“Barcelona suffers defeat against Rayo Vallecano in LaLiga: Match report and highlights”

Madrid –

Barcelona forced to admit superiority Vallecano Ray in continuation LaLiga. Los Cules gave up 1-2 after trailing two goals earlier.

The 31st Jornada of the Spanish League brought Rayo vs Barcelona. The duel took place at Campo de Futbol de Vallecas, Thursday (27/4/2023) in the morning WIB.

Both teams played attacking from the start of the match. Marc-Andre ter Stegen saved from Sergio Camello’s attempt in the 17th minute.

GOL! Rayo broke the deadlock in the 19th minute. Alvaro Garcia managed to break into the Barcelona goal with a low kick.

Barcelona almost equalized in the 23rd minute. Robert’s first time ball
Lewandowski was pushed over by Rayo goalkeeper, Stole Dimitrievski.

WAS! Pedri scored three minutes before halftime. The referee disallowed his goal after the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) indicated the Barcelona star was offside.

Barcelona failed to score an equalizer until halftime. The first half closed with Rayo winning 1-0.

GOL! Rayo doubled their lead eight minutes into the second half. This time it was Fran Garcia who succeeded in getting his name on the scoreboard.

Garcia cut the ball from near the middle of the field and ran into the Barcelona penalty box. He easily beat Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

GOL! Barcelona could only score a goal in the 85th minute. Lewandowski successfully grabbed the ball into the gag in the Rayo penalty box.

Barcelona was unable to catch up until the long whistle sounded. The match ended for Rayo’s victory 2-1.

This result does not change Barcelona’s position at the top of the standings with 76 points, 11 points ahead of Real Madrid below. Rayo moved up to ninth with 43 points.

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Player lineup

Vallecano Ray: Stole Dimitrievski; Ivan Balliu, Florian Lejeune, Alejandro Catena, Francisco Garcia; Isi Palazon, Unai Lopez (Pep Chavarria 80′), Oscar Valentin (Abdul Mumin 89′), Alvaro Garcia (Salvi Sanchez 80′); Oscar Trejo (Pathe Ciss 63′), Sergio Camello (Raul De Tomas 89′).

Barcelona: Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Alejandro Balde, Marcos Alonso (Jordi Alba 57′), Ronald Araujo, Jules Kounde; Gavi (Pablo Carral 79′), Frenkie de Jong (Eric Garcia 79′), Pedri (Franck Kessie 68′); Ferran Torres (Ansu Fati 57′), Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha.

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