Barcelona achieved this Tuesday a hard-fought 2-1 victory in Vallecas before a Rayo Vallecano who showed passages of bravery and good football but In the second half he gave up in the face of the dominance of the culé team in the match valid for the third date of the Spanish League 2024-2025.
Barcelona had to sweat a lot to take the three points from Vallecas. AP
Goals from Pedri, at 60 minutes, and from debutant Dani Olmo, at 82, allowed Barça to maintain the ideal score in LaLiga and turn the result around, since Rayo was winning from the 9th thanks to the both of Unai López.
The beginning of the match was striking, because The home team came out to attack Barcelona from the very first minute. No speculation. In a small stadium, With the crowd so close to the pitch, the pressure was felt. And it finally exploded when Jorge De Frutos led an attack on the right, went to the end and launched a precise cross back from below that fell on the foot of López, who defined at the first post, overcoming the weak resistance of Marc-Andre Ter Stegen.
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After opening the marker, Rayo did not change their approach too much and continued attacking. With a little more caution, yes, but he did not give up his offensive. To such an extent that the first danger for the Culé was at 38, with a shot from outside the area by Lamine Yamal, which the goalkeeper stopped in two steps without too many problems.
The first stage ended with the home team leaving a better image than the visitor.
In the second half, Barça increased their pressure. The first sign of this came two minutes in, when Yamal and Frenchman Jules Koundé put together a beautiful one-two on the right, entering the area, which ended with the Frenchman face to face with the goalkeeper. Ghanaian defender Abdul Mumin saved just in time.
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From that moment on, the Blaugrana took control of the match.
The first concrete consequence was at 60, when Pedri opened the scoring. Raphinha, very incisive on the left, overflowed and passed it to Pedri, who took the ball slightly behind but quickly adjusted it and defined at the right post.
The match became a battle between one team, Barcelona, who wanted to win, and another, Rayo Vallecano, who tried to hold on.
When it seemed that the will of the locals was going to prevail, Yamal appeared on the right and passed back to Dani Olmo, who stopped it, opened his foot and crossed it masterfully for 2-1.
