The meticulously planned defense of Jordi Alba assisted the Catalan club in winning its most memorable Spanish affiliation title in a surprising amount of time.
Barcelona consistently missed opportunities against the ten Osasuna players at Camp Nou. Robert Lewandowski, Pedri, Ousmane Dembélé, and Ansu Fati all botched extraordinary opportunities to break the tie; They had a lot of options, but they couldn’t get to the goal.
The Catalan club got closer to winning its first Spanish association championship in a long time with the assistance of a skilled defender. On Tuesday, Barcelona defeated 10-man Osasuna 1-0 with a goal from Jordi Alba from the bench. In the 85th minute, the goal was scored.
After the victory, Real Madrid lost 2-0 to Real Sociedad, falling 14 points behind Barcelona. The Catalan club has a chance to win the championship before the end of the following week because of the mix of outcomes. “It was a very big step for us, but we suffered too much and wasted too many clear chances to score,” Barcelona coach Xavi said.
The Copa del Rey final between Madrid and Osasuna on Saturday in Seville is the two teams’ primary focus. The Bosses Relationship’s first game against Manchester City will be played in Madrid on May 9. Accordingly, Madrid is turned all through the disposal adjusts. Preceding Osasuna’s most critical Copa triumph in 2005, chief Jagoba Arrasate rested a couple of normal starters against Barcelona.
In 2019, Barcelona won the affiliation for the last time after 11 years and eight titles. Lionel Messi left the group in 2021 to join Paris Saint-Germain due to financial difficulties, making that the group’s final championship. Barcelona had won three consecutive games at home. Due to victories over Certified Betis and Atletico Madrid at Camp Nou, it was able to maintain its commanding lead at the top despite its recent extreme stretch.
Advertisement Osasuna started the game with a man down in the 26th minute after central defender Jorge Herrando, who was making his first-division debut, received a straight red card for pushing Pedri from behind to halt a breakaway. The ensuing free kick was taken by Raphinha, however it missed the crossbar.
Short proximity provided him with an opportunity prior to Pedri’s departure. However, after going up one man in the first half, Barcelona didn’t make many chances, and they didn’t even have a shot on goal before the break.
Alba, 34, scored in the final period with a low shot from the outside of his left foot after a De Jong set-up inside the area. Dembélé, Lewandowski, Fati, and Frenkie de Jong all came close to scoring. In under ten minutes, Alba had shown up. Even though playmaker Gavi suffered what appeared to be a muscle injury in the 36th minute, Barcelona maintained their 25th consecutive shutout. Destiny was in control of him.
Osasuna had won three of its previous five affiliation games prior to its home defeat to Sociedad. Following that, Sociedad will contend with Madrid for the fourth and last Legends Affiliation spot. It begins with five consecutive games against fifth-place Villarreal, who travel to Valencia on Wednesday after their move was sabotaged.