Barcelona temporarily rose to the top of the Spanish Football League with a 4-0 victory over its host Cadiz, on Saturday, in the fifth stage of the competition, in a match that stopped for nearly half an hour nine minutes before its end due to a heart attack by one of the host’s fans in the stands.
Polish striker Robert Lewandowski continued his brilliant start to the season and became the top scorer in the League, raising his score to six following he entered a substitute and scored the second goal (65) following the Dutchman Francke de Jong opened the score (55), before adding the alternatives Ansu Fati (86) and Frenchman Ousmane Dembele ( 90+2) The other two goals following the resume.
The match was stopped for regarding thirty minutes in the second half due to a serious health crisis in the stands. An AFP photographer present at the stadium noted that one of the fans had suffered a heart attack before being evacuated. A cameraman covering the match lost consciousness minutes later.
Livanovsky is preparing to return to face his former club Bayern Munich when he comes to Barcelona in Bavaria next Tuesday in the second round of the Champions League.
After being tied negatively in the first phase of the current season, Barcelona hit hard in the next five matches in all competitions and scored 20 goals, almost half of which bore Lewandowski’s signature, including 6 in the local league and a hat-trick once morest Czech Viktoria Plzen (5-1 win) at the start of his team’s career In the continental competition Wednesday.
And the Catalan club raised its score to 13 points, one point ahead of Real Madrid, which receives Mallorca on Sunday, and three of Villarreal, who beat Real Betis on the same day.
And Cadiz embarrassed Barcelona last season, following he achieved a surprise victory over him 1-0 at the Camp Nou, following they drew 0-0 in the first leg in a match in which De Jong was sent off.
Coach Xavi Hernandez rested many of his players before the Bayern match, such as Lewandowski, Dembele and Pedri, who all entered the second half, and participated mainly in their place, Ferran Torres, Dutchman Memphis Depay and De Jong. Newcomers Hector Bellerin (started) and Marcos Alonso (78 minutes) also made their debut for their new team.
Barcelona dominated the match and Depay first hit a ball that was saved by the goalkeeper (5) before the Brazilian Rafinha’s ball bounced off the post (10) and then another chance for Torres seconds later, which was saved by the goalkeeper.
The Catalan team scored the first goal when Rafinha passed a beautiful ball in front of the right corridor to Gavi inside the area, who crossed it to the middle of the area. He went out to be removed by Argentine goalkeeper Jeremias Ledesma, but it was prepared in front of De Jong, who followed it into the net (55).
Eight minutes following his descent, Lewandowski scored the second goal following Rafinha passed a cross from inside the area, the goalkeeper came out and collided with his colleague who was trying to distract her to escape from them and wobbly in front of the Polish, followed by an easy close range (67).
The match was stopped in the 81st minute following one of the Cadiz fans suffered a health crisis and Ledesma was seen passing a defibrillator before medical intervention.
The cheers of the fans and players seemed to be tense, and Uruguayan defender Ronaldo Araujo seemed to recite the prayer until the referee ordered them in the 101st minute to enter the dressing room.
“They revived the injured person, he relapsed once more and might not put him in a stable position. They succeeded in the end and managed to get him out,” Catalan newspaper Sport reported, quoting the president of Cadiz.
With the resumption of play, the match started from the minute it was stopped and Barcelona scored the third goal when Lewandowski received a beautiful ball in the depth and ran towards the penalty area and passed it exclusively to Fati, who followed it from close range (86).
Dembele scored the fourth goal with a shot from the outskirts of the area, which the goalkeeper touched with his fingertips and slid into the net (90 + 2).
Before that, Sevilla finally achieved its first league win by beating its host Espanyol 3-2.
And the Andalusian club failed to get the three points in the first four matches, content with a draw once morest three defeats, the last of which was once morest Barcelona 3-0 last week.
However, coach Julen Lopetegui’s team finally showed his teeth by scoring the three goals in the first half through Argentine Eric Lamela (1) and Jose Angel Carmona’s double (26 and 45).
Just Joselo in stoppage time of the first half (45 + 4), and the Catalan team almost made a comeback following the Danish Martin Braithwaite, who arrived from Barcelona this summer, scored the second goal for the owners of the land (62).
Despite Lamela being sent off for receiving a second warning (84), Sevilla, who fell 4-0 at home once morest Manchester City on Tuesday at the start of the group stage of the Champions League, managed to hold on to achieve their first victory, taking their score to four points in 16th place.
It will come to Copenhagen, Denmark, on Wednesday, in the second round of the continental championship.
Rayo Vallecano returned to victories following two defeats in a row, winning 2-1 at home to Valencia, who suffered their third loss this season.
The owners of the land advanced through Issey Palasson (5) and a goal by the young Nico Gonzalez, loaned from Barcelona (52). Valencia scored an honorary goal in stoppage time through Guinean Mokhtar Diakhaby (90 +3).
