LIGA-led 3-1, Barça overturns Celta Vigo (4-3) but loses Lewandowski

FC Barcelona went to get it. This Saturday afternoon, Barça, led 3-1, finally won against Celta Vigo (4-3), during the 32nd day of Liga. At the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, the Blaugrana began by trembling in front of Borja Iglesias, author of a hat -trick (15th, 52nd, 62nd). Finally, Ferran Torres (12th), Dani Olmo (64th) and Raphinha (68th, 90th+8) allowed theirs to sign a precious victory in the title race. Because, in the classification of the Spanish championship, the Catalans, leaders, temporarily take seven points ahead of Real Madrid. For its part, Celta remains seventh.

With the chain of deadlines, at the end of the season, Hansi Flick had decided to deprive himself, at the start, from Lamine Yamal, left on the replacement bench. In his place, the German technician trusted Ferran Torres, who did not wait long before launching his own, scoring his tenth goal of the season in the elite (12th, 1-0). Yamal, meanwhile, had to enter just before the time of play, in the company of Dani Olmo, as his team was in great suffering.

This coaching was finally paid. Led 3-1 at the 62nd, Barça knew, in just four minutes of play, to equalize. Olmo was the first to ring the revolt, of a cross strike of the left foot, taking advantage of a good service of Raphinha (64th, 2-3). Then, Raphinha, already dangerous earlier in this match (27th), was, from the head, to the conclusion of a perfect center of Lamine Yamal (68th, 3-3). The Blaugrana no longer managed to create the danger, until additional time. After a fault obtained by Olmo in the penalty area, Raphinha was not asked to register a double, transforming this penalty into strength (90th+8, 4-3). A seventh and last goal, in this match, which allowed the Barcelona to exult, after a meeting which seemed to have definitively escaped them just after the hour of play.

The fault of a particular man. In all the right shots (23rd, 41st, 59th), Borja Iglesias offered a tripled. Just after the opening of the opposing score, the center-forward was able to quickly put the two teams tied, taking advantage of a blunder of Wojciech Szczesny, too short on the center of Pablo Duran (15th, 1-1). Right after a framed shot of Fermin Lopez (52nd), Iglesias took advantage of a disagreement in the blaugrana defense to go and mark (52nd, 1-2), before completing his work, of a magnificent little dive ball, after having left the defense of Barça on the spot (62nd, 1-3). At his side, Ilaix Moriba and Iker Losada (43rd), on a double opportunity, did not succeed, meanwhile, to deceive the Polish goalkeeper, who therefore had his role to play in this reversing success.

Barça, more than worrying, at times, technically or defensively, therefore managed to avoid the disaster, but may well, despite everything, have lost, on injury, Robert Lewandowski, forced to give up his place at the end of the game (79th). The matches will continue to follow for the men of Hansi Flick, starting with the reception of Mallorca, in Liga, Tuesday (9:30 p.m.). In the meantime, the pressure is on Real Madrid, which welcomes, this Sunday evening (9:00 p.m.), Athletic Bilbao.