Like a Paris Saint-Germain Paris very advantage on Saturday evening against Lille (4-1), FC Barcelona also prepared in the best in manners its match of the Champions League scheduled this week against Benfica. The Catalan club did not do in detail by crushing Real Sociedad this Sunday (4-0, 26th day of Liga). What recover his throne of the leader of the championship temporarily abandoned at Atlético de Madrid.
The men of Hansi Flick actually benefited from the expulsion of Aritz Elustondo after the first quarter of an hour of the Basque side (17th). Consequently, the numerical superiority of the premises gave way to a rider alone. Not a single attempt or not for Real on the whole game, against thirty-three, including ten on the Blaugrana side. The opening of the score intervened in the twenty-fifth minute of play through Gerard Martin, on a pass from Dani Olmo.
Araujo participates in the party, Lewandowski too
And the latter offered a second caviar four minutes later, this time to Marc Casado who also made it good use and doubled the bet for Barça (2-0, 29th). Unable to react, visitors conceded two additional goals during the second act, works by Ronald Araujo (3-0, 56th) and Robert Lewandowski, served by this same Araujo (4-0, 60th). Folded match and victory acted for FC Barcelona.
Leader of the Liga with one point ahead of Atlético, Raphinha's partners are now turned towards their next European deadline. On the move on the Benfica lawn, they seem to have all the weapons to achieve a good performance there. The lisbotes are in any case warned, this Barça is in full swing.
