They've won La Liga 8 times and they've won Copa Del Rey 23 times.
I just thought I'd share this as it's pretty amazing that they've done this with only players in the Basque country and have never gotten relegated. I searched this and saw it wasn't posted so I thought I'd share this in case some people didn't know
Alaves vs Barcelona
Venue: Mendizorrotza, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Kickoff: 21:00 CET
Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez
Line-up Barça: Ter Stegen, Dest, Piqué, Araujo, Busquets, Pedri, L. De Jong, Alba, Ferran, F. De Jong, Abde
Bench Barça: Neto, Tenas, Puig, Alves, Braithwaite, Nico, Lenglet, Mingueza, Jutglà, Balde
Line-up Alaves: Pacheco, Aguirregabiría, Lejeune, Laguardia, Javi López, Jason, Pina, Escalante, Pere Pons, Joselu, Rioja
Bench Alaves: Sivera, Miazga, Tachi, Méndez, Pellistri, Martín, Manu García, Moya, Sylla, De la Fuente
Match Events
13' - Luuk with the first attempt towards goal, nearly hits Frenkie and sends the ball wide.
45' - Pere Pons with a huge chance, but a very weak finish that poses no danger for Ter Stegen.
46' - No changes at half-time.
62' - Pedri sends Luuk who is too slow to shoot, but he was offside anyway.
63' - Huge chance for Luuk and Pique, but Pacheco gets the ball off the line.
71' - De la Fuente on for Pere Pons (1/5).
74' - Pina goes down in the area against Nico, but replay shows he just ran into him.
78' - Huge chance for Joselu after a great cross from Jason, but the header goes wide.
84' - Jutgla on for Luuk (2/5).
87' - GOOOL!!! FRENKIE!!! Alba with a great ball into the area to Ferran who has Frenkie all free in the centre and only had to push the ball over the line.
90' - Lenglet on for Pedri (3/5).
90' - Méndez on for Rioja (3/5).
90+2' - sent-off for Alaves' coach.
Statistics
| Barça | Alaves
:--: | :--: | :--: GOALS | 1 | 0 Attempts | 10 | 6 On target | 2 | 4 Offsides | 3 | 3 Corners | 10 | 1 Fouls | 7 | 15 Yellows | 0 | 0 Possession | 76 | 24
Granada vs Barcelona
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada
Kickoff: 18:30 CET
Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
Line-up Barça: Ter Stegen, Piqué, Sergio, Dembélé, Alves, L. de Jong, Jordi Alba, Nico, Jutglà, Gavi
Bench Barça: Neto, Iñaki Peña, Dest, Puig, Memphis, Lenglet, Mingueza, Umtiti, Abde, Balde, Álvaro Sanz, Ilias
Line-up Granada: Maximiano, Neva, Quini, Torrente, Díaz, Puertas, Milla, Gonalons, Machís, Molina, Luis Suárez
Bench Granada: Escandell, Duarte, Abram, Sanchez, Escudero, Isma Ruiz, Monchu, Eteki, Collado, Montoro, Butzke, Carlos Bacca
Match Events
8' - Luuk finds the back of the net after a nice cross in and gets called offside, but he was not. VAR check!
9' - VAR confirms Gavi was offside in the build-up.
46' - No changes at halftime.
52' - Eric goes down, looks like a muscle injury.
54' - Lenglet on for Eric (1/5).
57' - GOOOOOL!!! LUUK!!! Alves with tons of space, sends the ball into the area where Luuk shows of his header ability!
61' - Abde on for Jutgla (2/5).
61' - Memphis on for Luuk (3/5).
62' - Montoro on for Gonalons (1/5).
68' - Duarte on for Díaz (2/5).
68' - Collado on for Machis (3/5).
80' - sent-off Gavi, sees his 2nd yellow and is off.
82' - Álvaro Sanz on for Dembele (4/5).
84' - Escudero on for Neva (4/5).
84' - Carlos Bacca on for Quini (5/5).
89' - GOAL! PUERTAS! gets a deflected ball after a corner and hammers the ball into the net.
