Barcelona defeated Mallorca 1-0 as a visitor on the 19th date of La Liga in Spain and reached 31 points, so it climbed to fifth place and got one from Atlético de Madrid and 15 from Real Madrid, which has a game most played.
With the casualties of Sergi Roberto, Sergiño Dest, Jordi Alba and Alex Baldé in defense, Sergio Busquets, Pedri, Gabi and Philippe Coutinho in midfield, and Memphis Depay, Ansu Fati, Ousmane Dembélé and Martin Braithwaite in the lead, Xavi Hernández he was forced to improvise in the culé line-up and put Ronald Araujo on the left side.
The Uruguayan defender, who has already occupied all possible positions in defense, did a good job in his left-handed lane and even joined the attack. At 72 ‘, when Clement Lenglet entered for Oscar Mingueza, he went to the right side and closed the match in that position, with his team already in the back.
Barcelona was much superior in the first half and in the third clear warning they reached the goal. Luuk de Jong, who at 29 ‘had a subtle touch in the vertical and a scissors that blew the crossbar, had his revenge at 44’, when he put the head to a Mingueza center from the right. Just in case, Araujo came from behind, soon to convert.
The Uruguayan defender created the clearest opportunity for the Catalans in the second half, when at 59 ‘he reached the bottom from the left and put a hunt that De Jong could not send to the net. Then, with the passing of the minutes, the Catalan team got farther and farther back, which suffered anxiety until the end.
Already in additional time, the German goalkeeper Marc ter Stegen dressed as a hero with a providential slap that served to cover a left-footed shot at point-blank range from Jaume Costa, who appeared only behind Araujo and without the youthful Estanis closing. It was the last dangerous play in a game that Barcelona ended up winning fairly, despite suffering in the epilogue.
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Party incidents
43”GOAL! head of Luuk de Jong (Barcelona)
60” Change: Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta enters, Iddrisu Baba Mohammed (Mallorca) leaves
60” Change: Fernando Niño Rodríguez enters Angel Luis Rodríguez Díaz (Mallorca)
69” Change: enters Jordi Mboula Queralt leaves Antonio Sánchez Navarro (Mallorca)
70” Change: enters Javier Llabrés Exposito leaves Kangin Lee (Mallorca)
70” Change: Álvaro Sanz enters Nicolas Gonzalez Iglesia (Barcelona) leaves
75” Change: enters Clément Lenglet leaves Óscar Mingueza García (Barcelona)
78” Yellow card for Ferrán Jutglà Blanch (Barcelona)
79” Change: entra Estanislau Pedrola sale Ilias Akhomach Chakkour (Barcelona)
82” Yellow card for Jaume Vicent Costa Jordá (Mallorca)
83” Change: Abdon Prats Bastidas enters Rodrigo Andrés Battaglia (Mallorca) leaves
88” Yellow card for Abdón Prats Bastidas (Mallorca)
93” Yellow card para Clément Lenglet (Barcelona)
93” Yellow card for Pablo Carmine Maffeo Becerra (Mallorca)
93” Yellow card for Daniel Rodríguez Vásquez (Mallorca)
95” Yellow card for Martin Valjent (Mallorca)
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