Barcelona beats Sevilla and approaches Atlético and Real Madrid in La Liga
Hansi Flick’s club reaches 48 points and is one point away from second place and two points away from the leader
FIRM IN THE FIGHT FOR THE TROPHY
Barcelona defeated Sevilla 3-1 in LaLiga this Sunday. The victory at the Ramon Sánchez stadium continues a good run of four games without losing and helps the team stay close to its direct rivals for the title. Barça’s goals in this 23rd round were scored by Lewandowski, Fermín Lopez, Raphinha and Eric García. Ruben Vargas scored for the home team. Barcelona now has 48 points and is just one point behind second-placed Atlético de Madrid and two behind first-placed Real Madrid.
MAGIC PHASE
Raphinha scored another great goal and an assist this Sunday. In the victory over Sevilla, he received the ball in the middle, dribbled past the defense and scored a well-placed shot to secure Barcelona’s third goal. In addition, he also provided the touch that softened the ball for Fermín López to hit and score. The forward now has 28 goals and 15 decisive passes in 43 matches in the 2024/25 season , for the club and the Brazilian national team. In the last four matches alone, he has provided five assists.
HOW WAS THE GAME?
Barcelona are addicted to scoring goals. This time, they started in the sixth minute. Yamal sent a bomb with his outside of the foot, which was saved by Nyland. Then, after a corner, Raphinha received the ball in midfield and crossed into the box. Martínez headed it in, and Lewandowski stretched to send it into the back of the net. But Sevilla didn’t let it slide and equalized in the next move. A lightning counterattack after the team’s exit in the middle. The ball was lifted to Ñíguez, who crossed low into the box to find Vargas alone at the left post. The game went into half-time with the appearance of a tight contest, but the second half was all Barça’s.
Less than a minute into the second half, Pedri crossed the ball into the box and Fermín López rose unmarked to head the ball in and put Barcelona back in front. Shortly after, Fermín was sent off for a very harsh challenge on Sow. The loss of a striker did not stop Hansi Flick’s team. Raphinha received the ball in Cubarsí’s half in the ninth minute. The Brazilian dribbled past the defenders and fired a shot into the top corner of Nyland’s goal. To seal the deal, Raphinha crossed the ball into the box from a free kick in the 43rd minute, which Badé tried to take away from Dani Olmo and ended up deflecting. Eric García took advantage of the rebound and scored.
