After Real Madrid won 4-2 against Osasuna, Barcelona felt Under pressure during Atletico’s away trip to the Metropolitano Stadium, the home team somewhat lost physical strength after spending 120 tense minutes against Inter Milan in the Champions League.
However, in the Champions League. In a difficult context, Barcelona still showed the bravery of a big team. Star Robert Lewandowski left his mark in all three goals of Barcelona against Atletico.
Even though they had to be guests, Barcelona pressed the field right after the opening whistle. In the 38th minute, Lewandowski crossed from the left for Joao Felix to tap the ball into the far corner to open the score 1-0 for Barcelona.
At the end of the first half, coach Xavi Hernandez suddenly received a red card for a reaction error. However, Barcelona still dominated the second half and in the 47th minute Raphina passed the ball for Lewandowski to sink a cross-angle shot to double the gap to 2-0.
Barcelona’s victory was completed in the 55th minute when Lewandowski crossed The ball seemed to be placed from the right for Fermin Lopez to head in to seal a 3-0 victory. Despite Atletico’s efforts in the last 30 minutes of the match, they could not find an honorable goal.
Lewandowski received 9 out of 38 points from Whoscored statistics for his excellent performance against Atletico. The Polish star is regaining his best form before Barcelona faces Paris Saint Germain in the quarterfinals Champions League in April.
After 29 rounds in La Liga Barcelona won 64 points less than Real Madrid and 2 points more than Girona. Atletico dropped to 5th place with 55 points behind Athletic Bilbao.
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