Statistics
| Barça | Granada
:--: | :--: | :--: GOALS | 1 | 1 Attempts | 13 | 14 On target | 1 | 4 Offsides | 3 | 2 Corners | 2 | 3 Fouls | 19 | 9
... keep reading on reddit ➡#FT: Real Madrid 2-2 Elche
Real Madrid scorers: Luka Modric (82' PEN), Éder Militão (90'+2')
Elche scorers: Lucas Boyé (42'), Pere Milla (76')
Venue: Santiago Bernabéu
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Real Madrid
Thibaut Courtois, David Alaba, Éder Militão, Ferland Mendy, Lucas Vázquez (Federico Valverde), Casemiro, Toni Kroos (Rodrygo), Luka Modric, Karim Benzema (Luka Jovic), Vinícius Júnior, Eden Hazard (Isco).
Subs: Dani Ceballos, Toni Fuidias, Eduardo Camavinga, Marcelo, Gareth Bale, Andriy Lunin, Nacho.
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Elche
Edgar Badía, Diego González, Gonzalo Verdú, Johan Mojica, Helibelton Palacios, Gerard Gumbau, Raúl Guti, Pere Milla, José Antonio Morente (Fidel), Lucas Pérez (Josan), Lucas Boyé.
Subs: Pablo Piatti, Sergio Bono, José Luis Friaza, John Donald, Axel Werner, Kiko Casilla, Carles Marco, Diego Bri.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
24' Substitution, Elche. Fidel replaces Tete Morente because of an injury.
33' Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot is just a bit too high. Karim Benzema should be disappointed.
42' Goal! Real Madrid 0, Elche 1. Lucas Boyé (Elche) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fidel with a cross.
54' Eder Militão (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
55' Fidel (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
58' Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Jovic replaces Karim Benzema because of an injury.
64' Substitution, Real Madrid. Rodrygo replaces Toni Kroos.
72' Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
76' Goal! Real Madrid 0, Elche 2. Pere Milla (Elche) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Boyé.
79' Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces Eden Hazard.
79' Substitution, Real Madrid. Federico Valverde replaces Lucas Vázquez.
82' **Goal! Real Madrid 1, Elche
... keep reading on reddit ➡
Sevilla vs Barcelona
Venue: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
Kickoff: 21:30 CET
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
Line-up Barça: Ter Stegen, Alba, Pique, Eric, Araujo, Gavi, Busquets, F. De Jong, Abde, Jutgla, Dembele
Bench Barça: Neto, Iñaki Peña, Puig, Coutinho, Lenglet, L. De Jong, Mingueza, Umtiti, Nico, Balde, Sanz, Akhomach
Line-up Sevilla: Bono, Kounde, Fernando, Carlos, Rekik, Delaney, Jordan, Rakitic, Ocampos, Papu Gomez, Rafa Mir
Bench Sevilla: Dmitrovic, Augustinsson, Gudelj, Munir, En-Nesyri, Luismi, Javi Diaz, Juanlu, Ivan Romero, Zarzana, Valentino, Nacho Quintana
Match Events
11' - yellow Busquets, he will miss the next game.
22' - And Rafa Mir scores from Sevilla's first shot, but he was way offside.
32' - GOAL! PAPU GOMEZ! corner for Sevilla taken low, Papu Gomez runs into the empty space and gets the ball through all defenders into the net!
34' - Bono down after Ocampos collides with him, but he can continue.
45' - GOOOL! ARAUJO! corner into the area and Araujo jumps high to head the ball into the far corner!
46' - No changes at halftime.
64' - sent-off Koude. Alba and Gavi stop Koude from a quick throw in and the Sevilla man snaps and throws the ball full force into Alba's face. Clear red.
70' - En-Nesyri on for Rafa Mir (1/5).
70' - Gudelj on for Rakitic (2/5).
72' - Lenglet on for Eric (1/5).
72' - Nico on for Jutgla (2/5).
77' - yellow Gavi, he will also miss the next game.
85' - L. De Jong on for F. De Jong (3/5).
86' - Juanlu on for Gomez (3/5).
86' - Augustinsson on for Delaney (4/5).
