In the early morning of April 11, Beijing time, in a match in the 31st round of La Liga, Barcelona, worth 670 million, challenged relegation team Levante away. As a result, after 90 minutes of battle, Barca relied on a 92-minute goal to take 3 points 3-2 and return to the second place in the table after being tied at one point.
After entering 2022, Barca's state continues to heat up. Following last week's mid-week draw with Eintracht Frankfurt, Xavi's side are currently unbeaten in 14 matches on all fronts. The last time Barca lost was in the Copa del Rey in January. The next game, Barca became more and more courageous, including a 4-0 classic victory over Real Madrid.
Prior to this match, Barca were temporarily overtaken by Sevilla in the standings. Judging from the current La Liga standings, Barca's top 4 position is actually not stable, after all, whether it is Betis or Real Sociedad, there is actually not much behind the gap.
Facing Lavante, who is second-to-last in La Liga, Xavi sent an attacking combination of Dembele, Torres and Aubameyang. With the Europa League match against Eintracht Frankfurt still to be played in the middle of the week, Barcelona also want to score early and set the stage for the victory of this game as early as possible.
As a result, in the first half of the game, Barca did not break through the opponent's door with the initiative in hand. Just before half-time, Torres' header was saved by the opposing goalkeeper. At half-time, the two sides ended 0-0 back in the dressing room.
When the second half came back, Barca suffered a blow. In the 50th minute, Alves sent a penalty in the penalty area, Morales hit the penalty spot, and home team Levante took the lead to break the deadlock on the field. Four minutes later, Levante was given his second chance to take the penalty, but this time Ter Stegen saved the penalty and blocked the opponent's desire to extend the score.
In the 59th minute, two players who had recently been in hot form joined forces to help Barca equalize. Dembele's cross from the right was met by Aubameyang's header from the penalty area and the two sides returned to the same 1-1 running line. And four minutes later, with the cooperation of 2 Barca youngsters, Garvey assisted Pedri's goal, and Xavi's team achieved a counter-attack.
Just when the fans thought that the game was the script for Barca's reversal, the last 10 minutes of the game were even more climactic. The first is the 82nd minute, Lenglet also sent a penalty, barca 3 defenders sent a point, the club's first embarrassing record in La Liga history was born, Melero did not miss the opportunity, pulled the double back to the same running line.
In the final moments of the game, Xavi made a desperate bet and replaced Traoré and Luc De Jong, and the result was miraculous. In the 92nd minute, it was Luc De Jong, who came off the bench, and Barca won a 3-2 match and returned to the second place in the table with three points.
With seven consecutive league wins, Xavi has reinvested Barca into their souls. Although Barca are currently 12 points behind Real Madrid, it is basically useless to try to overtake. But such a Barca team is very worthy of the expectations of fans next season.