On 23 May, one of the matches of the 36th round of the Spanish football championship took place. Valladolid (Spain) and Barcelona (Spain) met.
Spain Championship, round 36
Valladolid (Spain ) - Barcelona (Spain) - 3:1 (2:0)
Goals: Christensen (2), K. Larin (22), G. Plata (73) - Lewandowski (84).
Warnings: I. Fresneda (27), Rafinha (62)
Football fans were treated to an exciting La Liga match between Valladolid and Barcelona at the Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla stadium. Both teams were hungry to win, and fans around the world were eagerly awaiting the game. The match started with a controversial goal from Valladolid's A. Christensen already in the second minute.
This early shock threw the hosts off their game and they soon made their first substitution, replacing J. Fernandez for D. Torres in the 16th minute. Valladolid then recovered their spirit and in the 22nd minute they scored a penalty through K. Larin to take a 2-0 lead. However, their lead was cut short as I. Fresneda received a yellow card in the 27th minute. The second half began with two substitutions for Barcelona: M. ter Stegen was replaced by I. Peña and S. Roberto came on in place of F. Kessi in the 46th minute. This breathed new energy into the Barcelona team, but Valladolid held them back until R. Mesa and L. Olaza were replaced by S. Escudero and Moncha in the 56th minute. Barcelona's Rafinha received a yellow card in the 62nd minute, leading to his substitution for F. Torres in the 63rd minute. Two more substitutions followed on Barcelona's part as P. Torre and O. Dembele replaced Rafinha and Gavi in the 63rd and 76th minutes respectively. By the 71st minute, Valladolid had made two substitutions: O. Plano replaced C. Perez and D. Machis replaced L. Rosa. Despite their best efforts, they couldn't stop Barcelona from scoring in the 84th minute thanks to Lewandowski's efforts. Thus, the score was 3-1 in favour of Barcelona. On the whole, the match was an intense battle between two strong teams, in which "Barcelona" won. The spectators enjoyed an entertaining game of football, with great goals and interesting substitutions on both sides.
The next fixtures are Almería v Valladolid and Barcelona v Mallorca.
| Valladolid | Barcelona | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Shots on goal | 6 |
| 8 | Shots | 16 |
| 2 | Blocked kicks | 4 |
| 6 | Kicks from the penalty area | 10 |
| 2 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 6 |
| 13 | Offences | 9 |
| 2 | Corner | 6 |
| 3 | Offsides | 2 |
| 30% | Possession of the ball | 70% |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 5 | Safeties by goalkeeper | 2 |
| 270 | Total assists | 622 |
| 201 | Accurate passes | 545 |
| 74% | Accuracy of transmissions | 88% |