Until Barcelona scored their first goal in six years at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez, there was a bite and hunger about them not usually associated with away trips to Getafe.
Once Jules Kounde had poked the Catalans ahead, and given just how on top the visitors were to that point, culers could’ve been forgiven for thinking that not only was the curse going to be broken, but by how many goals.
And then, for no easily explainable reason, the rot set in. As it always seems to do in this stadium.
Jose Bordalas sets his teams up to defend with no real desire to push forward at all, save for the occasional foray.