At 4 a.m. Beijing time on May 24, in the 36th round of the 2022-23 La Liga season, Barcelona, who won the championship early, challenged Valladolid away. In the opening 2nd minute, Christensen sent an own goal, then Eric Garcia fouled the spot, and Larin took a penalty to extend the score; Gonzalo Plata sealed the win in the second half, with Lewandowski pulling a goal back before the end to score his 23rd La Liga goal of the season. In the end, Barcelona suffered two consecutive defeats in a 3-1 defeat to Valladolid and sent their opponents out of the relegation zone.
Barca have already won the title ahead of schedule and the rest of the game is largely devoid of want, having lost 2-1 to Real Sociedad in the last round of the league. Valladolid is at the bottom of the table, tied with Getafe in the relegation zone. It is worth mentioning that the owner of Valladolid is Brazilian superstar Ronaldo, who played for Barca.
In the second minute, Valladolid's Marchis crossed from the left side of the pitch, and Andreas Christensen in the box jumped beautifully in front of the opponent's striker to put the ball into his own goal, and Barca trailed 1-0.
In the 9th minute, Barca youngster Pablo Torre fired a long-range shot from the box and the ball went to the stands. In the 13th minute, Rafinha cut inside the right side of the box and fired a low left-footed shot that the goalkeeper fell to the ground to save the ball off the line.
In the 22nd minute, Valladolid scored on the left side of the Barça penalty area and Eric Garcia recklessly kicked Gonzalo Plata, who had the ball, and the referee awarded Valladolid a penalty.
Larin took the penalty and pushed it right foot into the bottom left corner of the goal, but ter Stegen judged the right direction but failed to save it to give Valladolid a 2-0 lead over Barca.
In the 24th minute, Torre picked out a cross in front and Rafinha at the back of the box inserted a small angle pad shot that deflected off the upright. In the 30th minute, Barca was blocked in a cross from the left side of the box, Rafinha stopped the volley and the goalkeeper flew to save the ball.
In the 31st minute, Barca's right-hand corner kick drove to the middle of the box, Andreas Christensen's header was powerful and the goalkeeper struggled to save the ball. In the 32nd minute, Barca picked out a cross in front and Lewandowski had a chance to volley left-footed from inside the box, the ball was deflected slightly.
In the 42nd minute, Barca won a well-placed free-kick in front of the penalty area, Rafinha took a direct shot that went over the crossbar with his left foot volley past the wall. At the end of the first half, Barca temporarily trailed.
In the second half, Barca substitute goalkeeper Peña came on to replace Ter Stegen and make his La Liga debut. In the 52nd minute, Rafinha crossed from the right side of the pitch and Balder's forward volley deflected. In the 60th minute, Gonzalo Plata picked out a cross on the left side of the field, and his teammate who was outflanked in the middle missed the ball, and the ball hit the post and popped off the line.
In the 73rd minute, Valladolid went straight at the back, Lalin received the ball to form a single knife, he burst into the right side of the box and crossed, and the unguarded Gonzalo Plata pushed the goal into the near corner, Valladolid led Barca 3-0.
In the 78th minute, Valladolid took advantage of Barca's big pressure to play a counter-attack, Rosa dribbled the ball to form a single knife, he came to the right side of the box to face the goalkeeper to pick a shot, the ball bounced back into the field, was saved by goalkeeper Peña.
In the 84th minute, Barca counterattacked, De Jong sent a straight plug in midfield, Lewandowski understood, cut the ball forward to dangle past the attacking goalkeeper, and pushed the ball into the goal at a small angle on the left side of the box, Barca trailed 1-3 Valladolid, which was Lewandowski's 23rd goal in La Liga this season, six goals ahead of Benzema and top the scorers list.
In the end, the match ended with Barcelona losing 3-1 away to Valladolid.