Barcelona breathed a sigh of relief at Villarreal 4-1 at La Ceramica to relieve the pressure on its coach, Citin, after his disappointing two-stage draw against Celta Vigo and Atletico Madrid (2-2). Barca also appeared in its true style more effective against the goal simultaneously. With the acquisition.
Barcelona confirmed its superiority over Villarreal, who suffered his first defeat after five wins and a draw since the return from the forced stop, as he did not taste the defeat in front of the "Yellow Submarine" since March 2008 when he lost at home 1-2, while his last defeat in his opponent's stadium goes back to October 2007 with a score of 1-3.
Barcelona revealed its teeth early and opened the scoring after 3 minutes through friendly fire, as Pau Torres mistakenly diverted the ball into his team's net after a cross from Jordi Alba, under pressure from French striker Antoine Griezmann who played essential after starting the last two matches on the bench .
But, as happened in the last two games against Celta and Atletico, Barcelona allowed Villarreal to return to the meeting from a counterattack that started after a dangerous opportunity for the Catalan guest, and through it the ball reached the veteran Santi Cazorla, who penetrated in the left side, and he shot it from a narrow angle, to be blocked by the German goalkeeper Mark Andre Ter Stegen except Gerard Moreno was in the right place to follow her in the net (14), registering his 16th goal in "La Liga" this season.
Barcelona returned to progress again with a wonderful goal for Uruguayan Luis Suarez from a spiral shot launched from the outskirts of the upper left corner after a distinguished individual effort of Argentine star Lionel Messi (20), raising his score to 14 goals in the league this season.
The Catalan club was able to consolidate its progress more than once, especially through the Chilean Arturo Vidal and Suarez, but the result remained the same until the last minute of the first half when Griezmann added the third with a wonderful fallen shot after he exchanged the ball with Messi, who attended it to the French with a special back pass ( 45), thus achieving his best season in terms of assists (19).
Messi believed that he had also strengthened his scoring record for the season (22 so far) after a team game and a cross pass from Serge Roberto, but the goal was canceled due to offside after reviewing the assistant video rule (69), but the fourth Catalan goal was scored in the alternative through Anso Fati after his penetration On the left, before shooting the globe into the right corner (86).
In an important match to survive, Espanyol took an additional step towards the second division for the first time since 1993 by losing at home to Leganes 0-1, to remain in the bottom line directly behind its guest who achieved his first victory since the last stage (Ali Villarreal 2-1) before the season was suspended due to Corona virus in March.
In the struggle for continental participation, Getafe overcame two important points for the dream of participating in the Champions League by drawing 0-0 with its host Osasuna, four points behind Sevilla, who concludes the second stage at home against Getafe.
The two also play Levante and Real Sociedad.