Goals: Fermín (22e) and Lewandowski (49e82e90e+3) for the Blaugrana // Duro (27e) and Pepelu (38e) for Los Ches (38th)
Expulsion: Mamardashvili (45e+4)
Three headed goals in one match for Barça, it’s not often that this has to happen.
Against Valencia, Barça got into difficulty on its own before reacting as needed in the second half to reverse the situation with numerical superiority (4-2). Everything had started quietly for Xavi’s men: on a cross from Raphinha, Fermín unleashed his trigger from the top of his 74 meter height to open the score with a shot of his helmet (1-0, 22e). If the Catalans are in control, two double agents will sabotage this advance. Ter Stegen first tries dribbling outside his area and gives Duro the empty goal to equalize (1-1, 27e). Taken for the umpteenth time in the match behind his back, it was in panic that Araújo then mowed down González in his area: the penalty was awarded to Valencia and transformed by Pepelu (1-2, 38e).
Barcelona does anything, but has not said its last word yet. THE Blaugrana first find themselves in numerical superiority after the expulsion of Mamardashvili (45e+4), guilty of a hand fault outside his area. Returning from the locker room, Lewandowski uses his legendary heading to equalize from a corner (2-2, 49e). The Catalans besiege the Valencian camp, and end up breaking the deadlock at the end of the match with a new header from their Polish giant (3-2, 82e). The number nine even scores the hat-trick in added time with a delicious free kick (4-2, 90e+3). This victory is more than important for the Barcelonans, who take second place in the ranking at the expense of Girona.
May those who dared to think that Robert Lewandowski was finite denounce themselves.
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