FC Barcelona escaped stumble against Las Palmas, with a fatal 2-1 victory in the match that brought together the two teams, this Thursday evening, in the framework of the 19th round of the Spanish Football League.
From the match between Barcelona and Las Palmas – Image source: Barcelona’s Twitter account
Las Palmas succeeded in scoring an early goal, specifically in the 12th minute, through its Moroccan player, Mounir El Haddadi.
Barcelona players failed to score against Las Palmas over the course of 45 minutes, and the first half ended with Las Palmas leading the Catalan team 1-0.
Ferran Torres – Image source: Barcelona Twitter account
In the second half, Barcelona tried to intensify its offensive attempts in order to score the equalizer, while Las Palmas tried to hold on in order to maintain its lead.
In the 55th minute, striker Ferran Torres was able to score the equalizer for the Catalan team.
Frenkie de Jong in front of Las Palmas. Image source: Barcelona’s Twitter account
In the third minute of stoppage time (90+3), Barcelona won a penalty kick, and German player Ilkay Gundogan successfully kicked it, ending the match with Barcelona winning 2-1.
Barcelona’s score rose to 41 points, in third place in the Spanish League table.
While Las Palmas’ score froze to 25 points in tenth place.
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez had presented a starting lineup to face Las Palmas, which was published by the Barcelona FC account on the social networking site Twitter, as follows:
Goalkeeper Inaki Pena, Joao Cancelo, Alex Balde, Ronaldo Araujo, Ferran Torres, Robert Lewandowski, Sergi Roberto, Rafinha, Frenkie de Jong, Jules Kounde, Ilkay Gundogan
Barcelona’s formation to face Las Palmas – Image source: Barcelona’s Twitter account
A group of players sat on Barcelona’s substitutes bench, most notably Joao Felix, Romeo, Christensen, and Lamine Yamal.
While the Las Palmas Club account on the social networking site Twitter published the team’s lineup to face Barcelona, and it came as follows:
Las Palmas formation to face Barcelona – Image source: Las Palmas Twitter account
2024-01-04 22:36:15
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