90+2' - Valentino on for Ocampos (5/5).
Statistics
| Barça | Sevilla
:--: | :--: | :--: GOALS | 1 | 1 Attempts | 23 | 5 On target | 7 | 1 Offsides | 1 | 2 Corners | 4 | 9 Fouls
... keep reading on reddit ➡#FT: Atletico Madrid 3-2 Valencia
Atletico Madrid scorers: Matheus Cunha (64'), Ángel Correa (90'+1'), Mario Hermoso (90'+3')
Valencia scorers: Yunus Musah (25'), Hugo Duro (44')
Venue: Wanda Metropolitano
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Atletico Madrid
Jan Oblak, Mario Hermoso, José Giménez, Renan Lodi (Ángel Correa), Sime Vrsaljko (Héctor Herrera), Koke, Rodrigo De Paul, Thomas Lemar (Matheus Cunha), Yannick Carrasco, João Félix (Felipe), Luis Suárez.
Subs: Carlos Martín, Stefan Savic, Benjamin Lecomte, Javier Serrano.
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Valencia
Jaume Doménech, Mouctar Diakhaby, Omar Alderete (Koba Koindredi), Dimitri Foulquier, Toni Lato (Jesús Vázquez), Thierry Correia (Cristhian Mosquera), Hugo Guillamón, Yunus Musah (Uros Racic), Carlos Soler, Hugo Duro (Maxi Gómez), Goncalo Guedes.
Subs: Cristian Rivero, Hélder Costa, Charly, Denis Cheryshev, Marcos de Sousa, Manu Vallejo.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
14' Thierry Correia (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
25' Goal! Atletico Madrid 0, Valencia 1. Yunus Musah (Valencia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gonçalo Guedes following a fast break.
27' Koke (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37' Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
37' Dimitri Foulquier (Valencia) is shown the yellow card.
43' Yunus Musah (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
44' Goal! Atletico Madrid 0, Valencia 2. Hugo Duro (Valencia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Toni Lato.
45' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Ángel Correa replaces Renan Lodi.
54' Substitution, Valencia. Koba Koindredi replaces Omar Alderete because of an injury.
57' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Matheus Cunha replaces Thomas Lemar.
57' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Felipe replaces João Félix.
... keep reading on reddit ➡####Real Madrid scorers: Karim Benzema (43’ pen., 88’), Vinícius Júnior (52’, 61’)
####Valencia scorers: Gonçalo Guedes (76’)
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#### Venue: Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
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| Position | Team | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded | Goal Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Real Madrid | 15 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 45 | 18 | +27 |
| 9. | Valencia | 7 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 0 |
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| Éder Militão | 26’ | Marcelo | |
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FC Barcelona vs Elche CF
Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona
Kickoff: 18:30 CET/12:30 EST
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas
Line-up Barça: Ter Stegen, Alba, Lenglet, Eric, Araujo, Gavi, Sergio, Frenkie, Ezzalzouli, Jutlgà, Dembele
Bench Barça: Alvaro Sanz, Iñaki Peña, Umtiti, Balde, Coutinho, L. De Jong, Jaime, Nico, Mingueza, Puig, Neto
Manager Barça : Xavi Hernández
Line-up Elche: Badia Guardiola, Mojica, Gonzalez, Roco, Palacios, Fidel Chaves, Mascarelli, Marcone, Ferrandez, Boye, Perez
Bench Elche: Josema Sanchez, Raul Guti, Tete Morente, Gerard Gumbau, Pere Milla Alamo, Guido carillo, John Nwankwo, Antonio Barragan, Javier Pastore, Pablo Piatti, Axel Werner
Manager Elche: Francisco Vílchez
Match Events:
0' - Kickoff
9' - Alba with a cross from the byline and Jutgla races towards it but the keeper is there first. Good movement from the attacker.
16' - GOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLL!!! Corner whipped in and a Fantastic header from Jutlgà gives Barca the lead.
18' - GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!! Gavi with a beautiful dribble and caps it off with a great finish albeit help from the post. Brilliant work from the youngsters so far.
