Barcelona secured their 28th LABERA title with a 2-0 win over Catalan Rivals Espanyol, who packs things with two match days left over
The cacophony of expected noise that both teams greeted when they took the field in the RCD stadium was quickly replaced by angry and Whistles, while Barcelona took over control over the early exchanges, and yet the high defense line of the visitors almost gifted Espanyol's Urko Gonzalez a fourth-minute opener.
While the match began to take a well -known pattern, Robert Lewandowski's bustling shot at 12 minutes Barca gave their first look, while Javi Puado on the other side should have done better if it cleans.
Although he had more than 80% in the opening quarter, the fresh, clean passing passage that became the characteristic of Barcelona was less fluent than normal, not least because of the intensity with which the home team hunted their opponents.
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With the content of the hosts to hit the side of Hansi Flick on the break, the visitors were again owed to Wojciech Szczesny in the 25th minute when the sprint of the goalkeeper of the goal came in more danger.
Lamine Yamal and Raphinha had difficulty having an impact on Barca before the break, because Pedri's long-distance effort and another Lewandowski-Halve chance were as close as the Blaugrana went before half the whistle sounded.
Half-time sub, Alejandro Balde, helped in injecting any urgency and width in the Barca game, and the increase in pressure has quickly paid off. Only seven minutes after the break, Lamine Yamal found the top corner with an incredible curly attack.
Then the 17-year-old then started to have much more influence on the procedure when the visitors wanted to get the game to bed quickly.
Ten shots compared to the four of Espanyol, the shift in favor of Barcelona, ​​in which the first was caught in two thoughts about whether or not to attack if half progressed.
At one of the occasions when they did, Barcelona needed a point -white rescue by Szczesny to make an attempt by Roberto Fernandez.
When Leandro Cabrera was sent after beating Lamine, the visitors took the visit to safely secure glory in the night, and in injury time a well -processed movement Fermin Lopez saw home to guarantee the three points.
This season, the victory will not only achieve another competition triumph and a domestic Treble, but also means that they have not lost any of their last 16 LaLiga matches (W14 D2), their best undefeated run in the competition since a run of 19 between December 2020 and April 2021 (W16 D3).
They can now cherish in the glory of their success in the coming weeks. Espanyol is still not clear from the Dog Fight relegation, and with two more games to play, Los Periquitos still need at least one point to survive.
Flash score Man of the match: Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
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