Four matches of the 22nd round were played in the Spanish "La Liga" on Saturday.
At "Camp Nou" stadium, "Barcelona" clashed with "Valencia". The guests scored two goals in the first half, almost causing a sensation, but Lionel Messi did not let the opponents take a victory and equalized the score to 2:2.
In the first half of the match, "Barca" did not demonstrate their usual football - this was evident even on the scoreboard.
In the 24th minute, Rodrigo sprinted through the center, made a great pass to Kevin Gameiro who hit the ball into the goal with a ground shot and took "Bats" forward.
However, the Catalan problems did not end there - in the 34th minute, Sergi Roberto earned a potentially silly penalty kick at his own goal. Dani Parejo, who took the penalty, did not make a mistake and increased the lead to two goals with a powerful shot.
But just before the end of the first half, Barcelona was awarded a penalty kick. Lionel Messi, like his opponent, did not make a mistake and softened the deficit to a single goal.
In the second half, "Barcelona" put pressure on the opponents, but "Valencia" resisted in the beginning. However, in the 64th minute, Messi found a gap in the opponents' defense and equalized the score with a great shot.
It seemed that "Barcelona" would further liven up their game, but right after the equalizer, the pace of the game dropped and "Valencia" managed to maintain the result quite cold-bloodedly.
"Barcelona" remains in the first place with 50 points, but in case of a victory for Madrid's "Atletico", they could catch up within three points.
In other matches, "Real Sociedad" won in the Basque derby, and "Levante" - "Getafe" ended in a draw.
In the last match of the evening, Vigo's "Celta" defeated "Sevilla" and broke a streak of five consecutive defeats in the "La Liga" championship. Okay Yokuslu scored the only and winning goal in the 73rd minute.
Results:
"Barcelona" 2 - 2 "Valencia"
24' [0 - 1] K. Gameiro
32' [0 - 2] D. Parejo (penalty kick)
39' [1 - 2] L. Messi (penalty kick)
64' [2 - 2] L. Messi
"Real Sociedad" 2 - 1 "Athletic Bilbao"
16' [1 - 0] M. Oyarzabal
45' [2 - 0] W. Jose
82' [2 - 1] R. Garcia
"Levante" 0 - 0 "Getafe"
"Celta" 1 - 0 "Sevilla"
73' [1 - 0] Y. Yokuslu
Standings:
