3-2! Barcelona passed the test in a thrilling way, the sinkhole defense gave a big gift, and the captain kicked his head and feet to complete the stunner

In the 18th round of the 2023-24 La Liga season, Barcelona narrowly defeated the bottom team Almeria 3-2 at home. Barcelona won their first game in the last four games and overtook Atletico Madrid to move up to third place in the league.

Barcelona have been in poor form of late, having failed to win their last three games after drawing 1-1 away to Valencia in the last round and are only fourth in the table, and this round Barcelona will be at home to bottom-placed Almeria, which is a good opportunity for the red and blue to get back on track with three points. Barcelona attacked their opponents at home after the opening, but failed to take advantage of many good opportunities.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Barcelona took a corner kick, Araujo's header in the penalty area was blocked by the goalkeeper, and Raphinha, who was guarding in front of the goal, scored a supplementary shot, 1-0! Barcelona knocked on the opponent's iron bucket.

But in the 42nd minute, Almeria played a beautiful counterattack, Baptistang broke into the penalty area with a single knife and scored calmly, the linesman first raised the flag to signal offside, but after VAR review, it was determined that Araujo was dragged behind, Baptistang was not offside, the goal was valid, and the score became 1-1!

With Xavi replaced Ferran Torres and Jules Kounde, Barcelona continued to strengthen their attack. In the 60th minute, Raphinha crossed from a corner, and Roberto grabbed a header in the penalty area to score the goal, 2-1! In the 67th minute, Barcelona replaced Romeu to strengthen the midfield defense, but in the 71st minute, Almeria crossed from the right, the goalkeeper failed to complete the clearance, and Edgar made up for the empty goal, 2-2!

In the 83rd minute, Lewandowski picked up a pass behind him, inserted Roberto's thigh and unloaded the ball from close range, 3-2! Roberto scored twice! In the 87th minute, Almeria set piece, in front of the goal, he shook his head vigorously, Peña reacted to the rescue! In the end, Barcelona defeated Almeria 3-2 to get three points.

Barcelona starting line-up: 13-Peña/2-Cancelo, 4-Araujo, 15-Christensen, 3-Balde/32-López, 22-Gundogan, 20-Roberto/14-Felix, 9-Lewandowski, 11-Raphinha