Celta Vigo-Barcelona (2-2), Barça marks time in the title race
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Held in check this Saturday by Celta Vigo (2-2), FC Barcelona offers a great opportunity for Real Madrid to widen the gap at the top of the ranking.
FC Barcelona is marking time. On the road this Saturday on the grounds of Celta Vigo, as part of the 32nd day of Liga, the Catalan club could not have done better than a 2-2 draw, thus giving Real Madrid the opportunity to take the wide in the event of a victory Sunday against Espanyol Barcelona (22 hours).
Dolphin of Real at kickoff, tied for the number of points, Barça has yet led to the score twice, thanks to the achievements of Luis Suarez. But that was without counting on the character of his opponent, 16th at kick-off.
Barça leader with a point ahead
Gérard Piqué first found the crossbar (6th) before Suarez opened the scoring on a free kick by Lionel Messi (0-1, 19th). After finding the amount in turn (23rd), Celta Vigo then woke up, equalizing after the break through Fyodor Smolov (1-1, 49th).
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Barça, again thanks to Suarez, and on a new service from Messi, regained the advantage (1-2, 67th). But Celta, decidedly formidable, equalized with the approach of additional time on a realization of Iago Aspas (2-2, 87th). Nolito could even have given Vigo the victory after the suspense. Fortunately for Barça, leader with a small point ahead of Real after this meeting, Ter Stegen saved the furniture (90 + 4th).
A poor performance for the men of Quique Setién, who had decided to launch the young Riqui Puig (20 years old). For his first tenure in the championship, the midfielder made a promising copy, replaced at the end by Arthur, leaving for Juventus.
Frenchman Antoine Griezmann came into play ten minutes before the end of the game. Samuel Umtiti was titular.
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