A new Barcelona: less possession, same results

After the game was over, La Liga published the statistics. Barça finished the match against Real Sociedad with only 51% of the possession.

They did not completely dominate possession of the ball during the 90 minutes... But it did not matter, Barcelona to beat the team by 2-1.

Barcelona's tiredness did not go unnoticed, as Valverde played some of his usual players and the strain of the Champions League could be felt. The team eliminated Manchester United just last week, and are now not too far from achieving their La Liga title win. 

Although the possession was at 57% in the first half, that number dropped a considerably in the second half, with only 51% possession. 

The figures show that Barcelona is no longer the undisputed king of possession, as it is not the first time this season that the number is considerably lower than what we are used to. Against Betis, for example, they only had 49.3€ of possession, the worst record since Messi debuted with Barça.

But, in the end, what matters is the result. And before the Real Sociedad Barcelona delivered: they did not always have the ball, but they took the three points.