Barcelona remains top of La Liga after beating Girona 4-1

Madrid. FC Barcelona, ​​under the direction of Lamine Yamal, has thrashed Girona this Sunday at Montilivi (1-4) in the fifth round of LaLiga EA Sports, a result that reinforces their great sensations and allows them to settle at the top of the table and that interrupts the good run of Míchel’s team in recent days.

Two goals from the young Barça star in seven minutes kicked off the display by Hansi Flick’s men at the Girona stadium, and after the break, goals from Dani Olmo and Pedri sealed the match.

Stuani, in the 80th minute, made the score look better, all in a match that ended with the expulsion of Ferran Torres for stomping on Asprilla.

In this way, the Barça Girona remains in top form in the domestic competition and will be confident about its debut against Monaco – who beat it a few weeks ago in the Joan Gamper Trophy – in the new Champions League, where Girona will debut against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes.

There were no surprises in the starting eleven, the same one that beat Real Valladolid (7-0) just before the break, and the Blaugrana needed just a few minutes to find their form at Montilivi, where they dominated at will. In the fifth minute, Lamine Yamal had already given a warning with a left-footed shot that was saved by Paulo Gazzaniga, and after a quarter of an hour Robert Lewandowski got his act together with a header that also ended up in the hands of the Argentine goalkeeper.

After a couple of chances for Alejandro Balde, Lamine Yamal finally found the reward for his persistence culé by taking advantage of a tremendous mistake by David López. When the defender tried to get out with the ball, the young Spanish attacker stole it and scored the first of the afternoon with a high shot (min.30).

The Barça star did not stop there and just seven minutes later he managed to extend the lead for Hansi Flick’s men. After a foul by Raphinha and the subsequent clearance by the home team, the ball was left dead on the edge of the box, where Lamine Yamal appeared to put it in, close to the left post in the 37th minute.

Just before half-time, referee Muñiz Ruiz blew the whistle for a penalty for a handball by Iñigo Martínez, but after consulting the VAR he ruled it out, considering that it was not punishable because the ball came to him from behind after a clearance by his teammate Balde. Amid the booing from Montilivi, the players headed for the tunnel to the changing rooms.

As soon as the match resumed, Jules Koundé put a long ball behind the defence and connected with Dani Olmo, who unleashed a powerful shot that surprised the home goalkeeper to make it three of the afternoon in the 47th minute. Lewandowski also missed the fourth, first with a chipped ball that did not surprise Gazzaniga and then with a shot that went over the crossbar, and Lamine Yamal was just short of it. hat-trick with a shot that was deflected by the goalkeeper.

In the 64th minute, Marc Casadó played a through ball to Pedri, who beat Gazzaniga on the way out and scored easily. Cristhian Stuani pulled one back in the 80th minute, taking advantage of a Portu cross after cutting inside Marc-André Ter Stegen, before the Barcelona team faced the final minutes with one less player after Ferran Torres was sent off for stamping on Asprilla.

With this result, Flick’s team has 15 points, four more than Real Madrid and Villarreal, while Girona has broken a series of two consecutive victories and remains seventh with seven points, the same as those marking the European positions.