Once again supported by its star striker Robert Lewandowski, FC Barcelona was full of confidence on Sunday by correcting Sevilla FC at home (5-1) during the tenth day of La Liga, before facing Bayern Munich in quick succession and Real Madrid next week.
The Polish international, author of his eleventh and twelfth goals of the season in the league (23rd sp, 39th), took the Catalan club (1st, 27 points) to a ninth victory in ten days, allowing it to regain three lengths of is ahead of its Madrid rival at the top of the ranking, six days before a Clasico which promises to be hot.
The goal of the evening came from the right foot of Spanish midfielder Pedri, who allowed the Blaugranas to make the break with a superb strike from outside the area (28th) on an assist from prodigy Lamine Yamal, the sixth in just ten matches.
Entering the game a few minutes earlier, the young Pablo Torre scored a double at the end of the match (82nd, 88th), while the Montjuic Olympic stadium celebrated the return from injury of the much appreciated Gavi, absent for almost a year after a serious knee injury.
Belgian hope Stanis Idumbo saved the honor for the Sevillians alone (87th).
Earlier in the day, trailing 1-0 at the hour mark, Atlético Madrid ended up overthrowing their neighbor Leganés (3-1) thanks to a goal from French striker Antoine Griezmann and a double from Norwegian Alexander Sorloth during the tenth day of La Liga.
Finally, Mallorca beat Rayo Vallecano (1-0) and a draw (1-1) marked the match between Villarreal and Getafe.
