"In the Match of Fantastic Beauty, Barcelona Crushed Atletico" © JumpStory

On Sunday afternoon, the central match of the tour took place in the „La Liga“ championship. At Camp Nou stadium, the teams of „Barcelona“ and Madrid „Atletico“ met, which are currently fighting for fourth place in the tournament table and a place in the next season's Champions League. In high-tempo matches, full of emotions and dangerous opportunities, „Barcelona“ won an important victory of 4:2. The match started at a hurricane pace. In the 8th minute, „Atletico“ took the lead after a precise shot by Yannick Carrasco. Not even two minutes later, „Barcelona“ equalized the score - Jordi Alba did it with a fantastic shot. In the 21st minute, the Catalonians took the lead. Adama Traore, back at Camp Nou, made an assist after which Gavi put „Barca“ ahead. Toward the end of the second half, the team extended the lead with a goal from center-back Ronald Araujo. The second half started with a goal from Dani Alves. In this match, the 38-year-old veteran scored one goal and made one assist, but later somewhat spoiled his good work when he received a red card in the 69th minute. Throughout the rest of the match, the „Atletico“ team failed to narrow the gap to their opponents, despite a precise shot from Luis Suarez in the 58th minute. Overall, „Atletico“ created more scoring opportunities than the Catalonians during the match. However, the Madrid team failed to take advantage of them, while the opponents scored goals from half-chances. After the match, „Barcelona“ moved up to fourth place in the tournament table, surpassing the „Atletico“ team.

Standings provided by Sofascore