February 26, one of the matches of the 23rd round of the Spanish Football Championship was held. Almeria (Spain) and Barcelona (Spain) met.
Spanish Championship, Week 23
Almeria (Spain) - Barcelona (Spain) - 1:0 (1:0)
Goals: Toure (24)
Warnings: Eric Garcia (35), Lucas Roberton (47), Xavi (52), Chumi (53), Rafinha (54), Gavi (57), Fernando Martinez (87)
Despite the home-field advantage, the La Liga match between Almeria and Barcelona at the Power Horse - Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos stadium ended 1-0 in favor of Almeria. Almeria player E.B. Touré opened the scoring with a goal in the 24th minute.
Barcelona failed to gain the advantage in the first half, which went without much incident, and in the 35th minute its hopes to equalize the score were undermined when E. Garcia received a yellow card, the second in the match. In the second half, the visiting team began to act more and more desperately and aggressively. Xavi received a yellow card in the 52nd minute and was soon followed by Almeria's Chumi in the 53rd minute. Yellow cards and substitutions dominated the game, with four in the 67th minute alone, as Barcelona looked for an answer. Almería also made three substitutions in the 76th minute, trying to increase their lead. As the match drew to a close, F. Martínez and Almería were penalized for a foul in the 87th minute. Despite their best efforts, Barcelona could not capitalize on their chances and the match ended 1-0. Main substitutions: Barcelona - F. Kessi (Rafinha, 46'); J. Alba (M. Alonso, 67'); E. Garcia (R. Araujo, 67'); S. Roberto (A. Alarcon, 76'); S. Busquets (P. Torre, 76') Almeria - L. Suarez (A. Embarba, 76'); L. Roberton (L. Ramazzani, 76'); I. Eguaras (A. Pozo, 83'); Leo Baptistao (S. Costa, 83'); E. B. Touré (Kaiki, 89')
In the next round, the following matches await the opponents: Almeria - Villarreal, Barcelona - Valencia.
| Almeria | Barcelona | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Goals on goal | 1 |
| 5 | Strokes | 13 |
| 1 | Blocked kicks | 3 |
| 4 | Kicks from the penalty box | 12 |
| 1 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 1 |
| 13 | Violations | 11 |
| 3 | Corner | 7 |
| 2 | Offsides | 5 |
| 28% | Ball possession | 72% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 1 | Saves by goalkeeper | 2 |
| 218 | Total assists | 558 |
| 139 | Accurate passes | 496 |
| 64% | Accuracy of transmissions | 89% |