Barcelona struggled but left “San Mames” unscathed

He became very anxious at the seat of the soul Athletic Bilbaobut the Barcelona finally managed to get the important victory with 1-0 thanks to a goal from Rafinha, maintaining the big difference in favor (+9) of the second-placed Real Madrid and thus continuing to have the first say in the title battle!

Xavi’s side were superior in the first half and took the lead late on, but saw Ernesto Valverde’s side look much improved in the second half as they pressed hard for an equalizer and missed big chances.

The Catalans started the game strongly, constantly having possession of the ball and trying to create the conditions to take the lead. However, Raul Garcia headed the bar for the home side in the 34th minute, before Refineries scores for the second game in a row, at 45’+2′, putting the visitors in the driver’s seat.

In the second half, Athletic improved its performance and in the last minutes came “one breath” away from equalizing, with Inyaki to send the ball into the net but have his goal disallowed via VAR for a handball by Muniain. In the 90’+4′, Ter Stegen denied the goal to Yuri, while in the continuation of the phase, Gurutheta’s shot was stopped by a defender’s body.

Villarreal and Betis they did not manage to take advantage of Sociedad’s “gela” at the seat of Majorca in order to reduce their score difference from the top four, staying in a draw 1-1. It was the Andalusians who took the lead in the 38th minute through Iglesias, before Pino equalized for the ‘yellow submarine’ in the 55th minute. Thus, Betis stayed in 5th place and 42 points, while Villarreal follows with 38 points.

She took a deep grading breath Sevillewhich despite finding itself losing from the very second minute of the home match against Almeriamanaged to pull off the upset, beating me 2-1 and escaping the danger zone. Akieme put the visitors ahead in the 2nd minute, with Okambos equalizing with a penalty in the 45th + 2nd minute and Lamela giving his team the win with a goal in the 73rd minute.

The schedule of the (25th) matchday:



Friday 10/3

Cadiz-Getafe 2-2

(39′ Sobrino, 82′ Alkarath – 61′, 90’+16′ pen. Unal)

Saturday 11/3

Real Madrid – Espanyol 3-1

(22′ Vinicius, 39′ Militao, 90’+3′ Asensio-8′ Joselu)

Elche-Valladolid 1-1

(90’+6′ Morende- 4′ Larin)

Telta-Rayo Vallecano 3-0

(51′, 86′ Aspas, 54′ Sis aut.)

Valencia-Osasuna 1-0

(74′ Kluifert)

Sunday 12/3

Mallorca-Real Sociedad 1-1

(50′ Kang In – 3′ Fernandez)

Seville-Almeria 2-1

(45’+2′ pen. Okambos, 73′ Lamela – 2′ Akieme)

Villarreal-Betis 1-1

(55′ Pino – 38′ Iglesias)

Athletic Bilbao-Barcelona 0-1

(45’+2′ Rafinia)

Monday 13/3

Girona-Atletico Madrid 22:00

The schedule for the next (26th) matchday:



Friday 17/3

Real Valladolid-Athletic Bilbao 22:00

Saturday 18/3

Almería-Cádiz 15:00

Rayo Vallecano-Girona 17:15

Espanyol-Delta 19:30

Atletico Madrid-Valencia 22:00

Sunday 19/3

Betis-Mallorca 15:00

Osasuna-Vigireal 17:15

Real Sociedad-Elche 17:15

Getafe-Seville 19:30

Barcelona-Real Madrid 22:00