Barcelona was spared the disaster, not the gela, in the match with Granada

She found in front of her a highly competitive one Granada and… wandered into “Montjuic” n Barcelona.

Xavi’s side took the lead in the first half but saw the visitors turn the game around to go 1-2 and 2-3 up, before Yamal came on to rescue a point for the Blaugrana in the 81st minute. scoring his second personal goal of the night for the final 3-3.

The match began with Barcelona entering the field having the initiative of the moves, opening the scoring in the 14th minute, when Cancello found him with a wonderful cross Yamalwho made the move at the far post and sent the ball into the net from close range, making it 0-1.

However Granada reacted immediately, with Melendos missing a great chance to equalize in the 20th minute, before Lewandowski got a “breather” from 2-0 in the 41st minute, when he found himself alone and with the whole home at his mercy after a pass Gintogan’s cross, only to see Hongla manage to clear the ball for a corner before it crossed the line. Finally, Granada equalized two minutes later (43′), with Sanchez to place well in the movement after Pelistri’s cross.

The pace of the game was frenetic in the second half as well, with Granada turning the tide in the 60th minute, after a quick counter-attack, wrong clearance of the ball by the defense and a goal Pelistriwith Barcelona responding immediately, drawing 2-2 with Lewandowskiwho capitalized on Gintogan’s superb back-heel assist.

However, in the 66th minute, Granada took the lead again, after Mawassa’s cross and his strong header Mikel. Barcelona then pressed, but it took an individual inspiration from him Yamal in the 81st minute to equalize! The 16-year-old prodigy stole the ball just outside the Granada box and sent the ball into the net with a superb long-range shot, making it 3-3! In the very next phase, Ouzouni almost “wrote” 3-4, with Ter Stegen making a great intervention, while Guieu failed to give Barcelona the win in the 90’+2′, sending the ball narrowly wide with a header from a very vantage point!

So it was 3-3 until the end, with Barcelona remaining -10 behind leaders Real Madrid and Granada remaining in penultimate place, 7 points away from salvation.

More in a while…



The program of the 24th matchday

Friday, 9/2

Cadiz-Betis 0-2

(6′ Willian, 46′ Fornals)

Saturday, 10/2

Alavés-Villarreal 1-1

(25′ Omorodion – 42′ Cuenca)

Real Sociedad-Osasuna 0-1

(49′ Budimir)

Real Madrid-Girona 4-0

(6′ Vinicius, 35′, 54′ Bellingham, 61′ Rodrigo)

Las Palmas-Valencia 2-0

(90′ Suarez, 90’+5′ Cardona)

Sunday, 11/2

Getafe-Thelta 3-2

(41′ Mayoral, 45+2′, 89′ Mata – 71′ Larsen, 85′ Allende)

Majorca-Rayo Vallecano 2-1

(48′ Sanchez, 90+1′ Muriki – 76′ Garcia)

Sevilla-Atletico Madrid 1-0

(15′ Romero)

Barcelona-Granada 3-3

(14′, 81′ Yamal, 63′ Lewandowski – 43′ Sanchez, 60′ Pellistri, 66′ Mikel)

Monday, 12/2

Almeria-Bilbao (22:00)

Next matchday (25th)

Friday, 16/2

Villarreal-Getafe

Saturday, 17/2

Atlético-Las Palmas

Osasuna-Cádiz

Celta-Barcelona

Valencia-Seville

Sunday, 18/2

Rayo Vallecano-Real Madrid

Granada-Almeria

Mallorca-Sociedad

Betis-Alavés

Monday, 19/2

Bilbao-Girona