Barcelona Unleash Revenge Mode: Blaugrana Claim Fifth Consecutive Victory with Thrilling Win Over Girona

Barcelona secured their fifth straight win in the Spanish Football League in their best start since the 2017-2018 season, beating their neighbors, hosts Girona 4-1 on Sunday as part of the fifth-tier competition.

The Barcelona quartet, of Moroccan origin, Lamine Jamel (30 and 37), Dani Olmo, the new arrival from German Leipzig (47), and Pedri (64), scored in turn. Uruguayan substitute Cristian Stuani scored Girona’s only goal (80).

Under the supervision of its new German coach Hansi Flick, the Catalan club has achieved an ideal start, its best since the 2017-2018 season, when it won its first seven matches, thanks to a full crop of victories. Brazilian Rafinha scored his first career hat-trick as Real beat Valladolid 7-0.

Barcelona leads the league with a full mark of 15 points, 4 ahead of Real Madrid, the defending champions, who won 2-0 against Real Sociedad on Saturday, and third-placed Villarreal, who returned with three points against them. The hosts beat Real Mallorca 2-1.

Barcelona, ​​who avenged their defeat to their neighbors Girona by the same score (2-4), are also preparing in the best possible way for their first European qualification when they face French hosts Monaco. Champions League on Thursday.

Girona, who made a surprise last season by finishing third behind Real and Barcelona, ​​suffered their second defeat of the season as they drew 1-1 with Real Betis in the opener, before losing 0-3 to Atletico Madrid. After defeating Osasuna and Sevilla by two goals, the title is coming back again against Barcelona.

Girona are in seventh place with 7 points ahead of Wednesday’s match against hosts Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.

Lamine Jamal punished a mistake by defender David Lopes when he snatched the ball between his legs at the door of the penalty area and raced it past Argentina goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga with a left-footed shot (30), ahead of the 17th. The year-old added a second individual goal for himself and his team after 7 minutes, taking advantage of a double from the penalty area and firing a ball from outside the area to the right of the Girona goalkeeper.

Jamal scored 18 goals in the last 20 matches for his team and his country, with whom he was crowned European champions along with Olmo (5 goals and 13 assists).

German goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen saved his Barcelona team from Bryan Gill, who shot from six meters (44), while the referee awarded a penalty kick to Girona following a handball to defender Inigo Martinez and the assistant before overturning his decision on video replay. Referee “AR” (45+2).

Barcelona started the second half as it ended the first, with newcomer Olmo (26 years old) increasing his team’s tally to three goals after a deep pass from French Jules Conde on the left side, followed by a through shot from a difficult angle (47) ).

It was Olmo’s third league goal in his new team’s shirt after Cesc Fabregas (current Italian coach of Como) in 2011.

Veteran Polish scorer Robert Lewandowski missed the fourth in his 100th game with Barcelona after his shot was blocked by goalkeeper Gazzaniga (56), unlike Pedri, who found himself facing the goalkeeper from a deep ball from Marc Casado, so he passed him and took the shot. . on empty target (64)

Flick made two substitutions, replacing Pedri and Lewandowski for Pau Victor and Ferran Torres (69), who was red-carded for a foul on Colombian substitute Yasser Asprilla (86).

Girona scored the honors through substitute Stuani, after great work by another substitute, Christian Porto, who passed goalkeeper Ter Stegen outside his goal and passed the ball to the Uruguayan who sent it into the net (80).

Celta Vigo returned to winning ways with a 3-1 win over visitors Valladolid.

Goals from Hugo Alvarez (22) and Borja Iglesias (35) gave the hosts the lead, before Real Valladolid reduced the gap through substitute Raul Moro (50).

Greek substitute Anastasios Dovicas dealt the visitors the final blow, adding a third (90+1) 10 minutes after Valladolid midfielder Mario Martin was sent off.

Celta Vigo picked up their first win after back-to-back defeats to Villarreal 3-4 and Osasuna 2-3 in the last two legs and moved up to fourth place, third this season, with 9 points.

Later Las Palmas will play against Athletic Bilbao, while Atletico Madrid will play against Valencia.

The stage ends on Monday, with Rayo Vallecano meeting Osasuna.