The Catalan Derby Match

What a victory at the rival’s stadium!

As part of their local competition in the Spanish League, Barcelona had to face their region rival Espanyol at their home. So far, Espanyol had been a strong team in the competition. Barcelona had a tough test going away at their region rival’s home. But, Barcelona came out with the win at the end with a sensational performance once again by the team. Barcelona’s starters came back into the pitch like Suarez, Messi, and Rakitic who were rested by Valverde in the Spanish cup match in midweek. 

Barcelona dominated the game, but Espanyol had a couple of good chances towards the goal that they couldn’t capitalize. The breakthrough in the game was going to be made by Barcelona’s Captain, the one and only Lionel Messi. He scored a sensational free kick from outside the box in the 17^thminute of the game to give Barca the lead. The second goal was scored by Dembele assisted by Messi in the 26^thminute of the game with a sensational curving ball inside the box. 

Barcelona kept insisting creating a lot of chances through the Espanyol defense. In the 45^thminute of the game, Luis Suarez was going to find his goal with a great run inside the box to kick it in through the goalie’s legs to make it 3-0 before halftime. In the second half, Barcelona kept dominating and creating more chances making Espanyol disappear in the game. In the 65^thminute, Messi scored his second goal in the game and his second free kick with another sensational kick from Messi. With this Barcelona kept the clean sheet and made a strong dominance at their regional rival’s stadium. 

Barcelona is the leader of the Spanish League Competition with 31 points in the table. 

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