Barcelona capitalize on Real Madrid fall and consolidate at the top with win over Sevilla

The Catalan team clearly beat the one led by Jorge Sampaoli and took an eight-point lead over the meringues, who lost during their trip to Mallorca.

Barcelona secured an important victory at home this Sunday after beating Sevilla by three goals to nil at the Camp Nou stadium match corresponding to date 20 of La Liga in Spain.

The match started with a blaugrana box overturned on the goal defended by the Moroccan Bind who very early distinguished himself by his interventions in the occasions commanded by the Pole Robert Lewandowski (17′ and 27′).

At such times, the students of xavier They dominated the flow of the match without a counterweight, but lacked clarity when it came to defining plays, so both teams rested scoreless.

the goals have arrived

In the complement, the hosts went out to seek the goal of the advantage over the Andalusians, which would finally come thanks to Jordi Alba (58th) who won alongside the red and white goalkeeper after Franck Kessié’s loan, bringing the score to 1-0 at the Camp Nou premises.

With the goal, the Catalans managed to open the lock imposed by Jorge Sampaoli For what in the 70th minute they would score again thanks to Gavi, who sent the ball into the back of the net after an assist from Raphinha. A few moments later, at minute 79, the Brazilian striker himself would be tasked with sealing the 3-0 victory after connecting a cross from Jordi Alba in the middle of the penalty area .

With this result, Barcelona consolidated their leadership in La Liga with 53 points and moved eight points clear of escort Real Madrid (45) a table that fell with Mallorca for the minimum count as a foreigner.

On the next competition date, the team led by Xavi must visit Villarreal Sunday February 12.

For its part, Sevilla stagnates at 21 units and occupies 16th place in the standings. His next challenge will be against Mallorca as owner on Saturday 11 of this month.

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Source: Latercera

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