Possession and Barcelona .. Is magic turned against the magician?

Barcelona suffered six defeats this season, the last of which was against Granada, 2-1, which put them in third place in the Spanish League, losing their preference and drawing their fate with their own hands.

Valbrasa would have been top of the league table had it beat the Andalusian team yesterday, but Barca, who dominated the match length and width, wasted its lead with a clean goal in the first half, and conceded two goals in a quarter of an hour in the second half.

But it is noteworthy that the Catalan team’s possession rate in yesterday’s match was 81.9%, and 16 shots were fired on goal compared to 5 times for Granada, including 4 shots by Barca between the crossbar and the two men, while the only two shots that were shot on German goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen hit the net.

Opta, the football statistics agency, says that Barca lost this season in the two matches in which it has achieved the highest percentage of possession of the ball: against Cadiz (82.1%) and Granada (81.9%).