Barcelona triumphed in a thriller with seven goals on Saturday afternoon when she defeated Celta Vigo 4: 3 with the kind permission of Raphinha’s 98th minute.
Borja Iglesias produced a clinical hat trick to cancel Ferran Torres opener, but Barcelona won when Dani Olmos Streik and Raphinha’s clip sealed the comeback.
The winner of La Blaugrana in the dying embers moves seven points in front of the La Liga title -Rival Real Madrid before they are summarized with the Athletic Club with the Athletic Club on Sunday evening.
How the game unfolds
Barcelona was guilty of having an uninspiring start against Borussia Dortmund during the week against Borussia Dortmund, but were able to strike in the fight with Celta. Torres, who had come into the line-up for the rested Lamin Yamal, created an excellent journey from the edge of the area when Hansi-Flick-Faust felt a nerve-wracking opener on the touchline.
But the high line that was exposed in Europe on Tuesday evening was cut through only three minutes later when the visitors secured a quick-fire equalizer. The former defender of Barcelona, Marcos Alonso, started a rapid counterattack when he released Pablo Duran on the right. The broad midfielder found Igelsias for a tap-in and the sixth La Liga goal of the veterans.
The handover of the tour saw how Barcelona pulled her dominance for the rest of a reserved first half, but they fought to trigger their full attack potential in front of a subdued home. In fact, it was Celta who created the most promising opening before the break, whereby Wojciech Szczesny -who did not cover himself in fame for the leveler -to trace consecutive efforts from ex -Barcelona midfielder Ilaix Moriba and Iker Losada.
Celta continued to cause Barcelona’s fragile defensive lines after restarting. A aimless hoof -top -up slide under the foot of the Dutch midfielder, with Iglesias rasted clean on goal and overrun over Szczesny.
Iglesias was not surprisingly overjoyed to have doubled the advantage of Celta, and the 32-year-old looked positively stunned when he put his hat trick home just ten minutes later. A further defense of Barcelona allowed the striker the freedom of the Catalonia and he made no mistake to put a two-goal buffer between the pages.
But Iglesias and his teammates would not grin soon. Barcelona had compensated for the replacement of Dani Olmo within six minutes after Celta’s third parties before Raphinha assisted his name to the Torseresheet when he diverted Lamin Yamals teasing cross via Vicente Guaita. In a flash, Hansi Flick’s side suddenly dreamed of victory again.
And that is exactly what they deserve deeply into added time. After the former defenders of Barcelona, Oscar Mingueza, had missed a sitter just a few moments, the hosts were dependent on a VAR intervention in the penalty area after an clumsy challenge for Olmo.
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As in the past few weeks, he was far from her liquid best on several occasions on Celta’s visit. A lethargic display in the first half followed some catastrophic defense after the break when they were intended to allow Madrid back into the cover picture. But if you have a number of match winners, you don’t have to be in top form.
Three points were of great importance for Barcelona when they wanted to continue to deal in Madrid, who has a difficult collision with the Athletic Club on Sunday, and Flick’s team showed an enormous character that increases with the pressure.
It was more of a match for the person than for the team when Barcelona’s attack dynamos stepped onto the plate, but these are the type of victories that are necessary to win championships. Only a few triumphs will have cost sweeties this season.
Flick raised the eyebrows by leaving Yamal and Dani Olmo on the bench for the encounter on Saturday, and it was decisions that had almost proven to be expensive. In the first hour, Barcelona looked apathetic and not convincing in the last third and rarely put Celta in a significant or consistent pressure.
But the entrance of Yamal and Olmo from the bank changed the game. Barcelona received her third in several minutes after her arrival, but the latter quickly reduced the deficit and started the comeback – with the help of Raphinha, which was extraordinary in the last half hour. Since the dynamics shifted to Barcelonas, it was Yamals their turn to climb and bring Raphinha home up close.
Raphinha was the match winner in the dying embers, but it was Olmo who pulled the foul in the criminal area, the Barcelona received the decisive seventh goal of a Bonkers affair. The late Spaniard crashes into the box when Celta was too much to do.
Flick deserves recognition that he has made the right – albeit obvious – replacement in Barcelona’s hour of the need in Barcelona’s hour, but he will think twice before resting the most important staff on the route.
Barcelona’s brave (or naiver) offside trap was repeatedly uncovered during a chastic but ultimately meaningless defeat against Dortmund in the middle of the week, and those who hoped that the Catalan giants had learned their lesson before Celta’s visit were bitterly disappointed.
Celta has a surprisingly productive campaign under Claudio Giraldez – you are the sixth highest scorers in the La -League – and quickly punish the ambitious high line from Barcelona with the width of Duran and Williot Swedberg to stretch the home team. Los Celestes were particularly competent on the left side of the Barcelona when they wanted to isolate themselves with the deputy blue grana foreign defender Gerard Martin.
The early compensation of Celta embodied Barcelona’s defensive problems when visitors only needed two passes to change their own half to violate the home goal. The direct approach of Giraldez ‘men once again emphasized the risks of playing with such an aggressive line – especially those that look increasingly disorganized.
Barcelona, who defended after the restart, was still a shambola when Celta strolled towards the goal of Szczesny, with individual mistakes and lack of communication almost cost her in the title race. It was an embarrassing performance from the backline, which the superstars saved in front of them.