At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on March 14, the 28th round of La Liga ushered in a focus battle: Barcelona hosted Osasuna at home.
In the first match of this round, Atletico beat Cadiz 2:1 at home, 28 games accumulated 51 points, rising to the third place in la Liga table, Real Betis beat Athletic Bilbao 1:0 at home, 28 games accumulated 49 points to rise to fourth, at the end of the last round with 26 games and 48 points to rise to the third place in la Liga table Barca, and then squeezed to fifth by these two.
To return to the top four, Barca must defeat Osasuna.
In the game, Barca started 433, Aubameyang played as a center, on both sides Felan Torres, Dembele, midfielders Garvey, Busquets, Pedri, four defenders Alba, Eric Garcia, Pique, Alves, goalkeeper Ter Stegen. The starting eleven are worth a total of 300 million euros.
Osasuna started 4411, with Kirk bursting forward on the offensive end and Harvey Martinez trailing behind. The total value of the starting eleven is 47.05 million euros.
In the opening 3 minutes, Felan Torres fell to the ground after taking the ball inside the penalty area and making contact with Nacho Vidal, and the referee did not show any indication.
In the 13th minute, Garvey was knocked down by Nacho Vidal in the penalty area, and the referee had a sign - penalty! Ferran Torres hit the penalty and Barca led Osasuna 1-0.
In the 21st minute, Dembele went straight in and Felan Torres took the ball inside the box and easily pushed it into the net, and Barca extended the score to 2-0.
In the 27th minute, Dembele's cross was met by Aubameyang's goal. Barca 3:0 Osasuna.
In the 41st minute, Felan Torres fired a long-range shot from the edge of the box that went high over the crossbar.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Pique made a mistake with the ball, but fortunately, Xavi Martinez's shot after breaking the ball was also out of the line.
In the 51st minute, Dembele's cross from the right was met by Aubameyang who snatched up the ball and deflected off the upright.
In the 55th minute, Pedri went straight in, Pique plugged in and scored, but the ball was offside and the shot was meaningless.
A few minutes later, Harvey replaced Pique with Lenglet.
In the 76th minute, Dembele crossed the ball to the right into the penalty area, And Phuket's shot was saved, and then a supplementary shot was fired to hit the ball. Barca locked in the score at 4-0.
Winning this game, Barca scored 51 points in 27 games and returned to the third place in the La Liga table, trailing the second Sevilla by 5 points in the first round of the game and dominating the goal difference with the fourth-placed Atletico Madrid.
In the last 6 games, Barca have scored 4 goals in 4 games, and the offensive firepower has improved significantly compared to the first half of the season. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who scored in 2009, became the first person to score five goals in Barca's first six La Liga games since Ibrahimovic in 2009.
Dembele, who has assisted twice, has contributed five assists in his last four La Liga games, the most assisted player since 2022, while Dembele has only had five assists in 45 league games.