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Barcelona approached Real Madrid after winning 4-2 over Celta Vigo in Week 12 of the Spanish League at the Balaidos Stadium, Monday (10/11) early morning WIB.
The additional three points put Barcelona in second place in the standings with 28 points.Barcelona is three points adrift of Real Madrid who sits at the top of the standings.
Barcelona and Celta Vigo played an open game.Apart from both playing offensively, both teams often made mistakes in the first half which could be used to score goals.
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Barcelona opened a 1-0 lead after just 10 minutes of the game.The visitors opened the scoring through Robert Lewandowski’s penalty kick.
One minute later Celta Vigo was able to score a 1-1 draw.Barcelona’s failed offside trap allowed Celta Vigo midfielder Sergio Carreira to break into the Blaugrana’s goal.
Lewandowski again emerged as Vigo’s defensive nightmare.Lewandowski’s flick using Marcus Rashford’s cross again caused Vigo’s goal to shake in the 37th minute.
In the 43rd minute, Celta Vigo equalized the score at 2-2.Striker Borja Iglesias scored a classy goal with a hard shot which Wojciech Szczesny couldn’t thwart.
However, Barcelona was able to close the first half with a narrow 3-2 lead.This was after wonderkid Lamine Yamal managed to put his name on the scoreboard.
The match between the two teams was no longer open like the first half.As a result, only one additional goal was scored in the second half.
The goal was scored by Barcelona in the 73rd minute.Robert Lewandowski’s header resulted in the third goal, aka a hat trick, after receiving a corner kick which was executed by Rashford.
Barcelona managed to maintain the 4-2 score against Celta Vigo until the referee blew the long whistle to signal the end of the match.
Lineup
Celta Vigo (3-4-3): Ionut Radu, Manu Fernandez, Carl Starfelt, Marcos Alonso;Oscar Mingueza, Hugo Sotelo, Ilaix Moriba, Sergio Carreira;Ferran Jutgla, Borja Iglesias, Pablo Duran
Barcelona (4-3-3): Wojciech Szczesny;Eric Garcia, Ronald Araujo, Pau Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde;Frenkie De Jong, Dani Olmo, Fermin Lopez;Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski, Marcus Rashford
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