Trailing 2-1 at half-time, FC Barcelona ended up defeating Valencia on Monday, outnumbered for more than 45 minutes, thanks to a hat-trick from Robert Lewandowski at the end of the 33e La Liga day. However the game was off to a bad start, ter Stegen notably stood out by committing a huge ball giving Valencia the equalizer.
A hat-trick in one period
After a confused start to the match with two huge errors from Araujo and Ter Stegen, then the expulsion of the Valencia goalkeeper, Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick to allow FC Barcelona to win (4-2).
The Polish striker allowed the Blaugranas to overthrow a young Valencia team reduced to ten men while they were leading, scoring three goals in the second half (49′, 82′, 90’+3) to bring his total to 16 goals this season. season.
Barça (2e73 points) thus recovers its place as runner-up to Real Madrid (1er84 points) at the expense of its Catalan neighbor Girona (3e71 points), his next opponent on Saturday, who had temporarily taken second place in the ranking after his victory in Las Palmas (2-0).
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This success for the moment prevents Real from being mathematically champion, despite an almost decisive lead of eleven points with only five days to play.
