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Barcelona continued with its modest results in the Spanish League, after drawing 1-1 with its host, Deportivo Alavés, in the meeting that brought the two teams together on Saturday night, at the “Mendizorosa” stadium, on matchday eight of the Spanish League “La Liga”.
The Alava team closed the first part of the game, winning with a goal from Luis Rioja, in the 31st minute of the match, after taking advantage of a fatal error by Barcelona’s Brazilian goalkeeper, Neto.
Argentine star Lionel Messi received a yellow card after shooting the ball at the referee in the 39th minute.
In the second half, French striker Antoine Griezmann scored the tying goal for the Catalan team in the 64th minute of the game.
And Jota, the Alava, received the red card, in the 62nd minute, after receiving the second yellow card.
Barça had suffered defeat in the last two days, against Getafe, with a score of 1 – 0, and Real Madrid, in El Clásico, with a score of 3-1.
Barcelona raised their score to eighth point, occupying twelfth place in the Spanish League standings, and with the same score, Deportivo Alavés came in thirteenth place, while Real Madrid leads, with 16 points.
Barcelona had achieved a beautiful victory, last Wednesday, against their Italian team, Juventus, with a clean double, in the second round, of the Champions group stage.