FC Barcelona had a sublime opportunity to catch up on its Madrid rivals. On the move this Sunday evening on the lawn of Seville FC, the Blaugranas had to take advantage of the draw conceded by Real and Atlético, Saturday evening, to return to two points from first place. Faced with an Andalusian team that has won only one of its last five games, Hansi Flick thus aligned the classic team, with Jong to support Pedri and Gavi, behind the Trio Lamine Yamal, Lewandowski and Raphinha.
And the start of the match was very lively. Because after a first corner in the wake of an action by Lamine Yamal, Raphinha served Martinez, author of a good whim finally taken up at close range by Lewandowski (1-0, 7th). A short-lived advance, because, a few seconds later, Saul could go solo on the commitment and found Vargas, which had only to push the ball to equalize (1-1, 8th). The Blaugranas however dominated the rest of the half-time, but Seville held perfectly, like this beautiful strike from Koundé (41st).
New arbitral controversy in Liga
While Hensi Flick had decided to release Gavi, warned, in favor of Fermín López, the latter gave the advantage to Barcelona on his first ball by taking up a perfect center from Pedri (1-0, 46th). The same scenario in the start of the match had reproduced with a new equalization of Vargas … finally canceled for an offside of the Sevillan. Then the Andalusian demanded a penalty for a Koundé stroller in his surface, but the referee did not flinch. An arbitral decision that will still be debated in Spain, since in the process, Raphinha carried out a sublime control oriented to eliminate badd and make the station wagon (3-1, 55th).
And the match was racing after the red card of Fermín López, logically expelled for a very dangerous tackle on Sow (62nd). Finally, Barça mastered the end of this match after a last goal from Garcia, on a free kick from Raphinha (4-1, 90th). Yet in numerical superiority, the men of Garcia Piminta did not benefit from it and stayed in 13th row before going to Valladolid. On the other hand, the weekend operation was very successful for Barça, which returns to a point in Atlético and two lengths from Real Madrid in the standings, before receiving the Rayo Vallecano.
