Barcelona does not raise its head. After being left out of the Copa del Rey and losing the Super Cup against Real Madrid, Xavi’s team fell in an unusual match against Villarreal, who won 5-3 with two goals at the end of the match.
Villarreal struck the blow and beat Barcelona in a great game. EFE
Changing, back and forth and with a ‘Premier rhythm’. Barcelona and Villarreal delighted the neutrals with a barrage of goals on matchday 22 of the Spanish LaLiga.
The Yellow Submarine started ahead on the scoreboard. When 40 minutes were played, Gerard Moreno converted a good center back into a goal that he finished first to silence the stadium.
In the complement, The visit took advantage of a blunder by Joao Cancelo and Akhomach scored: he dribbled past Iñaki Peña and scored without resistance.
From there, Barcelona generated the reaction from the feet of Gundogan, who six minutes after 2-0 scored. The first goal gave greater courage to the locals, who proudly went for the second, which came in the 68th minute with Pedri, one of those who came in to try to turn the game around.
With a stadium that accompanied the moment of energy that had been generated after the two goals, Barcelona found themselves at 3-2 from a stopped ball that the Uruguayan Araujo fought with Bailly, Villarreal defender. In the struggle, the man born in the Ivory Coast scored against him and made the process easier for the Balugranas.
Although everything indicated that the match was going to go to Barcelona, Villarreal did not give up and got back into the game with a great goal from Guedes, who with a brutal right hand made it 3-3.
The lack of control of those led by Xavi came in injury time, which was approximately ten minutes. The 4-3 score fell like a bomb when eight minutes of added time were played. After a ‘Pinball’ action, in which there were many rebounds, Araujo made a faulty clearance and everything ended in a goal for Sorloth in an unorthodox play.
Despite the blow, Barcelona did have the chance to tie, but Araujo himself failed to connect a cross. On the counterattack, the Yellow Submarine did not forgive and José Luis Morales sentenced everything: 5-3.
With this defeat, Barcelona was left with 44 points and is ten behind Real Madrid, which with its agonizing victory against Las Palmas left it as the leader over Girona.