Barcelona Tekuk Almoria 2-0 At The Separation Match Gerard Pique
JAKARTA - Two goals scored by Ousmane Dembele and Frenkie de Jong in the second half gave Barcelona a 2-0 win over Almeria in the Spanish League match at Camp Nou, Sunday morning WIB.
This match is also the last match of veteran defender Gerard Pique, who this week has declared his resignation from football, so this match is a farewell match for the award-studded defender.
Launching Antara, the results of this match made Barca top the La Liga standings with 34 points or two points above Real Madrid which will soon host Rayo Vallecano early next week.
Dembele broke the deadlock shortly after the second half by firing a measurable shot into the bottom corner of the Almerian goal from a counter-attack.
In the 62nd minute, de Jong, who remains Manchester United's main target, doubled the position after snatching the bouncing ball from goalkeeper Almeria Fernando Martinez.
Pique, who is now 35 years old and has collected 30 trophies including three Champions League titles and eight Spanish League titles, was played from the start before being replaced in the 83rd minute.
In another Spanish League match that took place first, Getafe drew 0-0 against Cadiz.
This match ended in chaos at the last moment which affected three players by a red card. banyak Alvarez and Portu were two Getafe players who were shown a red card, while the other was for Luis Hernandez from Cadiz.
Cadiz failed to get out of the relegation zone by occupying 18th place in the standings with 11 points he packed. On the other hand, Getafe also failed to overtake Valencia and is now in 12th place with 14 points.
At the Jose Zorrilla Stadium, host Real Valladolid won 2-1 over Elche.
The hosts' second goal was scored by Javi Sanchez in the 40th minute and Roque Mesa in the 46th minute. Meanwhile, Elche's reply was scored by Josan in the 63rd minute.
Vallodolid also rose to 10th with 17 points, while Elche remained caretaker after only being able to collect four points from 13 matches.
On the other hand, host Celta Vigo lost 1-2 to Osasuna.
Ezequiel Avil put Osasuna ahead in the eighth minute which was eleven minutes later equalized by Iago Aspas.
However, in the 28th minute, Avila again scored, which this time became the decisive goal for Osasuna's victory.
Celta is only one place above the relegation zone at number 17 which is only ahead on goal difference from Cadiz. On the other hand, Osasuna rose to position 7 with 20 points, according to the ESPN page.
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