the final period and broke the deadlock just three minu...