“Felix” beats his old team! Barca beats Atletico Madrid and seizes third place.

Stadium: Stade Olympic U.E.S. Kompany

Spanish La Liga football battle, Sunday night, December 3, 2023 “Barcelona”, the 4th place team, stumbled into a draw in the latest game with 31 points, welcoming “Atletico Madrid”, 3rd place with the same points.

Opening the first half, 2 minutes in, “The Boon Throwing” almost got a chance. Rafinha broke into the right side of the penalty area to lure the target, Jan Oblak, but at the last moment he made a mistake and cut through the front of the goal and came out behind.

After 10 minutes, the locals were clearly better but lacked sharpness. Robert Lewandowski slipped in front of the 6-yard box and fell to the block. Mario Hermoso was just behind him to block it.

But then in the 28th minute, Barcelona soared to a 1-0 lead, Rafinha left the ball to Joao Felix, rolled away from the Atletico Madrid defense, hooked into the penalty area and lifted it over Jan Oblak’s head and into the net.

First half ends: Barcelona 1, Atletico Madrid 0.

In the second half, “Atletico Madrid” tried to speed up the 60 minutes and got a chance from Alvaro Morata, but it still wasn’t good enough to get through the hands of Inaki Peña, who in this game was given the opportunity to replace Ter Stegen as number one. Back pain that won’t go away

In the final 10 minutes, Atletico Madrid almost equalized from a free kick from dangerous distance in front of the left side of the penalty area. Memphis Depay ran over and spun with his right hand, almost plunging under the crossbar and making a save. Inaki Peña slammed into the crossbar and bounced out.

From a series of moments alternating to a free kick from Antoine Griezmann spinning the ball into the arms of the Barcelona defenders in the penalty area, the referee waited for a VAR check before turning and blowing to allow the black game to continue.

After that, there were no more scores. The game ended: Barcelona 1, Atletico Madrid 0.

Referee: Jose Maria Sanchez