After the Real Madrid closed the first 19 days of LaLiga the Thursday at night, winning to Valencia in Santiago Bernabéu by 2-0, the FC Barcelona consecrated officially like champion of winter. Now, already finalised the first, the culés keep his leadership in the classification with 50 points and a difference of five units with regard to the white group, a register that plants like the best of the last five years.
The ones of Xavi Hernández have been almost perfect, adding 50 points of 57 possible and having so only a defeat, the one of the Classical in front of the Madrid in Santiago Bernabéu. To this fall add him only the two ties, in front of the Ray Vallecano (0-0) in the first day and in front of the Espanyol (1-1) in the return of the stop by the World-wide of Qatar.
The past course, to these same heights of season, the blaugrana were seventh with 28 points, to 18 of the leader, and with Xavi that had a pair of months in the bench culé. Now these 50 points situate like the best register of the last five seasons, where precisely the Barça of Ernesto Valverde added 51 units.
During the two following courses also attained the championship of winter, although with 43 and 40 points, respectively. The Athletic of Madrid went it during the season 2020/21 with 48 points, two more than the Madrid in the previous campaign, in two Leagues that both Madrilenian clubs finished raising when finalising the season.
A change 'brutal'
The change has been of the sky to the earth in comparison with these two last campaigns for the Barça. It is true that the staff of this summer has given a jump of important quality after a summer more than moved, although the work of the technical body of the egarense has noticed inside the field. Only 7 goals fit in 19 parties is the best symptom that the team is being the best of the course.