The Barça with Rijkaard and Xavi could trace back more than 16 points to the Madrid

Juanmi Was the author of the only goal annotated this Saturday in the Camp Nou so that like this the Real Betis surpassed to a FC Barcelona, that now sinks to 16 points of distance of the leadership of LaLiga Santander, which is occupied at present by the Real Madrid CF, group that won in a complicadísimo split to the Real Sociedad (0-2) in Anoeta. However, the picture culé already knows what trace him back until 18 units to the ones of the capital of Spain and to this register will have to grasp the barcelonismo to try what seems 'impossible' to the day of today undressed of the goal and without Leo Messi.

It occurred in the season 2003/04. For that then the Barça found even more far of the white group, exactly to 18 points in the day 18 of LaLiga. The merengues were leaders in solitary with 42 points, whereas the blaugranas occupied the twelfth position, with 24 units. Besides, also it was the first season of Joan Laporta chairing the Barça, remembered like a quite controversial phase by the series of changes adopted mandamás blaugrana.

In concrete the Dutch trainer Frank Rijkaard beside Ronaldinho, Márquez, Go Bronckhorst, finish two points above the Real Madrid. Everything thanks to that the blaugranas chained 17 parties without losing, with nine consecutive victories, whereas the whites did a plenary of five defeats in the last days.

The FC Barcelona could surpass to the Seville (0-1), Athletic of Madrid (3-1), Valencia (0-1), Sportive of the Coruña (2-3) and also to the own Real Madrid, in a meeting in which paradoxically the valid trainer of the Barcelona, Xavi Hernández, went the hero of the party annotating the 1-2 definite in the 86'. Like this it attained a traced back 'impossible'. However, it was not sufficient to attain the Spanish championship, since the champion would finish being Valencia.

Defeats in front of direct rivals

The FC Barcelona now is to 16 points in front of Real Madrid that no for and without being able to win to the direct rivals. Only it has been able to win to the Real Sociedad (4-2). It has lost in front of the Athletic of Madrid (2-0), Real Madrid (1-2), Ray Vallecano (1-0), Real Betis (0-1) and is missing him confront to the Seville FC, group that occupies at present the second square of LaLiga. They will see him the faces to the ones of Julen Lopetegui the next 21 December (11:30h.).