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Lionel Messi has already suffered the fourth defeat of the season with FC Barcelona
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FC Cadiz managed the next big surprise in the Primera División: After the promoted team was able to defeat Real Madrid in October, Cadiz also won the home game against FC Barcelona 2-1 (1-0).
It was Blaugrana's first defeat against Cadiz since May 1991 - Ronald Koeman, the current coach of FC Barcelona, was still on the pitch when his team went 4-0 at the time.
Cadiz took the lead after just eight minutes: Óscar Mingueza, who again replaced the injured captain Gerard Piqué at FC Barcelona, headed a corner on his own goal.
Goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen initially saved from the line with a reflex.
Cadiz's attacker Álvaro Giménez maneuvered the ball into the goal from close range (8th minute).
The outsider then withdrew deep into his own half.
At the break, FC Barcelona had more than 80 percent possession of the ball, but hardly any significant chances to score.
So it fit into the picture that a defender of the home team scored the equalizer: Cadiz's central defender Pedro Alcalá faked a low cross from Jordi Alba unsustainably into the short corner (57th).
The final point, however, belonged to Cadiz: The 35-year-old ex-national player Álvaro Negredo, who has been with the promoted team since this summer, scored just one minute after coming on to take the lead again for Cadiz (63.)
Previously, Clement Lenglet had not been able to control a throw-in at his own six-yard box, so goalkeeper ter Stegen had to fight against Negredo.
The striker prevailed and pushed in from close range.
Lionel Messi (84th), Miralem Pjanic (86th) and Antoine Griezmann (89th) missed the best opportunities to bring Barcelona back into the game.
It would have been deserved only to a limited extent: Cadiz not only held up well defensively, but also had good counter-opportunities themselves.
In the table, Cadiz is now in fifth place, two positions and four points ahead of FC Barcelona.
However, the Catalans have played two games less.
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