Barcelona: The sad Laliga Barcelona campaign continued when they were detained drawn 1-1 with low alave on Saturday in their first match since the dismissal of coach Ronald Koeman.
The third consecutive third league game without victory left them ninth in the standings, eight points behind Real Madrid leaders.
After half of the first Cagey, the Dutch forward Memphis Depay put Barcelona ahead four minutes after the interval with a smooth attack from outside the penalty area.
However, his superiority only lasted three minutes when the Alaves Winger Luis Rioja juggled a very good equalizer, played a neat one-two with Joselu before rounding out Barca Guard Marc-Andre Ter Stegen to score.
Barcelona also suffered a blow injury when striker Sergio Aguero and defender Gerard Pique was forced ahead of their Champions League clashes at Dynamo Kyiv on Tuesday.
Read Alsosergio Aguero who was taken to the hospital after the suffering of Paincelona striker Sergio Aguero had been taken to the hospital after he suffered chest pain and complained about feeling dizzy during the 1-1 draw with Alave on Saturday.
After being defeated by Real Madrid and Rayo Vallecano which caused Koeman to break down, only 37,000 fans appeared at the Camp Nou to see the first match under the Caretaker Coach Paraguan, the worst presence of the club for 20 years.
“This is another coach but the ideas are the same.
We have a ball but we continue to struggle to score,” Barcelona defender Jordi Alba told reporters.
Eric Garcia has Barca’s best chance in the first round with a long-range header and a long-range shot of Aguero fly wide but the best chance falls into the Alaves’s Edgar Mendes.
Barcelona came out with more aggressive intentions after the interval and depay resulted in an amazing attack to register their fifth destination this season.
Rioja responded quickly, however, ran to the backheel Josee to round out segen and put the ball into the blank net.
The 17-year-old midfielder Barcelona Gavi dribbled past four double defenders and founded Memphis whose efforts reached Post and Nico also created an opportunity for Dutch officers who were saved by the guard Antonio Sivera.
Alaves remain 16 in the standings.
Barcelona was held by Alaves in the first match since Koeman solved
