If all the shots on the woodwork so far in the League had gone in, Barça would be the leader with 44 points
According to the statistics of journalist Pedro Martín, Xavi’s men would lead Real Madrid by four points
In the world of football, luck is an intangible that can end up deciding leagues, championships, even World Cups. A slip, a poorly indicated penalty, a ghost goal… Chance, despite the VAR, continues to rule.
AND one of those factors is the shot to the wood. That ‘huy’, that no goal, that resounding of a crossbar before one of those blows with the signature of Schuster, of Koeman… It’s football.
The journalist from Cadena COPE and former member Pedro Martín has prepared a curious statistic, reflecting how the LaLiga EA Sports classification would be today if all the shots on the posts so far in the first round had been goals.
The leader of First Division would be nothing more and nothing less than FC Barcelona, with 44 points to their credit.. No less than six more than now. Six points ‘stolen’ by that pure chance that is a ball hitting the post that doesn’t fit by centimeters, either in favor or against.
And it is not the first year that this has happened like this. Wood is a cross for the Blaugrana.
In second position would be Míchel Sánchez’s Girona with the same score, 44. And the wood seems to have joined forces against the two Catalan teams in the top category.
Luck.
First Classification if the sticks had been a goal:
44 Barça
44 Girona
43 Athletic
40 Madrid
36 Athletic
34 Royal
28 Betis
23 Osasuna
23 Villarreal
21 Seville
21 Getafe
21 Valencia
20 Celtic
20 Lightning
19 Las Palmas
17 Alavés
16 Mallorca
16 Cadiz
11 Almeria
8 Pomegranate— Pedro Martin (@pedritonumeros) December 26, 2023
On the other hand, Real Madrid lives allied with fortune, among other factors. And with shots hitting the goalposts, Ancelotti’s team has clearly benefited.
The whites would have up to five points less in the table than the current 45, dropping to fourth place with 40 and also surpassed by their neighbor, Atlético de Madrid, which would have 43 instead of the current 38.
Under, Rafa Benítez’s Celta would emerge from relegation with no less than thirteen to twenty points. The people of Vigo are among the most affected by that spark of aim that separates the post from the goal.