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FC Barcelona succumbed to a shock 0-1 defeat to relegation-battlers CD Leganes in La Liga final night time at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys.
It was a second consecutive residence defeat for the Blaugrana, who had been defeated 1-2 by UD Las Palmas a few weeks again in Montjuic.
The consequence additionally meant that Barça have collected solely 5 factors from the final 18 accessible within the league, permitting the likes of Atletico Madrid and Actual Madrid to catch as much as them within the title race.
Hansi Flick provides the workforce two days off
Following the disappointing loss to Leganes final night time, Mundo Deportivo experiences that Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick has granted his gamers two days off.
No coaching for 2 days. (Picture by David Ramos/Getty Pictures)
It implies that the Blaugrana stars is not going to be coaching on Monday and Tuesday and can resume work on Wednesday in preparation for the weekend’s La Liga encounter towards Atletico Madrid.
Barcelona didn’t have any break final week as they’d two matches – first the UEFA Champions League encounter towards Borussia Dortmund in Germany which they narrowly received 3-2 earlier than Sunday’s match vs Leganes the place they fell to a defeat.
As such, Flick has opted to offer his gamers a break for 2 days and beginning Wednesday, Barcelona will start getting ready for the essential league match towards Atletico Madrid, scheduled for Saturday in Montjuic.
The defeat towards Leganes leaves Barcelona on 38 factors, stage with second-placed Atletico Madrid, who’ve a recreation in hand.
Actual Madrid, who had been held to a 3-3 draw by Rayo Vallecano this previous weekend, sit third with 37 factors, additionally having performed one fewer match than the Catalans.
