2024-04-02 12:50:50
FC Barcelona suffered more than expected to win by the minimum (1-0) against a team from Las Palmas that played more than an hour and ten but achieved the objective of putting pressure on Real Madrid, this Saturday in the 30th matchday of the Spanish league.
With 67 points, Barça is provisionally five behind its eternal Madrid rival (72 points), which will host fourth-placed Athletic at the Santiago Bernabéu on Sunday.
Brazilian Raphinha scored the only goal of the night at the Montjuic Olympic Stadium. It was in the 59th minute, when the Portuguese Joao Félix hit a ball into the area, where the Brazilian appeared to head straight into the Canary Islands’ corner, far from the reach of goalkeeper Aarón Escandell, who came into play in the 25th minute for the expulsion of goalkeeper Álvaro Vallés.
The score in favor of the Blaugranas could have been larger.
In the first half, two goals were disallowed, one from Robert Lewandowski (4) and another from Raphinha (19). Barça also sent two balls to the crossbar, through Lewandowski (33) and Joao Félix (77).
In the final moments the visiting team gave a scare, with a left-footed shot by Alberto Moreiro that narrowly went wide in the 86th minute and would have meant a tie.
This victory is the third in a row that Barça has achieved in the League, where in their last five games in the championship they have also not conceded a goal.
This good streak allows him to reach the final stretch with renewed spirits, dreaming of being able to hunt down Real Madrid without forgetting the challenge of the quarterfinals of the Champions League, where he will face Kylian Mbappé’s Paris Saint-Germain in April .
For its part, the defeat does not have major consequences for Las Palmas (12th), settled in the quiet area of the classification, still 12 points above the relegation places.