20' - Great pressing by Barca wins the ball back in the centre. Gavi goes for goal but it goes over the crossbar giving the keeper little to no trouble.
23' - Barca caught off guard from the set piece leaving Roco open on goal but he skies the ball giving no trouble to Ter Stegen.
34' - Abde takes a shot on goal but it goes well wide
42' - Gavi attempts to cut the ball into the box but the Elche defender gets there first. Barca controlling the tempo of the game these last few minutes
Halftime
45' - Second half begins
45' - Gumbau for Marcone (1/5)
45' - Morente for Antonio Ferrandez (2/5)
51' - Ezzazouli with a decent attempt onto goal but it goes wide
59' - Milla for Fidel (3/5)
59' - Guti for Mascarell (4/5)
62 ' - GOAL!! Morente with a powerful shot leaving Ter Stegen no chance.
63' - GOAL!! Pere Milla is left wide open as the ball is crossed into the box and scores a free header. Elche equalize in the space of 60 seconds!!
65' - Jutgla stretches for the ball but it ends up above the crossbar. Inches away from another goal.
71' - Yellow card for Pere Milla
72' - Nico for Jutlgà (1/5
... keep reading on reddit ➡Osasuna vs Barcelona
Venue: Estadio El Sadar, Pamplona
Kickoff: 16:15 CET
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera
Line-up Barça: Ter Stegen - Piqué, Araujo, Umtiti - Nico, Busquets, F. De Jong, Gavi - Abde, L. De Jong, Dembélé
Bench Barça: Neto, Iñaki Peña, Dest, Puig, Demir, Coutinho, Lenglet, Mingueza, Eric, Jutglà, Balde
Line-up Osasuna: Herrera, David García, Cruz, Nacho Vidal, Unai García, Moncayola, Barja, Torró, Manu Sánchez, Rubén García, Kike García
Bench Osasuna: Ramos, Cote, Ramalho, Sanjurjo, Brasanac, Pérez, Grau, Martínez, Torres, Budimir, Avila, Ontiveros
Match Events
5' - Even the 92nd corner of the season brings in no danger, like every single one before.
12' - GOOOOOOOL!!! NICO!!! perfect long ball from Gavi to play Nico free on goal.
14' - GOAL! DAVID GARCIA! free-kick into the area and Barca's defence is all over the place but near David García.
21' - Huge counter for Barca through Abde as Barca is 3 vs 2 at the area, pass to Luuk who tries to send it on to Dembele, but it's intercepted for a corner.
28' - yellow Nacho Vidal, for a foul on Abde.
36' - yellow Rubén García, for a foul on Abde.
45' - Luuk down in the area, VAR check but no call.
46' - No changes at halftime.
49' - GOOOOOL!!! ABDE!!! great counter and Dembele crosses the ball into the box. David García with the header to deny both De Jongs to get to it, but Abde is at the back to smash the ball into the net!
49' - yellow Cruz, for complaining.
55' - yellow Manu Sánchez, for being mad.
68' - Avila on for Barja (1/5).
68' - Brasanac on for Rubén García (2/5).
68' - Budimir on for Kike (3/5).
69' - Ter Stegen down after elbows him in the face.
73' - Mingueza on for Nico (1/5).
73' - Roberto Torres on for Manu Sánchez (4/5).
74' - Jose Angel on for Nacho Vidal (5/5).
80' - Dembele all the way back in the own area to defend, but then goes down after holding his knee.
... keep reading on reddit ➡A stat that may be surprising to some:
With tonight's victory over Atheltic Bilbao in the final of the Spanish Supercup, Carlo Ancelotti has now lifted 5 different trophies with Los Blancos:
- UCL
- Copa del Rey
- FIFA Club World Cup
- UEFA Super Cup
- Supercopa de Espana
The only one missing, of course, is La Liga, which his Real Madrid side are the favorites to win this season; and if they do, Carletto will actually become the first and the only manager in Real Madrid history to have won all of the six aforementioned trophies!
Wow! Crazy when you think about it...
Don Carlo...
