Barcelona FC beat Real Betis 4-2 in La Liga Match. Barcelona FC visited the Benito Villamarín Stadium on Sunday evening. Barcelona first time this season looks like a cohesive and creative attacking unit. Barcelona dominated the first half, Ferran Torres scored a goal in the 21st minute but in the second half, Ferran Torres scored a goal in the 48th Minute, Real Betis made a comeback Isco scored two goals inside three minutes.
Joao Felix scored in the 90th minute giving the Catalans a lead and in the 92nd minute, Ferran Torres scored his third goal in this match and completed his first hat trick for Barcelona. Barcelona will finish the weekend in third place in La Liga and remain alive in the title race thanks to a highly entertaining 4-2 win over Real Betis.
Barcelona Starting Eleven
Xavi picked a starting eleven in which Iñaki Pena is the first-choice Goalkeeper. Pau Cubarsí and Ronald Araújo are playing the center-back position. Alejandro Balde plays as the left-side back and Jules Koundé plays in the right-side back position. İlkay Gündoğan is in the Defensive midfielder role Pedri and Frenkie De Jong playing in mid-field. Lamine Yamal plays as Right Wing Forward and Ferran Torres plays as Left-wing forward. Robert Lewandowski playing in the center-forward position. Xavi started with the traditional 4-3-3 Formation.
Real Betis starting eleven
Manuel Pellegrini Pick a Starting eleven of Rui Silva is in a goal. Germán Pezzella and Sokratis Papastathopoulos play in the center-back position. Héctor Bellerín is on the right and Abner Vinícius is in the left side-back position. Johnny Cardoso and Marc Roca are in the Center- midfield role. Luiz Henrique is in the Right-wing position and Assane Diao is in the left-wing position. Isco playing behind the striker. William Jose playing in the Center Forward position. Manuel Pellegrini has a 4-2-3-1 Formation in this match.
Barcelona FC Beat Real Betis 4-2
First Half
Barcelona’s coach Xavi Hernández include Cubarsi in the starting eleven. R.Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal are back on starting eleven. In the 5th minute, the Host has a chance when Isco from the outside box lofts a pass to Luiz Henrique who chips the ball over the bar. Barcelona had more possession in early play they look more cohesive their passing is sticky they are applying more pressure on Real Betis Defense.
In the 21st minute, Gündogan has the ball in Real Betis’ half on the right side he tries to find Ferran, but the ball deflects off a defender into the path of Pedri inside a box who rolls the ball for Ferran Torres How scored an easy goal. Barcelona leads 1-0.
Barcelona Missed a chance to double their lead in the 39th minute when Lamine Yamal’s curling shot hit the post. In the 45th minute, Robert Lewandowski had the ball in the back of the net after a pass from Ferran but the goal was ruled out for a very narrow offside on the Pole in the buildup. Barcelona looks too strong for Real Betis First half ended with Barcelona having a 1-0 lead.
Second Half
Manuel Pellegrini made two substitutions he brought Nabil Fekir and Borja Iglesias in place of Assane Diao and William Jose. Barcelona started the second half strongly in the 48th minute, from the byline Joules Koundé’s efforts struck the woodwork but the ball fell straight to Ferran Torres who scored from the middle of the box. Barcelona doubled their lead. In the 56th minute, Luiz Henrique Delivers looped cross in the box.
Iñaki Pena Punched the ball but it fell for Isco whose Blasting efforts ended up in the net Real Betis scored a goal now they trailed 1-2. In the 59th minute, Luiz Henrique crossed in ball into the box and found Isco, Iñaki Pena Rushes was off his line but Isco looped the shot over Iñaki Pena Ends up in the net. Real Betis scored two goals inside three minutes. Barcelona and Real Betis both had chances to score a third goal but they wasted their chances.
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In the 90th minute, João Félix made a one-two with Ferran at the edge of the box and used the outside of his right foot to curl a beautiful shot into the bottom corner to give Barça the lead again. Betis had no choice but to send everyone forward and leave space at the back to find another equalizer, but Barça took advantage on the counter and made sure of the points as Yamal played a gorgeous through ball to release Ferran, who completed his hat-trick with a gorgeous chip over Rui Silva to confirm the victory. Barcelona Beat Real Betis 4-2. Barcelona Will Face Athletic Club in the Copa Del Rey Quarter-Final on 25 January.