LaLiga – Barcelona vs Cadiz: Cadiz travelled to the Nou Camp in desperate hopes of somehow gaining anything out of the fixture to keep themselves up in the Spanish top flight. The hosts meanwhile would have liked to bounce back from their Europa League exit with a win.
Lucas Pérez’s 48th minute goal proved to be the only goal of the fixture as the visitors took three huge points from the fixture. As a result, they are now two points clear of relegation in 16th place.
The loss meant that Sevilla and Atletico are now level on points with Barca who have a game in hand.
LaLiga – Barcelona vs Cadiz: Match summary
Full-time score Barcelona 0-1 Cadiz
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Dest (Mingueza 90+4’), Eric, Lenglet (Adama 77’), Alba; F. De Jong (L. De Jong 77’), Busquets, Gavi; Dembélé, Memphis (Aubameyang 61’), Ferran
Cádiz: Ledesma; Parra (Akapo 76’), Hernández, Fali, Espino; Jonsson (Chust 76’), Mari (Emeterio 64’); Sobrino (Arzamendia 82’), Hernández, Sánchez (Alejo 64’); Pérez
Goal: Pérez (48’)
Managers’ reaction
Barcelona’s Xavi: “We created a lot of chances to win the match, but it didn’t work out in the end. Cádiz played a great defensive match.
“We have to be self-critical, analyse what we’re doing wrong and change the negative dynamic as soon as possible.
“We’ve lost another final and there are still seven games left. We have to qualify for the Champions League next season.”
Cadiz’ Sergio González: “I think it was a very complete game on our part with a script that suited us perfectly. Our plan was different from theirs. We corrected Dembélé’s change of direction in the second half. After the goal we were able to score 0 -2, it was a storm from them on the offensive plane, but the team has been well behind and the goalkeeper has been exceptional. This is great for us.
“Every game I always try to be involved, isolate myself from everything, hit the changes, in the refreshments. We left with a bad feeling against Betis. We have demanded more of ourselves this week. Today it has turned out as we had established. It is not easy to win at the Camp Nou against this rival. We had our plan and it turned out great, we also had the chance to score the occasional goal.
“This victory has to be gasoline for us. We have prepared it with great enthusiasm, a lot of energy, with the desire to do damage. Everything has gone perfectly. We have been very good with and without the ball, we were also successful in both areas. Winning on a stage like this has to strengthen us.”
