At 01:30 Beijing time on December 19, the 18th round of La Liga, Barcelona hosted relegation favourite Elche. In the first half, Utegra and Garvey made contributions, and in the second half, Moriente and Pere Milia made two consecutive shots, and Nico Gonzalez was killed. In the end, Barca narrowly defeated Elche 3-2, ending a four-game winless run in all competitions.
In the 16th minute, Dembele opened a corner kick on the left and Yutgra nodded his head and hammered the goal! Barca lead 1-0!
In the Midweek "Maradona Cup", Utegra started for the full 90 minutes and helped Barca open the scoring. In just 16 minutes, the 22-year-old star scored the first goal of a barcelona first-team official match. He is also the third fastest player in Barca history to score his debut goal in La Liga since the 21st century. Under the terms of the contract, Utegra is promoted to the first team and the liquidated damages will automatically be increased to 100 million euros.
In the 19th minute, Lenglet scored and Garvey ran and shot into the net! Barca lead 2-0!
At the age of 17 years and 135 days, Garvey also scored his debut goal in La Liga, and he also became the third youngest La Liga goal scorer in Barca's history, surpassing Messi. This season, a total of 7 U20 players in La Liga have scored, four of them from Barcelona. After Luc De Jong was in poor form and Aguero regrettably retired, the youngster held up Barca's offensive banner. Harvey also smiled proudly on the sidelines.
Yi Bian fought again, and Elche changed 4 people in a row to have a miraculous effect. In the 62nd minute, Lucas Moyer's wide cross-pass was shifted, and substitute Morent shook Cheerfullet through a rhythm change and exploded! 1-2, Elche pulls back a city!
Just 94 seconds later, Barca conceded the ball again. Morient's cross from the right was met and Pere Miria, who had just played, leaned over and into the net! 2-2, the two teams return to the same running line!
This season, Barca seem to be under the spell of not playing a "tailwind game". In the 13th round, they were tied 3-3 by Celta with a 3-0 lead. After Harvey took office, he deliberately pointed out in his first training speech that "the team cannot make such mistakes again." However, the team did not improve. In the last 3 games, Barca have suddenly collapsed in the face of the opening lead.
Even more embarrassing is that the last time Elche scored the Barca goal was 43 years ago.
In the 85th minute, Dembele's direct pass, Garvey inserted an inverted triangle back knock, and Nico Gonzalez made a slight adjustment to the shovel! 3-2, Barca are leading again!
In the end, Barca beat Elche 3-2 to win their first victory in December, and they also overtook Valencia to return to 7th place in the table, three points away from the Champions League zone.