Barcelona put themselves out of a serious chance of contending the 2012 Spanish League title after a 3-2 loss against Osasuna. The loss was only their 2nd of the season, but with numerous draws to their name Real Madrid was able to open their lead in the league table to 10 points. While publicly the team failed to admit to giving up, the grim reality of the situation meant that no real chance remained.
Real Madrid showed impressive throughout the 2011/2012 season, and by Feb had won all of their matches except three; 2 defeats and a draw. While Barcelona played well through a lot of the season to this point, they were also far less consistent and notwithstanding dominating possession in lots of matches, were occasionally unable to score when they wanted to.
The match against Osasuna coincided with freezing conditions all though Spain and the pitch was one of the reasons Carles Puyol announced the players found it tough to play as it was frozen solid. Barcelona just didn't look ready to control the ball as they normally do and Osasuna, looking much more content in the cold, managed to win the ball from the visitors again and again.
And the result was that the hosts went 2 goals up thanks to Lekic in the fourth and 21st minutes. While Alexis was in a position to score for the Catalans 5 minutes into the second half, Raul Garcia made it three for Osasuna just five minutes later on.
Guardiola then decided to bring off Pique and in his place came Cesc Fabregas. He straight away set up a goal for Tello, who took the score line to 3-2 with a 71st minute goal. Nonetheless Barcelona was unable to do enough to even get one point, in spite of a relentless attack. Both groups had further probabilities, but neither side scored.
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