Madrid (AFP)
Without Lionel Messi injured, FC Barcelona won 2-0 in Getafe thanks to his goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, improbable decisive passer, winning his first away success in the Spanish Championship and settling on the podium before the Madrid Atlético-Real derby.
Barça re-learned to travel: while his last victory in the official match away from Camp Nou was in April, the Catalan club won on a lob Luis Suarez (41), impeccably launched by a long opening of Ter Stegen, and on an opportunistic goal from the side Junior Firpo (49th).
Only downside, the French international defender Clement Lenglet was excluded late in the game for a second yellow card (81), which will deprive him of the shock against Sevilla, his former team, next weekend.
This welcome success, a week after a shipwreck in Granada (2-0), brings a bit of serenity to Barça: the Catalan club (2nd, 13 pts) returns temporarily to the height of Atletico Madrid (4th, 13 pts) and one point from Real Madrid (1st, 14 pts), his two big rivals of the capital, opposed in the evening to the Metropolitano stadium (21:00 / 19:00 GMT).
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