The timing is undoubtedly not trivial. The bad luck of FC Barcelona, which had only taken one point in its last three La Liga matches, began when Lamine Yamal was injured. And if the Spanish prodigy had played again on Saturday by entering at half-time against Las Palmas, without preventing the defeat of his team (1-2), his return as a starter coincided with the awakening of Barça in Mallorca (1- 5).
The first period of this advanced match of the 19th day was average, with a lucky goal from Ferran Torres on a big error from the opposing defense (12th), and a Mallorcan equalizer on an action where the Catalan rearguard missed the offside trap for once, which benefited Vedat Muriqi (43rd).
Lamine Yamal involved in four goals
But it was in the second half that Barça clearly accelerated, in the wake of Lamine Yamal. The Blaugrana winger first obtained the penalty converted by Raphinha (56th), before offering a new goal to the Brazilian with a delicious cross (74th). Lamine Yamal is still at the start on the action of the next goal, with a nice opening which will end up benefitting Frenkie de Jong (79th), and he is also in the game on the goal of the young Pau Victor (84th).
Without Robert Lewandowski, left to rest on the bench, but with a great Lamine Yamal and a very good Raphinha, Barça managed to revive. In the standings, Hansi Flick’s men are provisionally 4 points ahead of Real Madrid, who now have two games in hand.