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#FT: Mallorca 0-1 Barcelona
Barcelona scorers: Luuk de Jong (44')
Venue: Visit Mallorca Estadi
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Mallorca
Manolo Reina, Martin Valjent, Franco Russo, Jaume Costa, Pablo Maffeo, Daniel Rodriguez, Rodrigo Battaglia (Abdón Prats), Iddrisu Baba (Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta), Ángel Rodríguez (Fernando Niño), Antonio Sánchez (Jordi Mboula), Kang-In Lee (Javier Llabrés Expósito).
Subs: Salva Sevilla, Leo Román, Joan Sastre, Josep Gaya, Aleksander Sedlar, Brian Oliván, Ferrán Quetglas.
^____________________________
Barcelona
Marc-André ter Stegen, Eric García, Gerard Piqué, Ronald Araújo, Óscar Mingueza (Clément Lenglet), Frenkie de Jong, Ricard Puig, Nicolas Gonzalez (Alvaro Sanz Catalan), Luuk de Jong, Ferran Jutglà, Ilias Akhomach (Estanis Pedrola).
Subs: Neto, Mika Mármol, Guillem Jaime, Samuel Umtiti, Arnau Comas, Lucas De Vega, Iñaki Peña.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
44' Goal! Mallorca 0, Barcelona 1. Luuk de Jong (Barcelona) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Óscar Mingueza with a cross.
61' Substitution, Mallorca. Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta replaces Iddrisu Baba.
61' Substitution, Mallorca. Fernando Niño replaces Ángel Rodríguez.
70' Substitution, Mallorca. Jordi Mboula replaces Antonio Sánchez.
71' Substitution, Mallorca. Javi Llabrés replaces Lee Kang-In.
71' Substitution, Barcelona. Álvaro Sanz replaces Nicolás González Iglesias.
76' Substitution, Barcelona. Clément Lenglet replaces Óscar Mingueza because of an injury.
79' Ferrán Jutglà (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80' Substitution, Barcelona. Estanis Pedrola replaces Ilias Akhomach.
83' Jaume Costa (Mallorca) is shown the yellow card.
84' Substitution, Mallorca. Abdón Prats replaces Rodrigo Battaglia.
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... keep reading on reddit ➡Barcelona vs Real Betis
Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona
Kickoff: 16:15 CET
Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
Line-up Barça: Ter Stegen, Dest, Araujo, Lenglet, Alba - Gavi, Busquets, Nico, Ez Abde, Memphis, Coutinho
Bench Barça: Neto, Tenas, Piqué, Riqui Puig, Dembélé, Demir, L. De Jong, F. De Jong, Mingueza, Umtiti, Eric, Balde
Line-up Betis: Silva - Bellerín, Bartra, Ruiz, Alex - Guido, Guardado - Rubal, Canales, Juanmi - José
Bench Betis: Robles, González, Pezzella, Miranda, Lainez, Joaquín, Akouokou, Rodri, Carvalho, Iglesias, Tello, Rober
Match Events
5' - Coutinho with a great dribble against two defenders, but his ball into the middle ends up really poor.
11' - Great cross in from Alba to Coutinho, who is denied by the post.
12' - yellow Canales, for a foul on Busquets.
25' - Juanmi sent through on goal, gets around Ter Stegen and sends the ball into the side of the goal, but he was offside anyway.
30' - Gavi down after first being hit in the head with the ball, then falling into a Betis knee. But he can continue.
32' - Gavi not fine after all, just stumbled over his own feet and holding his head. Could be a concussion.
45+4' - Adbe in the area, but Bartra with a great interception.
46' - No changes at halftime.
52' - Juanmi finds the back of the net after Ter Stegen was heading the wrong way, but called back for offside. VAR confirms the call.
55' - Abde going down in the area, but was way closer to a dive than a foul.
58' - Dembele on for Coutinho (2/5).
58' - F. De Jong on for Nico (3/5).
62' - Dembele bringing a lot of impact right away, so far no good end product, but getting there.
63' - Tello on for Rubal (1/5).
65' - Dembele out to Alba, who has his cross blocked.
71' - Carvalho on for Jose (2/5).
