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Barcelona continues to approach Real Madrid in the LaLiga standings. Barca continues to be determined to compete for the league title.
Just for your information, Los Cules visited Cadiz’s home ground, Sunday (14/4/2024) early morning WIB, to chase three points. They won 1-0 through Joao Felix’s overhead goal in the 37th minute.
Quoting from detikSportthe victory against Cadiz was enough to put Barcelona firmly in second place in the LaLiga standings with 70 points, two points ahead of Girona in third and nine points ahead of Atletico Madrid in fourth.
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Meanwhile, there is still a gap of eight points with Madrid at the top of the standings. Considering that there are seven weeks left in the league, the victory over Cadiz is considered important.
The reason is that Barcelona mathematically still has a chance to retain the championship title. Moreover, they will visit the Santiago Bernabeu next week to play the second volume of El Clasico.
Barcelona at least wants to hold off Madrid’s championship party as long as they can, hopefully there is a chance to overtake when their rivals slip up.
“We knew there would be difficulties here. Cadiz is a very organized and aggressive team. Extraordinary performance from the players,” said Xavi as quoted by ESPN.
“We want to win so we can continue to put pressure on Real Madrid. It’s not easy, but in the end we got the three points. We want to compete to become LaLiga champions. Of course we don’t determine our own destiny, but it all depends on us to be able to close the gap with Madrid. There is ambition , commitment… All the players are ready for it.
This article was published on detikSport with the title Because Barca hasn’t given up on chasing Madrid.
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