In the early morning of February 14, Beijing time, the 24th round of La Liga continued, and in a Catalan derby in this round, Espanyol met Barcelona at home. In the end, after 90 minutes of fierce fighting, Barcelona scored a final goal, and the two sides were drawn 2-2.
In this game, Wu Lei failed to get a chance to start, and espanyol lined up in a 4-1-4-1 formation. The goalkeeper is No. 13 Diego López, the backfield four are Alex Vidal, Gomez, Cabrera and Pedrosa, the midfielders are Barre, Puado, Herrera, Dadel and Velena, with De Thomas at the top.
Just two minutes into the first half, Barcelona took the lead when Pedri scored from the back of the net to make it 1-0. In the 15th minute, Traoré cut inside from the right and the ball deflected off goal. In the 34th minute Barre suspected a handball in the penalty area, but the referee did not blow the penalty. In the 38th minute, Traore fired a powerful shot inside the penalty area and Lopez struggled to save the ball. In the 39th minute, Dadel's powerful shot from the top of the arc broke the goal and Espanyol tied the score 1-1.
Barcelona Garvey scored a goal in the 55th minute, but the goal was blown out of the blue due to De Jong's offside. In the 64th minute, Espanyol countered the score when De Thomas calmly pushed the goal and the score became 2-1. In injury time, Pique and Melamed erupted in conflict, and both accumulated two yellows and were sent off. In the final moments of injury time, Luc De Jong scored a header that was a tie and the two sides were drawn 2-2.
In the end, after 90 minutes of fierce fighting, Barcelona drew 2-2 away to Espanyol. After this round, Espanyol suffered a five-round winless league match, while Barca went unbeaten in eight league rounds. Barca overtook Atletico to return to the top four in the table, while Espanyol were 13th.