Barcelona Atletic have just missed out on a promotion play-off place following a 3-1 defeat to Torrent CF on the final day of the season.<\/p>\n
Juliano Belletti\u2019s side went down to 10 men in the first half when Guillem V\u00edctor was sent off after picking up two yellow cards. Torrent took advantage almost immediately and went ahead with a header from a corner.<\/p>\n
However, their lead did not last too long as Barca Atletic rallied and equalised in sensational style through Toni Fernandez to ensure they went in at half-time level at 1-1.<\/p>\n
Belletti\u2019s side then went behind after 71 minutes thanks to another goal from a corner for Torrent before another goal on the counter-attack effetively finished off their chances of taking the three points.<\/p>\n
The result means that Barcelona Atletic finish the season in sixth place, just three points off the last promotion play-off place.<\/p>\n
Captain Alvaro Cortes admitted afterwards the players were hurting at just missing out.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe locker room is hurt and frustrated for not achieving the season\u2019s goal. Today\u2019s match is a reflection of the season,\u201d he told Jijantes.<\/p>\n
\u201dFor me, the season is good. I was at the World Cup with Spain, lately with the first team… wherever they send me, I\u2019ll perform. Today\u2019s result leaves me disappointed. It\u2019s a tough moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere have been many things that have affected us; injuries, first-team dynamics, reserve team… but the ones to blame for not achieving promotion are us.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a tough campaign for Belletti\u2019s side, with injuries to key players have had a big impact, and they will now have to try and do it all again next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona Atletic have just missed out on a promotion play-off place following a 3-1 defeat to Torrent CF…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9269,92],"class_list":["post-16175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barca-atletic","tag-barcelona"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}