With a goal from Pedri, Barcelona defeated Villarreal and increased the difference with Real Madrid to 11 points, in the fight for the LaLiga title. The meringues won the Club World Cup this weekend, but their defense as champions of Spain looks more than complicated.
Barcelona continues to do its thing and this Sunday gave the Spanish championship a little more of a blaugrana tone, after beating Villarreal as a visitor (0-1), in a duel for matchday 21 of LaLiga.
Pedri’s goal after 18 minutes was enough for the Catalans to remain in the lead of the Spanish championship, increasing the difference over Real Madrid, their closest pursuer to an 11-point difference (with one more game).
With this result, Barca added their 16th game without defeat, in all competitions.
Said situation that motivates the blaugrana environment about their reconquest by LaLiga and also for their next participation in the Europa League, where they will face Manchester United of England, next Thursday, February 16.
With the victory against the “Yellow Submarine”, Barcelona reached 56 points in 21 games played, to remain in the general leadership, due to Real Madrid’s 45 points (with a game pending). His next commitment in LaLiga will be on February 19 at the Camp Nou, at 2:00 p.m. (Mexico time).
They get the “Mundialito”
The Real Madrid squad complied with the obligation to win the 2022 Club World Cup in Morocco, after defeating the Arab team of Al Hilal FC in the final (5-3).
The whites’ annotations were made by Vinicius Jr. (13′ and 69′), Federico Valverde (18′ and 58′) and Karim Benzema (54′). For the Saudi squad, Moussa Marega (26′) and Luciano Vietto (63′ and 79′) scored.
The Club World Cup championship (fifth in its history) left a total of 6 million dollars in Real Madrid’s coffers.
After the conquest in Moroccan territory, the meringues headed back home to fulfill their LaLiga commitment against Elche, next Wednesday, February 15 at 2:00 p.m. (Mexico time).
