Barcelona vs Real Sociedad:1 - 3
Real Sociedad 3 - 1 Barcelona
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Barcelona (B2B) - Luka Barca kembali terbuka dan kembali melalui serangan balik oleh tim Sociedad yang berniat membalas dendam atas tersingkirnya mereka di tangan tim Katalan itu dari Piala Raja.
Tim peringkat kelima Sociedad unggul melalui gol bunuh diri Alex Song sebelum Lionel Messi menyamakan kedudukan. Antoine Griezmann dan David Zurutuza kemudian mencetak gol setelah turun minum untuk memastikan kekalahan Barca.
Keadaan dapat menjadi lebih buruk bagi sang juara bertahan, ketika sepakan Carlos Vela membentur tiang gawang menjelang pertandingan usai.
"Kami tidak merasa nyaman dan menggenggam penguasaan bola yang merupakan kekuatan kami. Ini berarti mereka mendapatkan gol-gol pembuka," kata bek Barca Gerard Pique, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
"Sekarang kami memiliki waktu istirahat selama sepakan dan kami dapat mempertimbangkan apa yang keliru. Kami hanya tertinggal tiga angka maka ini tidak begitu mengkhawatirkan."
Barca, yang pelatihnya Gerardo Martino juga harus diusir pada pergantian babak karena mengajukan keluhan kepada wasit, memiliki 60 angka dari 25 pertandingan.
Real memimpin klasemen dengan 63 angka namun Atletico Madrid dapat menyamai koleksi angka mereka dengan kemenangan di kandang Osasuna pada Minggu.
Illaramendi, yang menggantikan gelandang Luka Modric yang diskors, memecahkan kebuntuan bagi Real dengan sepakan yang mengecoh Manu del Moral dan kiper Manu Herrara pada menit ke-34.
Di San Sebastian, Barcelona menemui kesulitan untuk menaklukkan Sociedad yang bermain dengan sangat terorganisir.
Tembakan Vela melambung sebelum tuan rumah membuka keunggulan pada menit ke-32 ketika umpan silang Sergio Canale dibelokkan Song ke gawangnya sendiri, saat pemain bertahan itu mendapat tekanan dari Gorka Elustondo.
Barca menyamakan kedudukan empat menit kemudian setelah Sergio Busquets mendapat operan dari Martin Montoya, dan bola diteruskan Messi yang melakukan penyelesaian dengan sempurna.
Sociedad terus membuka pertahanan statis Barca dan Vela mengirim umpan silang untuk dituntaskan Griezman, yang membuat skor menjadi 2-1 pada awal babak kedua.
Zurutura kemudian lepas dari perangkap offside sebelum meneruskan operan Griezmann.
Barcelona - Barcelona had come into the game on a high after beating Manchester City in their much-anticipated Champions League tie on Tuesday, but went behind when Alex Song turned Sergio Canales´ cross into his own net.
Lionel Messi restored parity almost instantly with a clinical left-footed finish.
However, two goals in the opening 15 minutes of the second-half from Antoine Griezmann and David Zurutuza handed Sociedad a deserved victory.
"We didn´t feel comfortable and we didn´t have possession, which is our strength. That allowed then to create chances," Barca defender Gerard Pique told Spanish TV station Canal Plus.
"Now we have a week to rest and reflect on why things did´t go well. It is not worrying, we just have to continue onto the next game."
Barca boss Gerardo Martino had made six changes from the side that started in Manchester as Neymar made his first start in a month.
After a slow start from the visitors, Pedro came close to opening the scoring when he sliced Andres Iniesta´s pass just wide.
It was Sociedad who struck first, though, as Song bundled the ball into his own net under pressure from Gorka Elustondo.
The lead lasted only three minutes as Messi fired home his seventh goal in his last five games with an unerring finish from the edge of the area.
Sociedad should have been back in front before half-time when Carlos Vela pounced on an error from Gerard Pique, but the Mexican wastefully blasted over the bar with just Victor Valdes to beat.
Barca were dealt a blow at half-time when coach Gerardo Martino was sent to the stands for the second half after taking his protests towards the officials too far as they headed down the tunnel.
And the Catalans´ defence also seemed to completely lose their composure at the start of the second-half as Sociedad opened them up at will.
Vela raced onto a long ball in behind the Barca defence to square for Griezmann to register his 15th league goal of the season on 54 minutes.
Five minutes later it was 3-1 as this time Zurutuza burst through a pedestrian defensive line to turn home Griezmann´s cross from the right.
Cesc Fabregas replaced the struggling Song and Alexis Sanchez was also introduced as Barca went in search of a way back into the game.
