Celona Gebuk Elche 4 Goal Without Reply, Lewandowski Prints Brace

Robert Lewandoski (center) celebrated his goal in the 27th week of the Spanish League match on April 1, 2023. BETWEEN/AFP/M. RAMON

JAKARTA - Barcelona beat the bottom team of Elche's four goals without reply in the 26th week of the Spanish League at the Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero on Sunday, March 2 in the morning WIB.

Robert Lewandowski scored a brace, aka two goals in this match, with the other two scored by Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres.

This victory made Barcelona even stronger at the top of the standings by collecting 70 points. Now they are 15 points ahead of Real Madrid in second place, who will only play against Real Valladolid on Sunday night WIB.

Meanwhile, Elche is getting worse at the bottom of the standings by only collecting 13 points from 27 matches, according to LaLiga's official website.

Barcelona immediately dominated possession and played short passes to dismantle Elche's defenses.

Their efforts finally resulted in a goal in the 20th minute. Jordi Alba's free kick was deflected by Ronald Araujo's head and ended at Lewandoski's feet, who immediately fired a hard shot to find goalkeeper Edgar Badia. The score became 1-0.

Lewandowski almost doubled Barcelona's lead in the 43rd minute. Ferran Torres' cross was met by Lewandowski with a header, but the attempt went wide of Elche's goal.

The first half ended with a 1-0 advantage over Barcelona.

Barca played more aggressively since the start of the second half. Elche was in the market playing defensively and waiting for an opportunity to launch a counterattack.

However, the visitors actually doubled their lead in the 56th minute. Torres' pass was received by Fati who dribbled in front of the penalty box before releasing a measured hard shot from outside the penalty box, which found the bottom left corner of the Badia goal. The score becomes 2-0.

In the 66th minute, Lewandowski scored his second goal. Gavi snatched the ball from Elche's players and immediately sent a through ball to Lewandoski who immediately fired a low hard shot which turned into a goal. Elche trailed 0-3.

Four minutes later, Barcelona increased their lead to 4-0 through Ferran Torres' goal. Lewandowski sent a cross into the penalty box Torres received.

The Spanish striker then stabbed into and fired a left foot kick that broke into the bottom left corner of the Badia goal. The position is 4-0.

There were no additional goals until the end of the match. Barcelona won convincingly 4-0 over Elche.

Based on Antara's report, the following is the line-up for Elche and Barcelona:

Elche (3-4-3): Edgar Badia; Helibelton Palacios, Pedro Bigas, Lautaro Blanco (65' Ezequiel Fernandez); Jose Carmona (54' Raul Guti), Omar Mascarell, Gerard Gumbau, Carlos Clerc; Tete Morente (65' Josan), Fidel, Pere Milla (76' Ezequiel Ponce).

Barcelona (4-3-3): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Ronald Araujo (77' Pablo Torre Carral), Jules Kunde, Marcos Alonso, Jordi Alba; Sergi Roberto, Gavi (68' Franck Kessie), Eric Garcia; Robert Lewandowski, Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati (84' Aleix Garrido).