Joao Félix became Diego Simeone’s nightmare in a garnet-red-blue jersey.
Barcelona won 3-0 as a guest of Atlético Madrid in the 29th round of the Spanish league.
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In the first half hour, Barcelona did not find themselves, the Catalan guard played imprecisely. Even though Atlético Madrid was dominant in the field, the matros couldn’t create a great situation either.
In the last ten minutes of the first half, however, Barcelona revived, and they signaled this to the hosts with a goal. After two tricks, Gündogan gave a good pass to Lewandowski, who played in the middle for Joao Félix, and the Portuguese shot into the bottom left corner from 11 meters. The head coach of the guests, Xavi Hernández, protested very vehemently throughout the half, complaining that Atlético Madrid players did not receive yellow cards for hard tackles. The referee finally sent the Catalan off in the 43rd minute with two yellow cards.
The second half started with a Catalan advantage, De Paul’s bad pass was pounced on by Raphinha, who then outkicked Lewandwoski, who shot from 10 meters into the lower right corner with the help of the goal post.
The match was finally decided by the Catalan guard in the 65th minute. Fermín López, who is only 174(!) cm tall, came to Lewandowski’s pass in the penalty area between the not small Witsel and Savics and headed into the net past Oblak’s hands.
In the last five minutes of regular time, the home team were able to avoid Ter Stegen’s goal, but the three-goal difference did not change. In extra time, Vitor Roque started behind Atlético’s defense, but Molina brought him down outside the penalty area, which resulted in a sending-off.
Thanks to the victory, Barcelona overtook Girona and moved up to second place in the Spanish league table.
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