Barcelona struggled again in the Spanish football league, despite a long power play, and scored only a narrow 1-0 win against Las Palmas.
As early as in the 24th minute, goalkeeper Alvaro Valles fouled a escaping Raphinha outside the box and received a red card for the intervention.
“Barca” used the power play only after almost an hour of the game. Joao Félix found Raphinha’s head with an arc over the defense and the Brazilian made no mistake from close range.
Barcelona missed the suspended coach Xavi Hernández in the match, his brother Óscar replaced him on the bench. The Catalans are five points behind leaders Real Madrid.
The “White Ballet” as well as the third Girona, which has a five-point deficit on Barcelona, have the matches of the 30th round on the program only on Sunday.
Spanish Football League – Round 30:
FC Barcelona – Las Palmas 1:0 (59. Raphinha), Getafe – FC Sevilla 0:1 (5th own Alderete), Almeria – Pamplona 0:3 (2. Arnáiz, 9. Budimir, 61. Muňoz), Valencia – Mallorca 0:0.
1. Real Madrid 29 22 6 1 64:20 72 2. FC Barcelona 30 20 7 3 61:34 67 3. Girona 29 19 5 5 59:34 62 4. Bilbao 29 16 8 5 50:26 56 5. Atlético Madrid 29 17 4 8 54:34 55 6. San Sebastian 29 12 10 7 42:31 46 7. Betis Sevilla 29 10 12 7 34:33 42 8. Valencie 29 11 8 10 32:32 41 9. Pamplona 30 11 6 13 36:43 39 10. Villarreal 29 10 8 11 47:51 38 11. Getafe 30 9 11 10 37:43 38 12. Las Palmas 30 10 7 13 29:33 37 13. Alavés 29 8 8 13 26:35 32 14 FC Sevilla 30 7 10 13 37:44 31 15. Mallorca 30 6 13 11 25:35 31 16. Vallecano 29 6 11 12 25:38 29 17. Celta Vigo 29 6 9 14 32:44 27 18. Cádiz 30 4 13 13 21:40 25 19. Granada 29 2 8 19 30:59 14 20. Almería 30 1 10 19 28:60 13
