Barça overthrows Valencia thanks to Lewandowski hat-trick

By Le Figaro with AFP

Published yesterday at 09:02, Updated yesterday at 12:59

Barça’s Polish striker, Robert Lewandowski. Albert Gea / REUTERS

Trailing 2-1 at the break, FC Barcelona ended up, Monday evening, defeating Valencia, outnumbered for more than 45 minutes, thanks to a hat-trick from their Polish scorer.

Trailing 2-1 at half-time, FC Barcelona ended up defeating Valencia on Monday, outnumbered for more than 45 minutes, thanks to a hat-trick from Robert Lewandowski at the end of the 33rd day of La Liga.

The Polish striker allowed the Blaugranas to overthrow a young Valencian team reduced to ten men while they were leading, scoring three goals in the second half (49th, 82nd, 90th+3) to bring his total to 16 goals this season.

This success prevents Real from being mathematically champion for the moment

Barça (2nd, 73 points) thus regains its place as runner-up to Real Madrid (1st, 84 points) at the expense of its Catalan neighbor Girona (3rd, 71 points), its next opponent on Saturday, who had provisionally taken second place of the ranking after his victory in Las Palmas (2-0).

This success prevents Real from being mathematically champion for the moment, despite an almost decisive lead of eleven points with only five days to play.