Brazilian Rafinha led Barcelona to defeat its guest Valencia with a goal without response, today, Sunday, in the 24th stage of the Spanish League.
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Barcelona regained the tone of victories that it missed in the last stage in the Spanish Football League championship, and overcame one of the difficult obstacles in its campaign towards regaining the title of the competition absent from its coffers in the past three seasons, after it achieved a difficult 1-0 victory over its guest Valencia, today, Sunday, in the stage 24 for the tournament.
Barcelona’s balance, which suffered a sudden 0-1 loss against its host Almeria in the last stage, rose to 62 points, to consolidate its position in the lead, 10 points ahead of its closest rivals, its arch-rivals Real Madrid, who is a guest at Real Betis, later today. , at the same stage.
On the other hand, Valencia’s balance, which received its 13th loss in the championship during the current season, compared to 6 wins and 5 draws, stopped at 23 points, to remain in the nineteenth (penultimate) place, two points behind the safety centers.
Brazilian winger Rafinha assumed the starring role in the match, after scoring Barcelona’s only goal in the 16th minute, before the host team missed the opportunity to consolidate its lead after Ferran Torres missed a penalty kick in the 54th minute.
Barcelona was forced to play with ten players in the 59th minute, following the expulsion of Uruguayan player Ronaldo Araujo.
Barcelona suffered many influential absences in the match that was held at the (Spotify Camp Nou) stadium, due to injury or suspension, as it missed the services of its veteran Polish scorer Robert Lewandowski and French Osman Dembele, along with the young Spanish duo Pedri and Javi.
Xavi Hernandez, Barcelona coach, was also absent from the coach’s seat in the meeting, due to the suspension for obtaining the fifth yellow card during the team’s last match in the competition against Almeria.
