After the victories of Barça about Real Madrid and Espanyol, The culés arrived at a great time for their match on matchday 13 of LaLiga against the Royal Societyalthough they ended up losing 1-0. Lewandowski put the leaders of the domestic competition ahead, but the referee annulled it for a controversial offside. Sheraldo Becker scored the only goal of the match in the 33rd minute, which ended with the second league defeat for a FC Barcelona team that was without Lamine Yamal due to injury.
The opening minutes of the match were an exchange of blows without a clear dominator. Casadó avoided a Real goal in the first minutewhile the local defense kept the culés away from Remiro’s goal during the early stages.
Barça easily overcame the lines of pressure, and when the ball was played, De Jong found space in the opponent’s field. The Dutchman advanced until he found Lewandowski, but the shot bounced vertically. The Polish striker was the smartest in the class when he found the quick spot to connect the shot and put Barça ahead. The Blaugrana joy did not last long, as VAR The goal was annulled when the ‘9’ was supposedly offside.
Little by little the locals came on top, and the pressure intensified. The Barça defense tried to get the ball out of the way due to the Txuri-Urdin pressure, although the ball returned to the Barça field. Sucic combed behind the defense, where Becker received, breaking lines and finishing with a shot placed at the long post to put the Basque team ahead.
The culés lowered their arms, and Real desperately searched for a second goal that did not arrive, in part because Oyarzabal was not comfortable and barely participated in the attack. A few minutes before the break, Becker left the Txuri-Urdin striker completely alone in a counterattack started by Kubo. The Dutch winger crossed the ball for Oyarzabal, who only had to push for goal… but he threw it wide.
Despite the introduction of Dani Olmo for De Jong at half-time, as the Dutchman limped to the locker room, Barça continued to struggle in the first plays of the second half.
Becker and Oyarzabal, with their respective mistakes, forgave Flick’s menwho sought the tie through crosses from the front sent by Pedri, but in which the finishers, especially the masked Cubarsi, did not find the goal.
Four changes by Imanol Alguacil later, Real renewed their energy and returned to the fray through spectacular control by Barrenetxea on the left wing to stand alone against Iñaki Peña, but The Basque arrived in a hurry to get the ball and his eventual shot went wide. after going over the culé goal.
As the meeting took place, he exhaled his last breaths, those of flick They went all out to look for a tie, but without luck. Barça fell for the second time in this league, remaining six points ahead of Real Madridalthough the whites have played one less game. La Real, for its part, rises to eighth position in the table, just two ties away from the European places.
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