72' - Tello on the counter, but gets boxed in by 3 defenders.
73' - yellow Guido, for a foul on Frenkie.
79' - GOAL! JUANMI! great counter through Canales who takes on the defence, finds Tello in the middle who sends it on right away to Juanmi
80' - Dembele with a perfect ball in for Abde, but he sends his shot way off.
81'
... keep reading on reddit ➡Villarreal vs Barcelona
Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal
Kickoff: 21:00 CET
Referee: César Soto Grado
Line-up Barça: Ter Stegen - Araujo, Piqué, Eric - Busquets, F. De Jong - Ez Abde, Nico, Gavi, Alba - Memphis
Bench Barça: Neto, Tenas, Dest, Puig, Dembélé, Demir, Coutinho, Lenglet, L. De Jong, Mingueza, Umtiti, Illias
Line-up Villarreal: Rulli, Albiol, Pau, Parejo, Capoue, Foyth, Trigueros, Danjuma, Yeremy, Moi Gómez, Pedraza
Bench Villarreal: Jörgensen, S. Asenjo, Moreno, Mandi, Gaspar, Estupiñán, Peña, Chukwueze, Iborra, Dia, Raba, Paco
Match Events
2' - Parejo comes way too late and brings down Busquets who stays down, doesn't look good. Parejo lucky to get away without being booked.
6' - Big fuck up from Eric, gifting Danjuma a free run on goal, but he shoots the ball into Pique who rushed back instead of passing it to the side.
8' - Frenkie with a great pass to send Memphis, but his shot is well wide.
9' - Gavi this time denied by the post.
11' - Good dribble on the right side from Abde, but the ball into the area finds no one.
13' - Adbe again with a great dribble.
19' - Memphis with a huge miss, another perfect pass from Frenkie and his countryman is through on goal and sends the ball way off target.
21' - Alba brings down Yeremy, also gets away without being booked.
30' - Good through ball to Danjuma who sends it wide, but he was offside anyway.
36' - Pedraza with space, puts the ball way too far ahead and smashes fully into Araujo.
39' - Ter Stegen with a huge save to deny Villarreal.
46' - No subs at halftime.
48' - Finally the ball is over the line, Memphis is denied by Rulli and De Jong pushes the ball over the line. Ref's waiting for VAR.
50' - GOOOOOL!!! DE JONG!!! VAR says no offside!
63' - Moi Gomez with a huge chance in front of the goal, but tries to get the ball to the corner flag instead.
64' - Albiol goes down in the area after Eric hugs him too long, got a bit lucky.
65' - Estupiñán on for Pedraza (1/5).
65' - Chukwueze on for Yeremy (2/5).
66' - Dembele on for Abde (1/5
... keep reading on reddit ➡Overheard these two Spanish guys in the pub last night - figure they must be scouting for Real or Barca. They were obviously looking for Keita’s agent, because everyone they met they asked:
For Lease? Naby Lad?
#FT: Barcelona 0-1 Real Betis
Real Betis scorers: Juanmi (79')
Venue: Camp Nou
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Barcelona
Marc-André ter Stegen, Clément Lenglet (Luuk de Jong), Ronald Araújo, Jordi Alba, Sergiño Dest, Sergio Busquets, Nicolas Gonzalez (Frenkie de Jong), Gavi (Ricard Puig), Memphis Depay, Philippe Coutinho (Ousmane Dembélé), Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Gerard Piqué).
Subs: Yusuf Demir, Neto, Arnau Tenas, Eric García, Óscar Mingueza, Samuel Umtiti, Álex Balde.
^____________________________
Real Betis
Rui Silva, Víctor Ruiz, Marc Bartra, Álex Moreno, Héctor Bellerín, Sergio Canales, Andrés Guardado, Guido Rodríguez, Willian José (William Carvalho), Juanmi (Borja Iglesias), Aitor Ruibal (Cristian Tello).
Subs: Joel Robles, Roberto González, Germán Pezzella, Joaquín, Juan Miranda, Paul Akouokou, Diego Lainez, Edgar González, Rodrigo Sánchez.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
12' Willian José (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card.
