Robert Lewandowski shone by scoring a hat-trick, and Lamine Yamal added a goal, in the minutes (10, 37, 45+4, 73).
While Sergio Carreira and Borja Iglesias scored Celta Vigo’s goals in the 11th and 43rd minutes.
With this victory, Barcelona raised its score to 28 points, 3 points behind leaders Real Madrid, while Celta Vigo’s score remained at 13 points in thirteenth place.
The two teams were formed as follows:
Celta Vigo: “Rado – Fernandez – Starfelt – Alonso – Mingueza – Sotelo – Moriba – Carreira – Goutgla – Iglesias – Duran”
Barcelona: “تشيزني – Baldi – Cubarsi – Araujo – Garcia – Casado – De Jong – Fermin – Rashford – Yamal – Lewandowski”
Barcelona imposed early pressure on the home side. In the 3rd minute, “Marcus Rashford” showed great skill by dribbling past “Mingueza” on the left side, forcing him to commit a foul near the penalty area.
From the free kick in the 4th minute, “Lewandowski” tried to shoot directly after the ball rebounded off the wall, but his attempt was unsuccessful.
Celta responded quickly in the 5th minute, as “Duran” was one-on-one and dribbled past the goalkeeper “تشيزني”, but “Baldi” saved the situation from the goal line before the referee raised the flag announcing offside.
Barcelona tried to control the flow of the game. In the 7th minute, “Manu Fernandez” excelled in closing the space in front of “Olmo” after a through pass from “De Jong”.
In the 8th minute, the referee stopped play to review a possible handball on “Marcos Alonso”. After reviewing the video technology, a penalty kick was awarded to Barcelona in the 9th minute, which was successfully executed by “Lewandowski” in the 10th minute, giving his team the lead in his return to the starting lineup.
Celta did not give up, and in the 11th minute “Rado” saved a dangerous one-on-one from “Rashford”, before Barcelona was directly punished in the 12th minute, as their defense failed to deal with the counter-attack, so “Carreira” scored the equalizing goal, taking advantage of the spaces behind the defense.
“Goutgla” almost added the second goal in the 13th minute with a powerful shot from outside the area, but it went over the crossbar, then “Borja Iglesias” missed another chance in the 15th minute after finding himself in an offside position.
In the 16th minute, “Iglesias” tried again from midfield with a daring shot, but “تشيزني” returned quickly and prevented a wonderful goal.
After that, the two teams exchanged control without real chances, until the 24th minute, which witnessed the most dangerous moments of the half, as “Rashford” was one-on-one and shot at the post, then “Lewandowski” followed up the ball twice, but the goalkeeper “Rado” shone remarkably and kept his team in the match.
Barcelona continued its pressure, and in the 32nd minute “Fermin” missed a valuable opportunity with a volley that went over the crossbar.
Then came the 37th minute to bring joy back to the Barcelona fans, as “Rashford” passed a precise ball to “Lewandowski”, who put it into the net with a wonderful technical touch, scoring his second goal.
“Borja Iglesias” returned to score the equalizing goal for the home side in the 43rd minute, with a powerful shot that settled in “تشيزني’s” net.
Before the end of the first half, and in the 45+4 minute, “Lamine Yamal” succeeded in scoring the third goal after a good follow-up to a shot that rebounded from the goalkeeper “Rado”, taking advantage of a clearance error from “Morpia”, ending the first half with Barcelona leading (3-1).
Attempts and cohesion
At the beginning of the second half, Celta tried to come back with scattered shots from “Duran” and “Goutgla”, but the Catalan defense remained cohesive.
In the 53rd minute, “Eric Garcia” sparked controversy after the referee charged him with a foul against “Duran” despite his strong objection.
Attempts continued without real danger until the 67th minute, when “Lewandowski” almost scored his third goal, but the ball hit the defense and went out for a corner kick.
In the 73rd minute, the most beautiful moment of the match came, as “Rashford” executed a precise corner kick, for “Lewandowski” to rise and turn it with a wonderful header into the net, scoring an amazing “hat-trick” in an ideal evening for the Polish star.
The final minutes witnessed protests from “Aspas” in the 76th minute about a tackle on his teammate “Javi Rodriguez”, but the referee did not count anything.
Barcelona players completely dominated the match in the last quarter of an hour, however, the result did not change until the final whistle, and Barcelona achieved a deserved victory over Celta Vigo with a score of 4-2.
The only negative point for Barcelona was the Dutchman “Frenkie de Jong” receiving the second yellow card and being sent off after his strong intervention on “Iago Aspas”, so he will miss the next round match against Athletic Bilbao.
