Barcelona narrowly escaped Espanyol's defeat

14 February 2022, 06:18 | Football
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Xavi's team again had an inexpressive duel in the Spanish La Liga.

In the match of the 24th round of the Spanish La Liga, Barcelona miraculously slept away from the defeat of Espanyol. The match ended with the score 2:2.

Already in the second minute, Xavi's wards took the lead - Alba received the ball in front of the penalty area, after which he filed to the far post, where Pedri struck in touch and the ball flew into the goal from the post.

At the end of the first half, the Blaugranas could increase their advantage, but at first Diego Lopez played great, repulsing a powerful shot from Traore, and then Torres shot just above the gate.

The hosts responded to all this with a productive attack just before the break.. Sergi Darder Moll received the ball on the penalty line, after which he beautifully shot into the far corner with a dribble shot, equalizing the score in the match.

In the middle of the second half, the Espanyol players took the lead. At 64 minutes, Darder left Xavi's entire defense out of work with one pass, after which Eric Garcia, who came on as a substitute, instead of the injured Araujo, watched as Raul De Tomas shot Ter Stegen.

At the very end of the match, already in stoppage time, the referee showed two red cards at once - Melamedu in the "

A couple of minutes later, Barcelona miraculously saved the game - in the sixth stoppage minute, substitute Luc de Jong took advantage of Traore's pass and equalized the score in the match.

After 23 rounds, Barcelona scored 39 points and climbed to fourth place in the La Liga standings, while Espanyol has 28 points and 13th line.

Espanyol 2-2 Barcelona Goals: Darder 40, De Tomas 64 - Pedri 2, Luc de Jong 90+6.



Espanyol: Diego Lopez - Vidal (Calero 89), Gomez, Cabrera, Pedrosa - Bare (Morlanes 62 (Merida 71)), Herrera - Villena (Melamed 61), Darder - De Tomas, Puado.

Barcelona: Ter Stegen - Dest, Araujo (Garcia 46), Pique, Alba (Dembele 72) - Frankie de Jong (Aubameyang 62), Busquets, Pedri (Luc de Jong 89) - Traore, Gavi (Nico 72).

Warnings: Bare, de Villena, Puado, Melamed-Piquet, Garcia, Nico.

Removed: Melamed, 90+3 - Pique, 90+3.




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