Today, in the 24th round of the Spanish championship, “Barcelona” took on “Valencia” at home. Xavi’s men won 1-0.
The only goal of the match came in the 16th minute. As Busquets made a soft pass into the opponent’s penalty area, Rafinha went ahead of goalkeeper Mamardashvili and sent the ball into the net with his head.
The hosts deserved a penalty in the 55th minute. Torres approached the spot, ran and fired low. After his kick, the ball hit the post and went out of bounds.
Four minutes later, Barcelona were outnumbered. Ronald Araujo is shown a straight red card for stopping his opponent with his hands.
After this match, the Catalans, who collected 62 points, left Real Madrid in the second place with 10 points. Carlo Ancelotti’s team will play against Real Betis today. The meeting starts at 23:00 Moscow time. On March 2, Barcelona and Real faced each other in the Spanish Cup. Then the victory fell 1:0 to the Catalans.
It was previously reported that Real Madrid management were disappointed with Ancelotti’s tactics against Barcelona in the Copa del Rey..