Getafe played Barca to a tie in the opening round of the La Liga 2023/2024 season on the same day that coaches Xavi and Rafinha were shown red cards for their team’s poor performance.In the first game of the La Liga 2023/2024 season, Barca traveled to Getafe’s stadium with the intention of coming away with all three points.

Because before to that, Real Madrid, their formidable adversary, got off to a dream start by beating Bilbao 2-0.Barca was able to comfortably maintain control of the game and put pressure on Getafe despite the fact that they were the visitors and had a lower quality roster. On the other hand, the home squad demonstrated why they consistently make things difficult for Barca whenever they face them in their homeland.

The game was intense, and there were a lot of fouls (Image: Reuters).The defensive kick and counterattacking approach, as well as the fact that Getafe did not hesitate to foul Barca, made Barca’s players hesitant and deadlocked the game. In the 43rd minute of the match, Raphinha responded against the other player, which resulted in the referee disqualifying him from the match.In the opening part of the second half, Barcelona struggled due to a shortage of players, which made things more difficult for them. However, beginning in the 57th minute, both clubs had the same number of players on the field after Jaime Mata of Getafe was shown a second yellow card for poor play.When it was 10 on 10, Barcelona reorganized their offensive and applied significant pressure to the other team’s half of the field. Nevertheless, the visitors did not have many truly excellent opportunities to score goals in this period of play. In addition to this, the referee’s reaction resulted in the red card being issued to the coach, Xavi, in the 70th minute of the match.Because of the reaction of the referee, Coach Xavi was not allowed to continue guiding the game (Image: Getty).Iglesias had an opportunity to kick Araujo’s foot inside the penalty area in minute 90+10, but the referee did not allow Barca to take advantage of the extra 11 minutes. Because the referee discovered, after examining the VAR technology, that Gavi let the ball contact his hand before transferring it to Araujo, the decision was overturned.Getafe emerged victorious in the match against Barca, which ended with the score tied 0-0. The reigning league champions have gotten off to a poor start in the current season of La Liga 2023/2024, therefore this result comes as something of a shock to everyone.