Barça takes a firm step towards the League title as winter champion

The FC Barcelona is to a step to complete a first fantastic turn in LaLiga 2022/23. As virtual wintry champion, the group directed by Xavi Hernández confirms his good moment and steps firm to the big aim of the season, raise the trophy suspender belt. In alone 6 of the last 27 seasons, the leader of the first turn did not attain to remain with the title, being the last precedent the Barça of the 2019/20.

Under the orders of Ernesto Valverde, the culés finished the first-half of the championship like leaders with 40 points, the same that the Real Madrid, but with better difference of goal. Finally, the 'merengues' remained with the championship after the stop by the pandemia of the COVID-19. Previously, the whites had lost the title with the blaugranas in the 2014/15 after a first turn in which they added four points of advantage.

The previous season, went the Barça the one who left to escape the trophy to hands of the Athletic of Madrid in the last day. In winter, the ones of Gerardo 'Tata' Martino had finished leaders the first turn with the same points that the 'colchoneros' (50), although with better difference goleadora. Before, the whites habian traced back in the 2006/07 after a first turn in which the ones of Frank Rijkaard aventajaron to Seville and Madrid by a point.

The two previous precedents date of two consecutive seasons. In the 2002/23, 20 years ago, the Real Sociedad was champion of winter with five points of advantage on a Madrid that finish remaining with LaLiga in the straight final. A year before, the ones of Vicente Of the Forest were leaders in the first turn with two points of advantage on Sportive The Coruña and Valencia, but the group 'ché' raised the title after a big second half of tournament in which the Real collapsed until the third place.

The precedents favour to the Barça

In the others 21 seasons, from the 1995/96, the Barça attained to sustain the leadership after being wintry champion in a total of 11 opportunities, including the triplete between 2009-2011, in addition to doublets between 1998 and 1999, 2005 and 2006, 2015 and 2016 and the one of 2018 and 2019. The another Ties won of tip to tip was the 2012/13, does a decade, with the record of 100 points under the driving of Tito Vilanova.

Like this the things, to the ones of Xavi Hernández seem to smile him the probabilities. The Barça great 47 points in 18 parties, six more than the ones of Carlo Ancelotti waiting for what do in front of the Real Sociedad theSunday . The only defeat culé in the tournament was in Chamartín (3-1 in October) and Marc-André ter Stegen grieve has received 6 goals in what it goes of tournament, ratifying to the group blaugrana like indisputable leader of the first turn.