Jordi Alba dresses Barça as champions in a hard-fought game

The Blaugrana continue to count down the days until sing victory of a championship that only has five days left to go and in which they win 14 points at Real Madrid, after their defeat in Anoeta (2-0). Today, with one more dramaagain settled by the minimum, despite being much superior to the opponent throughout the match.

Xavi Hernandez goes repeat the eleventh that beat Betis and Jagoba Arrasate lined up one team with nine new faces thinking about next Saturday’s Cup final – the second he is playing in his entire history – against Madrid.

The Osasuna coach put Chimy Ávila and Torró in the starting lineup, so that they could pick up the pace after the injury, and opted for three players from the subsidiary such as Diego Moreno, Herrando and Iker Benito.

A team of circumstances with which it goes manage to survive at Spotify Camp Nou for 85 minutes. And that in the 27th, the referee sent off the debutant Herrando with a straight red for make Pedri fall when he was leaving alonewilling to beat Aitor Fernández hand to hand.

During this first act, Barça goes dominate at pleasurebut almost did not create clear scoring chances. The Blaugrana team bet all its offense on the speed of Balde on the left side, the clairvoyance of Pedri between the lines and the omnipresence of De Jong in the core, but he lacks neatness in the final meters.

A deflected shot inside the area by Pedri to Balde’s cross, a free-kick by Raphinha that went off the left side of Aitor Fernández’s goal and a high header by Araujo at the exit of a corner was the highlight of the home attack.

In addition, Barça lost Gavi in ​​the 36th minute, which was replaced by Ansu Fati due to discomfort in the adductor of the right leg.

Osasuna, well folded at the back, didn’t let me maneuver the rival with comfort, although he could only get close to Ter Stegen’s goal with two timid shots from the front by Ibañez and Torró that did not find the goal.

The script of the match would have changed at the start of the restart, if Ansu Fati had shot at goal after receiving a ball from Lewandowski, but Aitor Fernández it was well anticipated to cover the shot.

Osasuna’s goal appeared again ten minutes later to send De Jong’s shot into the corner. And Ansu Fati, to meet Aitor Fernández.

A newly entered Dembélé, who finished off alone in front of Osasuna’s goalkeeper when he only had to push it between the three posts, they warned again for Barça. Also Lewandowski, to whom Aitor Fernández took a hand to a dry and tight shot at the right post shortly after.

There were twenty minutes to go and Xavi’s team was starting to get anxious. Osasuna wanted to play with this and also with some inaccuracy from Ter Stegen at the exit of the ball. But Barcelona it was starting to smell the league and laid siege to the red goal still with twenty minutes to play.

A rejection from Aitor Fernández bounced off Ferran Torres and it almost ended at 1-0 and Iglesias Villanueva canceled a Lewandowski goal due to Ferran’s previous offside.

Until, with five minutes left, Jordi Albawho had replaced Balde a few minutes ago, controlled a ball hanging in the area that De Jong had gone down so that he received it at the left edge of the area and surprised Aitor Fernández with the outer left.

The goal from the side of L’Hospitalet unleashed delirium at the Camp Nou and certified the title.

Real defeats Madrid (2-0)

The Real Society showed that it needed the victory more and yesterday clearly defeated Real Madrid at its stadium (2-0), in a match in which it was superior mainly in the second half, in which the goals from Kubo and Barrenetxea and the expulsion of carvajal in the 60th minute. This defeat leaves the Whites 14 points behind Barça with only 15 at stake. Besides, if Atlético wins this evening in Cadiz at the Metropolitano, the ‘colchoneros’ would scratch second place from Ancelotti.

Mateu Alemany will leave the club

In another order of things, the Barcelona club announced that its director of football, Mateu Alemanywill leave the organization at the end of the season, in a friendly agreement to undertake a new professional projectalthough it will “complete the entire market” of signings to make up the squad for next season.