It was a decisive match for the title that was disputed last night on the side of the Metropolitano. Atlético de Madrid thus welcomed FC Barcelona for a duel at the top of the Liga. And if it had started badly for the Catalans, led 2-0 in the 70th minute, the troops of Hansi Flick managed to offer themselves a comeback on the end of the match to win 4-2 and satisfy their domination in the championship.
The end of the scarcity
And there was a particularly awaited man at the turn on the Barça side: Lamine Yamal. If Lewandowski made the nets tremble and Ferran Torres made the powder speak twice, it is the 17 -year -old teenager that we speak the most in Spain after this match. It must be said that for a few weeks he has been criticized and sometimes even mocked because of his problems in the face of the goal. Brimades coming mainly from Madrid, but which began to clearly annoy the Spanish international, very attentive to what is said of him on social networks and in the media.
It must be said that even if he has scored in the Champions League or in the King's Cup since, his last Liga goal dated from the end of October and this Clasico against Real Madrid, 140 days of scarcity in the league. This goal scored in additional time to give the advantage to Barça yesterday was therefore as important for his team as liberating for him. His celebration said a lot about his need to score and on the frustration accumulated so far, he who has also been quite unlucky in recent weeks, touching the posts on numerous occasions, not later in the start of the game last night.
An expected goal
A liberating goal, with finally a little success since the ball is deflected by Reinildo, who was also expected by his teammates who threw themselves on him to celebrate, as well as by the Barcelona media. It is not a coincidence that it is he who is on the front page of the two pro-Barça daily newspapers that are Sport And Mundo Deportivo This Monday morning, since the Catalan press had been waiting for this goal for a long time. “Lamine Yamal silence the mouths at the best time”indicates for example Sport.
“I knew that if I scored, it was going to be in important matches. The team needed me and I scored. When the ball was on the other side, I saw that Gallagher was walking away from me, I pulled and with a little luck there was goal ”said Barça number 19 after the match in front of the cameras of Daznsmiling and relieved. With a Lamine Yamal at this level, a Lewandowski still as decisive and a raphinha that works on the water, Barça can see things big for this end of the season …
