The 26-time champion and 30-time Spanish Cup winner made a confident start in the Champions League, where only in the last match they lost the first position to Juventus. In this duel old friends came together, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The battle for the first position ended with the success of the Italian team (3:0), which avenged their home defeat in the second round. The result of performances in the first round was five victories and 16 goals scored. At the next stage of the Champions League, the blue garnet will play with the French Paris Saint-Germain. In the Spanish Championship Barcelona managed to win five victories in 11 rounds and drew twice, which brought 17 points and eighth place in the standings, which does not correspond to the fourth most valuable team in the world. The figures of the third result in the league in terms of goals scored look sad, while in the last four rounds Ronald Koeman’s wards have lost twice. Hosts managed to win in two matches: against Osasuna (4:0) and Levante (1:0). In the infirmary of the vice-champion are Dembele, Pique, Roberto and Fati.
At the same time, the Saints gained a great move in the Premier League. This is largely due to the staffing situation. Southampton have no losses now, which allows the coaching staff to apply their tactical ideas. However, failures also happen. Not so long ago Ralf Hasenh?ttl’s charges firstly winning with a score of 2:0 in the match with Manchester United, at the end eventually managed to concede with a score of 2:3. Although in general, this defeat is the only one for Southampton in the last ten rounds. It took place in the home arena. But on the road Soton has not lost five matches in a row, having achieved victories during this period in matches with Burnley (1:0), Aston Villa (4:3) and Brighton (2:1). The team also scored one point each in the games with Chelsea (3:3) and Wolverhampton (1:1). In the standings Southampton are now in fourth place, being just two points behind Tottenham and Liverpool.
