A repeat of Barcelona's 2-2 draw with Celta Vigo. Perhaps the FIFA Virus would catch around us at some stage... Hamilton Academical Barcelona were held to a surprise 2-2 bring at the Balaidos tonight, as a header from Borja OubiAa secured a place for Abel Resinoas Celta Vigo. The hosts had an objective banned before they sooner or later took the lead on 38 minutes through Natxo Insa. Barcelona struck straight back through Cristian Tello, and even took the lead themselves in the second-half courtesy of still another goal from Lionel Messi. Nevertheless, they'd performed defectively through the match and a spot was about as much as they deserved. Celta Barcelona Possession Thirty days 70% Overall Photographs 8 8 Images on Target 3 3 Move Accuracy 69% 85% Fouls 15 12 Offsides 6 5 Orange Cards 4 3 Red Cards 0 0 The Blaugrana fielded a "weakened" starting XI, as Marc Bartra, Martin Montoya, Alex Song, Thiago AlcAntara and Cristian Tello were all handed starts. But, they were joined by Alexis SAnchez, Cesc FAbregas, Dani Alves, Gerard PiquA; oh and an Argentine striker named Lionel Messi. Even after spinning the team, Barcelona should have been confident ahead of tonightas match against Celta Vigo; would they be able to secure the three items and temporarily increase their lead at the top of La Liga? Barcelona started slowly; without Sergio Busquets, Xavi HernAndez and AndrAs Iniesta, the Blaugrana were struggling to hold control, and even with the likes of Thiago and FAbregas in midfield, BarAa were also struggling to generate chances. Celta Vigo on the other hand were pushing smartly a' not losing their energy by needlessly pursuing the ball all around the field, but exerting pressure at the best time to get possession. If it wasnat for the linesmanas banner, Celta would have taken the lead too a Augusto Fernandez applied the final simply to see his energy correctly eliminated. Maybe that frighten might kick-start Barcelonaas match? Maybe not likely; the mistakes continued and Celta capitalised a first forcing a out of Jose Manuel Pinto and then (deservedly) taking the lead on 38 minutes through Natxo Insa. Atrocious defending from Gerard PiquA made space for Fabian Orellana; cutting inside from the right-hand side of the Barcelona fee area, the Chilean scuffed his chance and the ball fairly fortunately fell to Natxo Insa who concluded past Jose Pinto to place Celta 1-0 up. Sure, there was some chance active in the goal, but Celta earned that lucky break; Barcelona hadnat turned up. Fortunately, Celta were not ahead for long; Cristian Tello levelled the scores on the stroke of half-time with a superb finish after still another support from Lionel Messi. Not pleased with his record-breaking tally of goals, Messi has now presented 17 assists for his teammates a the second-highest total on the Barcelona roster a while Tello has now notched six goals in 2013, just one less than Pedro who has played an incredible 1724 minutes more than his compatriot... Jordi Roura resisted the urge to create a change at the period, even though temptation to present David Villa or AndrAs Iniesta should have been large. At the moment, Barcelona only werenat getting the job done. By their own high standards, Lionel Messi was having a game, as was Alexis SAnchez; while Cesc Fabreagas was entirely unknown a' occasionally resurfacing to disagree with the referee. Surely an alteration was forthcoming, or were BarAa content to seize an individual position against relegation-threatened opposition? He was quickly joined by David Villa who changed Alexis SAnchez and he could have had to attend until following the hour-mark, but AndrAs Iniesta did enter the field of play in the second-half, changing Thiago in the middle of midfield on 65 minutes. Celta answered with a change of these own a former Bayern Munich midfielder Danijel Pranjic was removed for Enrique delaware Lucas a' and the match appeared to heading for a sketch. Bartra couldnat capitalise on Cesc FAbregasa place and Barcelona had registered only two pictures on target in the entire match. Luckily for them, they still had Lionel Messi. The Argentine had obtained in his last eighteen Manhunter Liga appearances (some sort of record) and it'd complete the "cycle", if he can report tonight. Initially, it seemed as if he had set Cristian Tello up for a at goal with another outstanding through ball, but Tello knew the angle was too tight for a at goal, therefore he sent the ball into the area and Messi was available to tap the ball into the trunk of the net a' it could have taken 73 minutes, but BarAa were eventually forward. Messias streak could continue and the three things were protected a' werenat they? Celta werenat prepared to stop trying without a a unlike Barcelona, they need to fight tooth and claw from here on in only to secure their invest the section, and ultimately that was enough to gain a share of the spoils. Barcelona plainly had one eye on Paris Saint-Germain and as a result, the drive wasnat really there; yet another defensive mistake was made and this time it was Borja OubiAa who took advantage. With significantly less than 5 minutes left to play, Celta had clawed their way back into the tie and earned a very important point to themselves in the fight for survival. Next up, Barcelona travel to France to take on PSG, before hosting Real Mallorca at the Camp Nou. Until then, Visca el BarAa! Follow us on Twitter
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