It was the triumph that the culé sought so much. Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad 2-0 at home at the Camp Nou and placed second in the LaLiga of Spain, after the 35th date.
At home, Yamal scored Barcelona’s 1-0 victory against Real Sociedad. Getty Images
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Barcelona, which had lost second place at the hands of Gironaachieved a valuable victory at home to regain that position, in a domestic championship already won by its archrival, Real Madrid, with 90 points.
The culé team now has 76 units and Girona has 75. Meanwhile, Real Sociedad, sixth in the table, is having a great campaign and has 54 units.
The scoring was opened in the 40th minute by the young promise that became a reality Lamine Yamal, just 16 years old, after a great play. The Polish Robert Lewandowski launched the career of the German Ilkay Gündogan and he gave it to the kid to complete the counterattack with a left-footed shot.
Meanwhile, the player Sheraldo Becker, from Suriname, had two chances that he did not know how to finish, one at the beginning and the other at the end of the first half. Even so, Barcelona deserved to be ahead in the initial stage.
In the complement he continued to be more the host, but the visit also had some risky occasions. At 65, Raphinha hit a great left foot shot and the response from Álex Remiro, Real Sociedad’s goalkeeper, was very good, as he deflected the ball into the corner. And two minutes later Brais Méndez forgave the team led by Xavi Hernández, after a loss by Gündogan, but the attacker threw it out.
Two minutes into extra time, Raphinha scored the final 2-0 through a penaltywhich the referee had to check in the VAR to be able to validate it after Álvaro Odriozola’s handball.
The Barcelona coach had almost all the starters, with the exception of Frenkie de Jong (sprain), Gavi (cruciate ligaments) and Alejandro Balde (fibrillar tear). Thus, the man so identified with the Barça colors celebrated this victory like any other fan, for the extra value of having climbed to second place in LaLiga.
Barcelona had just lost 4-2 against Girona, while Real Sociedad beat Las Palmas 2-0. The culé team fell in three of the last four games and in those four, including the 4-1 losses against PSG in the UEFA Champions League and 3-2 against Real Madrid in the Spanish tournament, they scored 13 goals.
As happened last time, at the beginning of November 2023, it was a 1-0 victory for Barcelona. That time the Uruguayan Ronald Araújo converted. On this occasion, Yamal did his thing to contribute a key goal.