The ninth round of the Spanish La Liga had the first Catalan derby of the season - Barcelona hosted Girona and achieved a dramatic victory with a 2:1 score..

The team of Hans-Dieter Flick, having become aware of personnel losses before the match (Lewandowski, Rafinha and Ferran Torres were lost), took the initiative to draw up most of the game. Already on the 13th line, Pedri opened a crooked rakhunok after a solo pass and strike, which ended with a ricochet off the post.

However, Girona quickly won - in the 20th half, Axel Witsel equalized the rakhunok with an effective blow through himself after serving from the back. Until the end of the first half, both teams had few chances, Vladislav Vanat kept viyshov alive with the Barsi goalkeeper, but failed to realize the chance.

In the other half, the Catalans continued to squeeze. Rashford hit the crossbar, Yamal hit the post, Kubarsi scored, and the referee conceded the goal through a break.

It was also significant that he returned to the field after the injury of Viktor Tsigankov - the Ukrainian came on as a substitute in the 63rd minute, but did not realize his chance.

The victory for the Gospodars was brought by Ronald Araujo's accurate strike on the third compensated goal after Frenkie de Jong's cross - 2:1.

Barcelona – Girona 2:1.

Goals: Pedri, 13, Araujo, 90+3 - Witsel, 20 Barcelona: Szczesny - Kunde, Garcia, Kubarsi, Balde (Martin, 76) - Pedri (Christensen, 64), de Jong, Casado (Araujo, 82) - Yamal.