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Barcelona beat Levante hard 1: 0 at home after a goal from Lionel Messi in the final minutes of the game. Ronald Koeman’s team once again failed to convince with their performance, although in the second half they totally surpassed their rival. However, the goal situations were not many and they forced Messi to save his team with a goal in the 76th minute of the game.
With this success, Barça broke their streak of two consecutive defeats in all tournaments and climbed to 8th place in the standings with 17 points. The team is 9 points behind the leaders Real Sociedad and Atlético de Madrid, with two games less than the Basques. Levante is below the line, eighteenth position with 11 points, as are the other two teams in the relegation zone, Huesca and Osasuna.
The game began with a wonderful opportunity for the guests, who miraculously did not go ahead in the 12th minute. Jorge de Frutos came out alone against Ter Stegen, but the Barça goalkeeper had taken a great position and saved.
The Catalans responded with a nice bounce off the diagonal from Braithwaite, reflected with difficulty by Fernández. Two-cushion play continued and in the 19th minute Roger Marty jumped into shooting position, but sent the ball over the gate.
In the 22nd minute, Clement Langle scored with the late skip. Messi crossed well from a free kick and Griezmann’s header was deflected by Fernández. The ball landed on Langle’s feet, who failed to hit it yards from the door.
In the end, Barça pressed, but Alba and Griezmann failed to overcome the guard of the guests with the aerial blows.
After the break, Barça totally controlled the events and tried to score a goal. However, clear opportunities were lacking and Messi and Braithwaite failed to hit the mark.
However, this happened in minute 76, when the Catalans fought for a ball in the center, and De Jong found Leo Messi in the diluted defense of the guests. The Argentine entered the penalty area and with a dagger shot in the far corner and with the help of the crossbar he gave Barça an advance.
In added time, Levante counterattacked Barça and reserve Morales fired from the edge of the area. The ball was deflected from Yumtiti’s body, so the main referee used the VAR to find out if the Frenchman had played with his hand. However, play was resumed with a corner kick. The guests reached another corner a moment later, after which Leon’s shot fell into the hands of Ter Stegen.
Barcelona – Raise 1: 0
1: 0 Lionel Messi 76 ‘
Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Dest, Araujo, Langley, Alba, Busquets (58 – Pedri), De Jong, Coutinho (70 – Trinkao), Griezmann (89 – Yumtiti), Messi, Braithwaite
I raised: Fernandes, Klerk, Koke (68 – Miramon), Vezo, Malsa, De Frutos (82 – Son), Vukcevic (68 – Radoha), Melero (82 – León), Postigo, Dani Gomes, Roger (68 – Morales)
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