With a goal from Lewandowski, Barcelona beats Getafe

Robert Lewandowski scored his seventh goal of the season to lead Barcelona to a 1-0 victory over Getafe on Wednesday that extended the Catalan club’s perfect run after the first seven rounds in the Spanish League. The Polish striker appeared inside the area to take advantage of a bad rebound from goalkeeper David Soria and open the scoring in the 19th minute.

Lewandowski is experiencing a resurgence under the command of Hansi Flick, scoring for the fifth day to establish himself as the tournament’s leading scorer. Barça has the ideal of 21 points to consolidate its lead, four points above Real Madrid, which beat Alavés 3-2 on Tuesday.

Hansi Flick’s team was one win away from equaling the best start in the club’s history by stringing together eight wins under the command of Argentine Gerardo “Tata” Martino in the 2013-2014 season. He also aspires to the best start to a campaign that the Merengues established in the 1968-1969 season, victorious in their first nine games.

A few days after having lost German goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen for the rest of the season, who suffered a rupture of the patellar tendon in his right knee during the duel against Villarreal at the weekend, replacement Iñaki Peña barely had any appearances against a Getafe with a soft attack. Peña was barely required to contain a header from Carles Pérez before 10 minutes had passed, and after that action he had no more surprises.

In the complement, goalkeeper Soria blocked a called goal by Lamine Yamal. The Barça prodigy took a shot from outside the area towards the top corner that the Getafe goalkeeper deflected with a changed hand. In stoppage time, Borja Mayoral shot into the air when the free ball reached the area, in what was the visitors’ greatest dangerous action in the match.

“Getafe is very good in defense, I am proud of the players, also of the fans, we needed them,” said Flick. “We had a chance and we scored, they also had a clear chance and they didn’t convert it.” Getafe is on the march. the penultimate place with four units. The blue team is, along with Las Palmas, the only ones that have not achieved victories in the championship.