36' Substitution, Barcelona. Riqui Puig replaces Gavi because of an injury.
42' Nicolás González Iglesias (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
59' Substitution, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Philippe Coutinho.
59' Substitution, Barcelona. Frenkie de Jong replaces Nicolás González Iglesias.
63' Substitution, Real Betis. Cristian Tello replaces Aitor Ruibal.
71' Substitution, Real Betis. William Carvalho replaces Willian José.
73' Guido Rodríguez (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
79' Goal! Barcelona 0, Real Betis 1. Juanmi (Real Betis) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cristian Tello.
81' Substitution, Real Betis. Borja Iglesias replaces Juanmi.
82' Substitution, Barcelona. Luuk de Jong replaces Clément Lenglet.
82' Substitution, Barcelona. Gerard Piqué replaces Abdessamad Ezzalzouli.
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... keep reading on reddit ➡Mallorca vs Barcelona
Venue: Estadi de Son Moix, Palma de Mallorca
Kickoff: 21:00 CET
Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz
Line-up Barça: Ter Stegen - Araujo, Pique, Eric, Mingueza - Puig, F. De Jong, Nico - Ilias, L. De Jong, Jutgla
Bench Barça: Neto, Iñaki Peña, Lenglet, Umtiti, Álvaro Sanz, Comas, Guillem, Estanis, L. De Vega, Mika Mármol
Line-up Mallorca: Reina, Russo, J. Costa, Valjent, Maffeo, Sánchez, Dani Rodriguez, Baba, Lee Kang-In, Battaglia, Ángel
Bench Mallorca: Quetglas, Román, Sedlar, Oliván, Sastre, Gayá, De Galarreta, Llabrés, Sevilla, Prats, Niño, Mboula
Match Events
8' - Pique with a free-kick, bends it around the wall but only hits the side netting.
29' - Nice through ball from Jutgla and Luuk is just denied by the post.
30' - Luuk again, this time artistically but denied by the crossbar.
44' - GOOOOOOOL!!!! LUUK!!! great cross in from Mingueza and Luuk shows why he is better at headers than Neymar!
46' - No changes at halftime.
61' - De Galarreta on for Baba (1/5).
61' - Niño on for Angel (2/5).
70' - Mboula on for Sánchez (3/5).
70' - Llabres on for Lee Kang-In (4/5).
70' - Álvaro Sanz on for Nico (1/5).
76' - Lenglet on for Mingueza (2/5).
80' - Estanis on for Ilias (3/5).
84' - First chance for Mallorca brings some danger as a free-kick is headed over the goal.
84' - Prats on for Battaglia (4/5).
90+2' - Ter Stegen with an amazing save from close distance to deny Mallorca an equaliser.
90+3' - Dani trying to punch the ball out of Álvaro Sanz' hands and punches the Barca player instead, ref is lenient.
Statistics
| Barça | Mallorca
:--: | :--: | :--: GOALS | 1 | 0 Attempts | 13 | 13 On target | 4 | 3 Offsides | 1 | 2 Corners | 3 | 4 Fouls | 18 | 23 Yellows | 2
... keep reading on reddit ➡Granada vs Barcelona
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada
Kickoff: 18:30 CET
Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
Line-up Barça: Ter Stegen, Piqué, Sergio, Dembélé, Alves, L. de Jong, Jordi Alba, Nico, Jutglà, Gavi
Bench Barça: Neto, Iñaki Peña, Dest, Puig, Memphis, Lenglet, Mingueza, Umtiti, Abde, Balde, Álvaro Sanz, Ilias
Line-up Granada: Maximiano, Neva, Quini, Torrente, Díaz, Puertas, Milla, Gonalons, Machís, Molina, Luis Suárez
Bench Granada: Escandell, Duarte, Abram, Sanchez, Escudero, Isma Ruiz, Monchu, Eteki, Collado, Montoro, Butzke, Carlos Bacca
Match Events
8' - Luuk finds the back of the net after a nice cross in and gets called offside, but he was not. VAR check!
9' - VAR confirms Gavi was offside in the build-up.
46' - No changes at halftime.
