At 4 a.m. Beijing time on April 27, the 31st round of the 2022-23 La Liga season, leader Barcelona played away against Rayo Vallecano. In the first half, Álvaro García broke the deadlock and Lewandowski's goal was disallowed for offside; In the second half, Fran Garcia scored solo and Lewandowski pulled a goal back before the end. In the end, Barcelona lost 2-1 away to Rayo Vallecano and still led the table with 11 points.
Barça are at the top of La Liga with a huge points advantage, having beaten Atletico Madrid 1-0 in the previous round of strong talk. Real Madrid, who played the day before, lost 4-2 to Girona, slowing down their pursuit of Barca. Rayo Vallecano is ninth in the middle of the table.
In the 5th minute, the home team threw an out-of-bounds ball into the box on the right side of the field, and Parazon volleyed with his left foot from the right side, and the ball was too high to be picked up by Ter Stegen. In the 17th minute, Rayo Vallecano had a chance when Sergio Carmelho fired a low right-footed shot in front of the box that ter Stegen fell to the ground to block the ball.
In the 19th minute, Rayo Vallecano countered with a steal in midfield, Sergio Camelio advanced to the left with the ball to the top of the arc, Alvaro Garcia stopped the ball with a powerful left-footed low shot, and the ball flew into the far corner, Vallecano led Barca 1-0.
In the 23rd minute, Barca counter-attacked, Rafinha drove the ball into front and sent a straight ball, and Lewandowski received the ball into the box and his low left-footed shot was saved by the goalkeeper. In the 32nd minute, Balder was given a yellow card for a kick in the back while defending.
In the 41st minute, Garvey drove the ball straight and Lewandowski in the box stopped the ball with a low left-footed shot into the goal. However, VAR showed that Lewandowski was slightly offside before receiving the ball and the goal was ruled invalid.
In the 45+2nd minute, Conde fired a cross from the right side of the pitch to the goal, and the Vallecano goalkeeper saved the ball. At the end of the first half, Barca temporarily trailed.
In the 53rd minute, Rayo Vallecano threw a ball out of bounds in midfield, De Jong tackled, and was countered by Fran Garcia, who was given a solo chance, he took the ball to the left side of the box and pushed into the far corner to score to give Vallecano a 2-0 lead over Barca.
In the 61st minute, Fathi advanced from midfielder to the top of the arc and Garvey followed the momentum with a low right-footed shot that the Vallecano goalkeeper saved. In the 66th minute, Rayo Vallecano hit a counter-attack and drove to the right of the pitch and Unai López volleyed from the right corner of the box and the ball deflected off the far post.
In the 71st minute, Lewandowski received a straight plug in the box and turned to volley high, and he was also offside. In the 83rd minute, Kessie received a cross from the right in front of the box, took two steps and volleyed with his left foot, the ball was blocked by the defender, and Lewandowski quickly stepped forward with a left-footed volley to score, Barca trailed Rayo Vallecano 2-1.
In the end, the match was over, with Barcelona losing 2-1 to Rayo Vallecano.