Barcelona rose to second place behind Real Madrid after beating Atletico in its home (French)
Barcelona continued to devote its contract to its host, Atletico Madrid, and held on to its hopes of competing for the Spanish Football League title this season, after achieving a major victory over them 3-0, today, Sunday, in the top matches of the 29th round of the League.
At Civitas Metropolitano Stadium, Atletico's stronghold in the Spanish capital, Madrid, Barcelona took the lead with a goal scored by Portuguese Joao Felix in the 39th minute, contrary to the course of the match in which Atletico was the better.
With this goal, Felix continued to score against his original team (Atletico) for the second match in a row, after previously scoring Barcelona's only goal during its 1-0 victory over Atletico in the two teams' match in the first round of the tournament.
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Felix joined Barcelona on loan at the beginning of the current season, coming from Atletico Madrid.
In the second half, veteran Polish star Robert Lewandowski added the second goal for Barcelona in the 47th minute, before the same player created the third goal for the Catalan team, scored by Fermin Lopez with a header in the 65th minute.
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Atletico ended the match with ten players after its player, Nahuel Molina, was sent off in the third minute of stoppage time for the second half.
Barcelona continued its superiority over Atletico, after defeating it in the fifth match in a row. Since its 0-2 loss to the Spanish capital team in October 2021 on the same stadium, the team has only known the taste of victory over its rival.
Barcelona (the defending champion) raised its score to 64 points, advancing to second place, 8 points behind its traditional rival Real Madrid (the leader), with 9 rounds remaining until the end of the competition, noting that this is its 19th victory in the tournament this season and the fourth in its last five matches. .
On the other hand, Atletico's score, which suffered its eighth loss in the competition during the current season compared to 17 wins and 4 draws, stopped at 55 points, remaining in fifth place.
It is noteworthy that the two teams may meet again this season in the Champions League, if they qualify for the semi-finals in the continental competition, where Barcelona will play with French Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals, which will witness a confrontation between Atletico and German Borussia Dortmund.
Source: German News Agency