With Raphinha’s goal, Barcelona wins and maintains leadership

O barcelona won the Osasuna by the score of 2 to 1 on the afternoon of this Tuesday, 8. Even conceding a goal right away and with one less since the 31st minute of the first half, the Catalan team went for the result with stone and little raphinhawho scored a top goal in the last few minutes.

Right at the beginning of the match, with just six minutes, Osasuna opened the scoring with David Garcia, who took advantage of a beautiful corner kick and headed firmly into the back of the net. That was only the fifth goal conceded by Barcelona in the league. Leaving at a disadvantage, the visitors were not able to play the way they are used to, with possession of the ball and quick exchanges of passes.

To complicate the situation, Robert Lewandoskithe top scorer for Barça and La Liga, was sent off in the 31st minute after receiving his second yellow card in a 19-minute break. With one more, Osasuna managed to dominate the actions more, manage the partial result and went down to the locker room winning 1-0.

However, Barcelona returned for the second half with a different pace. With just two minutes, Pedri received in the penalty area and moved the goalkeeper with category and tied the game. After everything remained the same, the match became more truncated and, even with one more, Osasuna could not resume what they had done in the first stage.

The game looked lukewarm and without any great chances created, but Barça still went looking for the victory. Raphinha, who entered the second stage, received a beautiful launch from De Jong and it took just a headshot to cover the goalkeeper and turn the game around. Thus, in the last confrontation before the stop for the world Cupthe team led by Xavi maintained the championship lead and a streak of five consecutive victories.