52' - Eric goes down, looks like a muscle injury.
54' - Lenglet on for Eric (1/5).
57' - GOOOOOL!!! LUUK!!! Alves with tons of space, sends the ball into the area where Luuk shows of his header ability!
61' - Abde on for Jutgla (2/5).
61' - Memphis on for Luuk (3/5).
62' - Montoro on for Gonalons (1/5).
68' - Duarte on for Díaz (2/5).
68' - Collado on for Machis (3/5).
80' - sent-off Gavi, sees his 2nd yellow and is off.
82' - Álvaro Sanz on for Dembele (4/5).
84' - Escudero on for Neva (4/5).
84' - Carlos Bacca on for Quini (5/5).
89' - GOAL! PUERTAS! gets a deflected ball after a corner and hammers the ball into the net.
Alaves 0-1 Barcelona
Venue: Mendizorrotza, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Kickoff: 21:00 CET
Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez
Line-up Barça: Ter Stegen, Dest, Piqué, Araujo, Busquets, Pedri, L. De Jong, Alba, Ferran, F. De Jong, Abde
Bench Barça: Neto, Tenas, Puig, Alves, Braithwaite, Nico, Lenglet, Mingueza, Jutglà, Balde
Line-up Alaves: Pacheco, Aguirregabiría, Lejeune, Laguardia, Javi López, Jason, Pina, Escalante, Pere Pons, Joselu, Rioja
Bench Alaves: Sivera, Miazga, Tachi, Méndez, Pellistri, Martín, Manu García, Moya, Sylla, De la Fuente
Statistics
| | Barça | Alaves |
|---|---|---|
| GOALS | 1 | 0 |
| Attempts | 10 | 6 |
| On target | 2 | 4 |
| Offsides | 3 | 3 |
| Corners | 10 | 1 |
| Fouls | 7 | 15 |
| Yellows | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 76 | 24 |
####Real Madrid scorers: Karim Benzema (43’ pen., 88’), Vinícius Júnior (52’, 61’)
####Valencia scorers: Gonçalo Guedes (76’)
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#### Competition: La Liga: Matchday 20
#### Venue: Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
#### Referee: Alejandro Hernández^^2
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| Position | Team | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded | Goal Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Real Madrid | 15 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 45 | 18 | +27 |
| 9. | Valencia | 7 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 0 |
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| Starting XI | Information | Substitutes | Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thibaut Courtois GK | Andriy Lunin GK | ||
| Lucas Vázquez | 87’ | Diego Piñeiro del Álamo GK | |
| Éder Militão | 26’ | Marcelo | |
| David Alaba | Jesús Vallejo | ||
| Ferland Mendy | 75’ | Nacho Fernández | 87’ |
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####Real Madrid scorers: Karim Benzema (16'), Marco Asensio (57')
Venue: Santiago Bernabéu
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Real Madrid
Thibaut Courtois, David Alaba, Éder Militão, Ferland Mendy, Dani Carvajal (Nacho), Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Karim Benzema (Luka Jovic), Vinícius Júnior (Rodrygo), Marco Asensio (Federico Valverde).
Subs: Eden Hazard, Mariano, Andriy Lunin, Eduardo Camavinga, Isco, Marcelo, Lucas Vázquez, Gareth Bale.
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Atletico Madrid
Jan Oblak, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Felipe, Mario Hermoso, Marcos Llorente, Koke, Rodrigo De Paul (Héctor Herrera), Yannick Carrasco (Thomas Lemar), Ángel Correa (Luis Suárez), Matheus Cunha (Renan Lodi), Antoine Griezmann (João Félix).
Subs: Kieran Trippier, Benjamin Lecomte, Javier Serrano, Ibrahima Camara.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
16' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Atletico Madrid 0. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.
36' Felipe (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. João Félix replaces Antoine Griezmann.
45' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Thomas Lemar replaces Yannick Carrasco.
45' Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Jovic replaces Karim Benzema because of an injury.
45'+1' Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Atletico Madrid 0. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.
60' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Renan Lodi replaces Matheus Cunha.
60' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Luis Suárez replaces Ángel Correa.
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