Barcelona without Messi beats Gijon and top La Liga temporarily

[The Ga[M]er.]

Barcelona beat the absence of striker Lionel Messi crushed the team away to Sporting Gijon 5 / zero on Saturday in the sixth stage of the Spanish league football which also saw today Ibar win at Real Sociedad 2 / zero.

And taught a hard lesson away to Barcelona in a game that saw a strong team Catalans preparation before the upcoming match next Wednesday against Borussia Moenchengladbach in the German Champions League.

Barcelona ended the first half in his favor with two straight goals from Luis Suarez and Rafinha scored in the 29 and 32.

In the second half, the Brazilian Neymar added two goals scored in the 81 and 88 and the Turkish Arda Turan goal in the 85th minute.

Barcelona return to his victories in the Spanish league after drawing 1/1 with Atletico Madrid on Wednesday and lifted the team tally to 13 points, to climb to the top of the table temporarily goal difference against Real Madrid, who meet Las Palmas in the other match today in the same stage.

The defeat leaves Gijon at 7 points in the second place with ten to me after the third defeat in a row.

The match saw the absence of Messi injury he suffered against Atletico, which will keep him out for the team for three weeks as granting Luis Enrique Barca coach comfort in this match to key players, Javier Mascherano, Andres Iniesta and Ivan Rakitic and Jordi Alba in preparation to meet Moenchengladbach.

Barcelona tried to impose a control of the game and trapping away at the beginning of the match, but he bumped into an advanced defense of Gijon, who showed no awe in the face of the defending champions.

And he won Alberto Laura defender Gijon warning in the ninth minute to pull him Rafinha from behind and dropped to the ground through a quick attack to Barcelona.

Both teams continued to cross their fire in the next few minutes and appeared to be greatly influenced by the absence of Barcelona striker Lionel Messi to injury and his players Andres Iniesta and Croatian Ivan Rakitic, who sat on the bench.

Despite the absence of three players, Suarez scored a goal for the team in the 29th minute after a long pass from Turan played midfield and went behind the defenders for Suarez Gijon to lead the elusive goalkeeper virtuosic before flicking it in the net before the return of the defense.

Barcelona was not giving away any chance of re-arranging the papers where surprised him the second goal in the 32nd minute with a header from Rafinha.

The goal came after a pass from crafty Neymar to Sergi Roberto rushing in from the right, which was made a little ball and then played a cross to the average height of Aguetnsa Rafinha superb header into the goal to which only two steps from the goal.

Focus attacks on the two teams missed in the final minutes of the first half, which ended with the progress of the Barcelona 2 / zero.

Gijon and started the second half better offensive and stepped up his attempts but failed to translate them into targets for attack Catalans unit retreated with the continued lack of team efforts Iniesta and Rakitic.

And the payment of Luis Enrique Barca coach a youngster Denis Suarez in 69 minutes instead of Sergio Busquets.

Paco Alcácer also played 72 minutes instead of Suarez.

Laura and doubled the difficulty of the game on his team when he was sent off in the 74th minute for receiving a second yellow card in the game due to foul on Sergi Roberto.

Gijon and pay the price for this expulsion dearly as conceding three goals in the last ten minutes of the game.

The first of these goals in the 81st minute after a cross from Sergi Roberto from the right Qublaa Rafinha shot straight against the bar to find highly motivated Neymar, who prepared her for himself and then calmly deposited the goal.

And after only four minutes, Sergi Roberto played another cross from the right offset by Arda Turan headed directly into the net for a third goal, which he will Sergi Roberto in this match.

On 88 minutes, substitute Dennis Suarez passed a through ball to Neymar, who had no trouble inside the penalty area and let loose ball between the legs of goalkeeper into the goal, scoring his second goal, the fifth of Barcelona.