At 95%, FC Barcelona will be champion of Spain at the end of the season. With eleven points ahead of Real Madrid, the Blaugranas could increase to 99% this Saturday evening in the event of a victory on the Osasuna pitch. Deprived of Lamine Yamal, Hansi Flick decided to field a competitive team to win the match with a Bardghji-Olmo-Fermin-Lewandowski attack. Opposite, the Pamplona club could jump to 6th place if they succeed against the Catalan club this Saturday. From the start, the match was lively. Eager to quickly take the advantage, the visitors created a few opportunities like this attempt by Lewandowski (10th).
Subsequently, the match got into a false rhythm for more than a quarter of an hour during which Barcelona was content to have sterile possession. Finally, the locals finished their first act strong. More incisive in the recovery, Osasuna fought back and Ante Budimir was close to opening the scoring but ran into the post (36th), then a grandiose Joan Garcia (37th). After a fairly weak first act, the two teams returned to the locker room with a parity score.
The entrants make the difference for Barça
At the start of the second half, Barça sought to accelerate. Problem, the Catalans lacked efficiency like this point-blank recovery completely missed by Dani Olmo (51st). With the entries of Ferran Torres, Frenkie De Jong and Marcus Rashford on the hour mark, the Catalans looked for the loophole. And despite some interesting responses from the locals, the match struggled to get going. Ultimately, the last 10 minutes and added time of the match were pretty crazy. Found on a perfect cross from Rashford, it was Lewandowski, silent until now, who opened the scoring for Barça with a beautiful header (0-1, 81st).
Released, FC Barcelona then took shelter thanks to Ferran Torres. After Rashford’s caviar, it was the winning coaching of Hansi Flick who shone with this beautiful right shot from the former Manchester City player (0-2, 87th). In the process, Osasuna equalized thanks to Raul Garcia (1-2, 89th). Despite this goal and the pressure put on the 7 minutes of added time, Osasuna was unable to hold on to a draw. With this success, Barça has one hand and four fingers on the championship title with 14 points ahead of Real Madrid, now obliged to win against Espanyol this Sunday to still believe in the title.
