Alba resolves the "Champions Card" for Barcelona and congratulates Real Madrid

Barcelona defender Jordi Alba led his team to secure a place in the Champions League next season by scoring a deadly goal against its host Real Betis, which gave him a 2-1 victory yesterday, in the 35th round of the Spanish Football League.

The goals of the match came in the second half, so Barcelona opened the scoring through Ansu Fati a minute after he entered the field instead of Ferran Torres (76).

In his second match since his return from a hamstring injury, Fati shed light on him within 76 seconds, with a side shot that deceived Portuguese goalkeeper Rui Silva, who replaced the injured Chilean veteran Claudio Bravo, 39, in the 17th minute, to score his first goal in the league since November 6 against Celta Vigo 3-3.

Betis responded after 3 minutes through former Blaugrana defender Marc Bartra, to snatch Alba with a shot "on the fly" after a pass from Brazilian Dani Alves, the three points for his team and the European seat (90 + 4).

Barcelona achieved its second victory in a row, raising its score in second place to 69 points behind the champion Real Madrid (81), who faces in the "derby" of the capital, its arch-neighbour, Atlético IV, on Sunday, 11 points ahead of Betis, who can no longer catch up with him, before three stages. from the end.

The balance of Betis, crowned with the cup title 15 days ago, froze at 58 points in fifth place, and kept hope in the race to qualify for the main continental competition, despite being 3 points behind Atlético and 6 points behind Seville, who is also a guest at Villarreal on Sunday.

Follow our latest local and sports news and the latest political and economic developments via Google news