Barcelona have the chance of replacing rivals Real Madrid at the top of the La Liga table today. Xavi's side are just two points behind Real Madrid, ...
They're just keeping Mallorca inside their own half and waiting for any kind of opening. Dembele chases a ball deep into the Mallorca half. Twenty minutes to go and Barcelona still look good value for their lead. Sergi Roberto saw a low shot saved at one end, before Mallorca almost restored parity at the other seconds later. Franck Kessie fired wide before a well-worked passing routine from Barcelona was cleared inside the Mallorca six-yard box. In a game where Barcelona enjoyed large periods of possession, it was the home side that registered the better chances early on.
Marc-Andre ter Stegen kept a fifth consecutive clean sheet in the top-flight and, along with Lewandowski's brilliantly taken strike in the 20th minute ...
Pedri’s introduction from the bench brought some calm back to Barcelona’s game in the final 20 minutes and helped it keep the stubborn hosts at arm’s length in the final stages. The Poland forward, the division’s top goalscorer, netted his ninth league goal with a perfectly-placed, curling finish into the bottom-right corner, through a gap that only he could see. Xavi deployed young left-back Alejandro Balde out of position on the right side of his defence because of injuries to Ronald Araujo, Jules Kounde and Hector Bellerin, and brought Ansu Fati into the starting line-up.
Robert Lewandowski scored the only goal of the game as Barcelona edged to victory in Mallorca.
Just as Bayern Munich would not have gone four games without a win recently, Barcelona would never have come away from the south coast with three points without his ability to strike unerringly and unstoppably from the edge of the box. If not they will suffer a similar defeat to the one at Bayern Munich and be facing being knocked out in the Champions League group stages. Improvement required - With two games against Inter Milan in the next 11 days followed by the Clasico, Barcelona will need to show a lot more to get three points out of any of those games.
MADRID, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Robert Lewandowski's goal after 20 minutes was enough to give FC Barcelona a 1-0 win away to Mallorca that lifted them to the top ...
Getafe had the chance to level from the penalty spot, but Enes Unal saw his spot kick saved by Valladolid keeper Jordi Masip. Inaki then returned the favor for Nico to add the third in the second half and Mikel Vesga rounded off the win from the penalty spot. Marcos Llorente scored in the 29th minute after finding space at the edge of the area, and Alvaro Morata ended a good week when he netted the second with just over half an hour to play.
Robert Lewandowski scored again to lead Barcelona's 1-0 win at Mallorca as the Poland newcomer continues destroying defenses in the Spanish La Liga 2022-23.
Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski, right, fights for the ball with Mallorca's Antonio Raillo, left, and Mallorca's Martin Valjent during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Mallorca and Barcelona at the Son Moix stadium in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Barcelona's Ferran Torres, right, fights for the ball with Mallorca's Martin Valjent during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Mallorca and Barcelona at the Son Moix stadium in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. That took Lewandowski to a league-leading nine goals and 12 overall counting the Champions League.
Barcelona secured a narrow victory away from home against Real Mallorca on Saturday night, hitting a personal record for Xavi Hernandez.
[Xavi](https://www.football-espana.net/tag/xavi-hernandez) showed little concern for the record. It means that we are on the right path, but also at home. The previous holder of that record was Zinedine Zidane.
The manager has now gone 18 La Liga games unbeaten away from home since taking charge of the team, beating the previous record held by Zinedine Zidane. Xavi has ...
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