A mess! Despite an excellent match of their nuggets Ansu Fati and Riqui Puig, FC Barcelona tripped again on Saturday, this time on the pitch of Celta Vigo (2-2) on Saturday for the 32nd day of La Liga, seriously compromising their chances of title.
A breath of fresh air, then the storm: numb since the recovery, FC Barcelona returned to their game thanks to a double from Luis Suarez (20th and 67th) and their youngsters Ansu Fati and Riqui Puig, who woke him up from his lethargy, before diving back into the goals of Fedor Smolov (50th) and Iago Aspas (88th), with an ingenious free kick.
The “Blaugrana” temporarily take first place (69 pts) ahead of Real Madrid (68 pts), which plays Sunday at the red lantern, Espanyol Barcelona.
Waiting for Atlético
After their 0-0 draw in Seville last week, Barça, with this new draw, has undoubtedly paved the way for Madrid’s rival for the La Liga title … unless the Madrid rival’s huge underperformance on Sunday (22h) at Espanyol, which could revive the suspense in the football saga of the summer.
And the real test for this Barça will take place next Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Camp Nou against the third in the ranking, Atlético Madrid, winner of Alavés on Saturday evening 2-1 and who has come back strong since the resumption. Diego Simeone’s men won thanks to a goal from Saul Niguez’s header on a free kick drawn by Kieran Trippier (59th), then thanks to a questionable penalty caused by a Marcos Llorente, still electric from his entry (57th ) in place of Alvaro Morata, and transformed by Diego Costa (73rd), before the reduction in score by Joselu (90th + 3), again on the penalty spot.
AFP
(AFP/nxp)
Created: 28.06.2020, 07h53
