Jostled on Saturday in Madrid, FC Barcelona is doing quite well on the lawn of Rayo Vallecano (1-1).
As expected, FC Barcelona was not greeted with a red carpet in Madrid. This time, the Catalan players faced Rayo Vallecano, another team from the Spanish capital playing in La Liga with Real Madrid, Getafe and Atlético de Madrid.
And during this meeting on the 14th day of the Spanish Championship, Xavi’s formation was effectively shaken up by an opponent whose ability to reduce spaces was quite effective.
Rayo Vallecano even opened the scoring against the Spanish champions. A distant half-volley from Lopez deceived Pena (1-0, 39th), replacing Ter-Stegen (injured back) in the Catalan cages.
More comfortable after returning from the locker room, the Barcelona players chained goal situations up to Baldé’s center to the victorious header from Lewandowski (1-1, 82nd). We were wrong…
Unai Lopez’s (Rayo) banger against FC Barcelona, incredible! 😳🚀
— MercaFoot (@MercaFoot_) November 25, 2023
The equalizer was attributed to a csc from French defender Florian Lejeune, far from being evident in the images.
After this draw, FC Barcelona stagnates in third place in the standings and is three points behind, and one game more, on leader Girona.
