FC Barcelona traveled to Villarreal on Saturday night for matchday 21 of this season’s Spanish League. The “Yellow Subs”, as they are known to their fans, are at the bottom of the table in the relegation zone and things are not looking too good for them. Of the 19 matches played before facing Barcelona, ​​they had only won four, with seven draws and eight losses.

In comparison, FC Barcelona has 13 wins, five draws and only one loss. Also look at the number of goals: just 18 from Villarreal compared to 59 from Barcelona. On paper, therefore, it should have been an easy win for Barcelona, ​​whose morale should have been high after knocking Real Madrid out of the Copa del Rey. during the weekend

However, football is not about statistics and it is not about fighting on paper; what counts is what happens on the pitch and, in the event, there were few real scoring chances. The Villarreal goalkeeper looked to be in good form when Barcelona were on target, and the Yellow Submarines’ defense was solid, so creating those chances was difficult. The first half offered few chances for Barca, and although Villarreal created several chances to attack Barcelona’s goal, ultimately nothing came of it.

As the teams came out of the second half, Villarreal looked a bit more urgent, but it was Barcelona who controlled the game. However, despite having high possession of the ball, they were unable to do anything with it. It wasn’t really until the last ten minutes of the game that Barça had good chances to score and it seemed that they would take all three points. However, it just didn’t happen and the match ended goalless.

The result was disappointing for Barcelona, ​​who were already five points behind Real Madrid. With Real Madrid winning their game on Saturday, they now leave Barcelona seven points behind and it is beginning to look like the league is out of their league. While they are not out of the running in theory, it will take some poor results from Madrid to change that for them. It remains to be seen if misfortune will hit Madrid so hard. While their first game against Barcelona in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals was comfortably won by Barcelona, ​​the second leg was not that close and in fact Barcelona were lucky to draw 2 -2 and qualify; Now that it is out of the Copa del Rey, Madrid can continue to focus on domestic and European trophies.