In the early morning of March 13, Beijing time, in the 25th round of La Liga, Barça beat Bilbao 1-0 away, winning two consecutive league games and leading Real Madrid by 9 points. Rafinha scored, Raul Garcia hit the post with Berenegger, and VAR cancelled Inyaki Williams' goal before the end.
Match highlights
Rafinha scored seven goals, assisted five times and produced 12 goals in the league in 2023, ranking third among La Liga players this year, behind Benzema, who scored 14 goals, and Venicius, who scored 13 goals. After the World Cup, Rafinha scored 7 goals to draw Lewandowski, the first in the team in the same period.
Wonderful review
In the league away to Bilbao, Barça won 91, won 27, drew 21 and lost 43, and conceded 132 to 167. Araujo suspended, Garvey unbanned and Lewandowski returned.
In the second minute, Rafinha crossed from the right and Ferran Torres' volley from the back of the box deflected just wide of the near corner.
In nine minutes, Busquets shot high from distance.
In the 14th minute, Besgar deflected a barb from outside the box.
In the 17th minute, De Jong headed straight and Lewandowski single-handedly dived the ball too wide and barely poked it out by the goalkeeper.
On 32 minutes, Inyaki Williams' low shot from the right side of the penalty area deflected wide.
In the 34th minute, Berenguer crossed and Raul Garcia flicked his head over the crossbar.
In the 45th minute, Sergio Busquets headed straight and Rafinha volleyed from the right side of the penalty area, 1-0, VAR converted the goal effectively.
On 51 minutes, Balder broke through and Lewandowski's header deflected into the near corner.
In the 72nd minute, Inyaki Williams headed straight at Berenger's left flank and the ball hit Christensen's deflected shot into the post.
On 78 minutes, Munia's shot was shot after the inner cut and Ter Stegen flew in to save.
In the 87th minute, Guruseta crossed straight from the back, and Inyaki Williams bounced the goal with a single knife, but after a VAR review, it was determined that Munia's goal was invalid due to the touch of the ball during the tackle.
In the 92nd minute, Yuri and Guruseta's back-to-back shots were blocked.
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Line-up
Bilbao (4-2-3-1): Aguirezavala; De Marcos (84' Capa), Biveen, Inigo Martínez, Valenciaga (70' Yuri); Dani Garcia, Besgar (63' Salaga); Berengar (84' Guruseta), Raul Garcia (63' Muniain), Nico Williams; Inyaki Williams
Barcelona (4-3-3): ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto (84' Marcos Alonso), Conde, Christensen, Balder; Garvey (93' Alarcón), Busquets, De Jong; Rafinha (84' Ansu Fathi), Lewandowski, Ferran Torres (68' Casey)