2022-02-20
with a double, Pierre–Emerick Aubameyang debuted as a scorer with the FC Barcelona to lead to the 4-1 victory at Valencia, this Sunday on matchday 25 of The Spanish league.
For Barça, the race for the title is far away and they seem focused on securing one of the top four positions in the Spanish championship, which would allow them to compete in the next edition of the lucrative Champions League European.
On Saturday, the Barça had provisionally fallen to sixth place but this Sunday’s victory returns it to fourth place, with 42 points, the same as Atlético de Madrid (5th), who on Saturday beat Osasuna 3-0 away. Villarreal (6th), three points behind both, also thrashed away from home on Saturday, in their case 4-1 in Granada (17th).
– The actions –
The Gabonese Aubameyang, arrived at Barça at the close of the January market from the English Arsenal, opened the scoring at Mestalla, in minute 23, perfectly defining a long pass from Jordi Alba.
Barça put distances on the scoreboard in minute 32, when Alba hung another ball that Ousmane Dembelé touched first, enabling Frenkie De Jong to push the Valencian net.
Aubameyang scored his second goal in the 38th minute following a pass from Gavi, following a VAR review, which validated the action.
That provisional 3-0 at halftime left Barcelona facing a placid second half. In the first, the Valencia He had seen how two goals were annulled, one by José Luis Gayá and another by Carlos Soler.
It was precisely Soler who was in charge of shortening the differences for Valencia, with a header in minute 52, before Pedri, from thirty meters, put the final 4-1 for the azulgranas in minute 63.
This victory in Valencia allows the Barcelona break a streak of two draws in a row, the one signed in the League last weekend in the derby once morest Espanyol (2-2) and the one on Thursday once morest Napoli (1-1) in the first leg of the European ‘playoff’ League.
On Thursday of the new week, Barça visits Napoli at the Diego Maradona stadium, in search of survival in the second European tournament.
