Barcelona Lamine Yamal players (der.) And Ferrán Torres withdraw from the court after the 1-1 draw against Rayo Vallecano. EFE/Fernando Villar
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Barcelona, with the outstanding performance of its goalkeeper Joan García, who saved his team with his stops, added a point in Vallecas (1-1) against Rayo, who knew how to recover aware of Lamine Yamal to match in the second part through Fran Pérez.
The Barça team, aware of the high pressure of his rival, jumped to the grass with a march more than the lightning, which was about to fit the first goal at six minutes with a Raphinha shot that came out slightly diverted.
The Madrid team soon returned the clear occasion. It was only six minutes later when the Romanian Andrei Ratiu, with a shot to Bocajarro, tested Joan García, who successfully resolved the occasion.
Ferrán Torres came out as Hansi Flick's commitment to his attack despite the availability of Robert Lewandowski and tried to look for his spaces between the back of the lightning, which watched him to the centimeter so as not to let him act, as in the pass that Raphinha gave him and that failed to finish inside the area when he went to the ground with everything in favor.
The thrust of Barcelona had its reward at 39 minutes, when Lamine Yamal opened the penalty score after being demolished within the area by Pep Chavarría in an action that the VAR could not review when it did not work properly during the first half.
The goal left the ray and those minutes of stunned could cost him expensive, since in the added time of the first half Dani Olmo sent a ball that was free in the small area, with the arch at his disposal.
The break came well to the Madrid team, who refreshed ideas and, as soon as he started the second part, he warned of his daring with a very clear occasion of Isi Palazón that Joan García broke up with a providential hand.
Barcelona, better in the tactical game, made the ball suffer with the ball on the feet of Pedri, Lamine Yamal and Raphinha, but the Madrid team also knew how to harm the culé set.
He realized his fragility to a stopped ball and, at 66 minutes, Isi Palazón put a corner to the second stick that Fran Pérez, totally alone, finished off volley to goal.
The ray reacted and tied to Barcelona
Contrary to what happened in the first part, the goal gave wings to the ray and sowed of doubts to Barcelona, who did not find in Marcus Rashford and Lewandowski the fresh air he needed. The two were not very participatory, partly because of the good work of the Rayist plants.
The one who became a giant to save his team was Joan García, who chained two stops of much merit of Fran Pérez and Jorge de Frutos in paths to the counter. They were the minutes of greatest suffering in Barcelona, which ended the resigned match and without finding a way to unravel the defensive network of the ray designed by Iñigo Pérez.
With those results and after three days, Real Madrid and Athletic de Bilbao lead the table with nine points, while Villarreal, Barcelona and Espanyol escort us with seven units each.
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