Barcelona continues to chase the top of La Liga with a thrilling victory over Celta Vigo
Barcelona achieved a valuable victory against their rival Celta Vigo with a score of 4-2 in the match that took place in the twelfth round of the Spanish league at the Balaídos Stadium.
Barcelona opened the scoring in the ninth minute through Polish striker Robert Lewandowski via a penalty that he successfully converted, and Celta Vigo quickly responded by scoring the equalizer in the twelfth minute through Sergio Carreira after a brilliant pass from his teammate Iglesias.
Lewandowski returned again in the thirty-eighth minute to score the second goal after a fantastic cross from English star Marcus Rashford, and Celta Vigo managed to equalize again in the forty-third minute through Borja Iglesias with a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area.
Before the end of the first half, young Spanish star Lamine Yamal succeeded in scoring the third goal for Barcelona in the 45+4 minute.
The Barcelona players were not satisfied with this result and continued their attempts on Celta Vigo's goal until they managed to score the fourth goal in the seventy-third minute with a wonderful header from Lewandowski after a corner kick expertly taken by Rashford.
Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong received a red card after getting his second yellow card in the ninety-fourth minute, leaving Barcelona to finish the last minutes of the match with only ten players.
With this precious victory, Barcelona raised their points to 28, placing them in second place in the Spanish league standings, while Celta Vigo's points remained at 13 in thirteenth place, and Real Madrid is at the top of the standings with 31 points.
Barcelona opened the scoring in the ninth minute through Polish striker Robert Lewandowski via a penalty that he successfully converted, and Celta Vigo quickly responded by scoring the equalizer in the twelfth minute through Sergio Carreira after a brilliant pass from his teammate Iglesias.
Lewandowski returned again in the thirty-eighth minute to score the second goal after a fantastic cross from English star Marcus Rashford, and Celta Vigo managed to equalize again in the forty-third minute through Borja Iglesias with a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area.
Before the end of the first half, young Spanish star Lamine Yamal succeeded in scoring the third goal for Barcelona in the 45+4 minute.
The Barcelona players were not satisfied with this result and continued their attempts on Celta Vigo's goal until they managed to score the fourth goal in the seventy-third minute with a wonderful header from Lewandowski after a corner kick expertly taken by Rashford.
Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong received a red card after getting his second yellow card in the ninety-fourth minute, leaving Barcelona to finish the last minutes of the match with only ten players.
With this precious victory, Barcelona raised their points to 28, placing them in second place in the Spanish league standings, while Celta Vigo's points remained at 13 in thirteenth place, and Real Madrid is at the top of the standings with 31 points.