The bad luck seems to have cebado with Javier Mascherano in this beginning of League 2016-17. The Argentinian defender, that lost the place in the eleven to the detriment of the ascensión of Samuel Umtiti, was to title this Wednesday against the Athletic because of the injury of the French, that will have to remain in rest at least two weeks more.
The case is that the goal of the tie of the Athletic of Madrid, work of Ángel Correa, arrived just after a small and unlucky error of the "Jefecito", that slipped after the control oriented of the rojiblanco and left sold to Ter Stegen in the hand manually.
The Argentinian shot of form rasa and adjusted, in a shot that touched in the stick and went in in the goal for the misfortune of the culés. In spite of that it does not be necessary to signal neither much less to Mascherano, yes is true that the Argentinian is not this season to the level of the previous, when being protagonist also against the Alavés does week and average in one of the goals of the combined Basque.
Fortunately for the FC Barcelona, the tie of the Real Madrid against the Villarreal does that the distances regarding the leadership of the League Santander 2016-17 are the same that before beginning this fifth day. The Barça of Luis Enrique, and especially Mascherano, will have to improve in the next commitments so that the team begin to take carrerillas in all the competitions.