Like magic: Barcelona beat Villarreal 0:1

Spanish league 22-23

Game board

Cycle 21 – 11/02/2023

• Cadiz
• 0 – 2
• Girona

• Almeria
• 3 – 2
• in flight

• Seville
• 0 – 2
• Majorca

• Valencia
• 2 – 1
• Athletic Bilbao

• Getafe
• 1 – 1
• We saw it

• Celta de Vigo
• 1 – 0
• Athletico Madrid

• Valladolid
• 0 – 0
• Ossona

• Villarreal
• 1 – 0
• Barcelona

• Espanyol
• Monday, 02/13, 22:00
• Real Sociedad

• Real Madrid
• Wednesday, 15/02, 22:00
• Alecha

The outstanding actor

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Ronald Araujo, score: 8
Barcelona’s stopper dominated at the back and continued to show why he is the present and future stopper of the club

The disappointing player

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Jose Luis Morales, score: 4
The striker should have done much more than the opportunities he got

The story of the Spanish league continues to be told this year first and foremost by Barcelona. Tonight (Sunday), the Catalans achieved their 11th victory in a row in all competitions with 0:1 against Villarreal in the 21st round of La Liga. The game, like all Spanish league games, was broadcast on channel ONE for HOT subscribers, yes subscribers, Cellcom TV and Partner TV.

Xavi’s team started the game wonderfully, sweeping the grass and threatening Pepe Reina’s goal. Robert Lewandowski managed to miss in a one-on-one, but in the 18th minute he scored at the end of a great team move for Pedri that gave his team an important advantage. Barcelona calmed down from there and the game was balanced, when both sides had opportunities to score that were not used and thus the result of the game was determined, 0:1 for the leader of the table.

The Catalans at least temporarily increased the gap to 11 points from Real Madrid and took another big step in the fight for the championship. Ronald Araujo was everywhere at the back and excelled, Barcelona continue to be a team that is first and foremost impressively led by the defence.

Barca wins thanks to a huge team performance

second half

Araujo and Ter Stegen are happy (Reuters)

• ’90+4

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• The final whistle! Barcelona gets another win thanks to a goal by Pedri from a nice team move

• ’90+2

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• Lewandowski kicked herself outside the box, Reina got down well and caught the ball

• ’90

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• Chukwueza scored after a genius pass from Yermi Pino on the heel, but the flag was raised because Pino was beyond the defensive line when he received the ball

גאבי (The League)

• ’83

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• Manu Trigros instead of Alberto Moreno

• ’83

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• Juan Mujica instead of Alex Baana

• ’83

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• Fernando Niño came on for Jose Luis Morales

Dani Farojo and Frankie De Jong in the fight (Reuters)

• ’81

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• Rafinha received a yellow for delaying leaving the pitch

• ’81

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• Fran Torres enters instead of Rafinha

• ’71

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• Alberto Moreno received a yellow card

• ’63

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• Barcelona woke up. A wonderful pass from Lewandowski left Rafinha alone in the box from a difficult angle, the Brazilian tried to subdue Reina and missed the frame

Moreno vs Rafinha (La Liga)

• ’62

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• Danny Farojo has joined the long list of yellow-haired people

• ’60

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• Villarreal in an excellent action reached the box, just before Yermi Pino released a kick Araujo intervened in an important action and sent it to the corner

Conde and Baana (Reuters)

• ’58

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• Conde also received a yellow for touching Baana’s face

• ’56

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• De Jong entered the referee’s register

• ’49

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• Alex Baana received a yellow card

first half

De Jong and Baana in the fight (Reuters)

• ’45+1

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• Jose Luis Morales took advantage of a hole in the Barcelona defense and reached the box alone, but only kicked to the outside of the net

• ’43

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• Araujo touched his hand and received a fifth yellow of the season, which will make him miss the game against Cadiz

• ’38

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• Pau Torres received the first yellow of the game after a foul on Rafinha

Alex Baana vs. Jules Conde (Reuters)

• ’35

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• Coughlan was replaced by Samuel Chukwueza

Francis Coughlan is evacuated by stretcher (Reuters)

• ’32

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• Francis Coughlan was injured in a tackle with Frank Casilla and was carried away on a stretcher after groaning in pain

Gabi vs. Francis Coughlan (La Liga)

• ’26

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• The cats washed the field. Lebendowski completed a great double-fess with De Young asking for extension, Reina responded well and headed

• ’24

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• Everyone expected Rafinha’s lift from the free ball, the Brazilian tried to surprise and narrowly missed the connections

Pedri celebrates the winning goal (Reuters)

• ’18

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• Gate! Barcelona took the lead 0:1: what a wonderful goal by the Catalans. A great team move and a combination of passes led Lewandowski to put in a deep ball with a touch that left Pedri alone in the box, the midfielder did not get confused and scored with a flat kick to the corner

Robert Lewandowski is disappointed after the miss (Reuters)

• ‘3

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• Pedri put in a wonderful deep ball to Robert Lewandowski who was left alone in front of Pepe Reina, but the Polish striker kicked the goalkeeper’s body

• ‘1

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• The head referee, Hernandez Hernandez, started the match!