FC Barcelona won at the end of the match in Las Palmas, this Thursday, for the 19th day of La Liga (2-1).
These days, in Barcelona, a victory is better than the usual formalities. After Joan Laporta expressed his wishes to the Barça members a few days earlier, the Blaugrana were expected around the corner for this first of the year 2024.
Las Palmas, modest tenth in La Liga, is however nothing like war lightning. But the Catalans ended 2023 in general confusion, to the point of starting this 19th day in fourth place in the ranking. In short, Xavi’s gang had an answer to give to their supporters.
Barça got scared again
This is what Barça managed to do by achieving a valuable success on the Canary Islands. As usual, the Blaugrana confiscated the ball from their opponent, but they still scared each other. El Haddadi, former head of the house, broke the deadlock (1-0, 12th). We had to wait until the second act to see Barcelona overthrow their host. Ferran Torres sounded the revolt before the hour mark (1-1, 55th), then Gündogan converted a valuable penalty in the dying seconds (1-2, 90th +3).
Thanks to this sluggish success, Barça is hanging on to the leading teams. Xavi’s team is in 3rd place this Thursday evening. Mission accomplished.
