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Lamine Yamal returned from wounded to assistance Barcelona bushed Real Sociedad 2-1 connected Sunday and determination apical of La Liga by 1 point.
After Real Madrid were thrashed 5-2 by rivals Atletico Madrid successful a derby connected Saturday, Hansi Flick’s broadside had the accidental to assertion rod presumption supra Xabi Alonso’s side.
Alvaro Odriozola gave Real Sociedad the pb against the tally of play successful the archetypal fractional but Jules Kounde headed the Spanish champions level.
Yamal, who missed the past 4 games with a groin injury, created the victor for Robert Lewandowski conscionable moments aft coming connected arsenic a 2nd fractional substitute.
Barcelona held the crippled astatine the Olympic stadium, wherever they person played for the past 2 seasons, aft the metropolis assembly refused them a licence to reopen their Camp Nou location earlier successful the week.
Flick handed 17-year-old attacking midfielder Dro Fernandez his debut, besides starting Roony Bardghji connected the close helping and bringing successful seasoned Wojciech Szczesny for injured goalkeeper Joan Garcia.
Barcelona dominated the shot successful the archetypal fractional but recovered it hard to bushed Real Sociedad goalkeeper Alex Remiro.
The Spain planetary made a good prevention to contradict Marcus Rashford successful the aboriginal stages.
On indebtedness from Manchester United, Rashford is uncovering his footing astatine Barca and played a superb done shot for Robert Lewandowski, who fired crossed the look of extremity from a choky angle.
Real Sociedad deed Barca with a crisp counter-attack to unfastened the scoring aft 31 minutes.
Former Real Madrid defender Alvaro Odriozola applied the finishing interaction to Ander Barrenetxea’s cross.
Barcelona stepped up a cogwheel and recovered Remiro successful their mode again, with the goalkeeper superbly palming distant a Kounde transverse which was deflected towards his goal.
Remiro besides tipped a Bardghji effort distant for a corner, which led to Barcelona’s equaliser.
Rashford, who provided an assistance from a country against Real Oviedo successful midweek, whipped it to the adjacent post, wherever Kounde powered location a header.
– Yamal’s instrumentality –
Flick replaced Dro with Dani Olmo astatine half-time and besides brought connected Yamal earlier the hr mark, aft the teen recovered from his groin issue.
Voted 2nd champion subordinate successful the satellite astatine the Ballon d’Or gala connected Monday, Yamal made an instant impact.
The 18-year-old burst into the container and crossed for Lewandowski to caput location disconnected the post, conscionable implicit a infinitesimal aft his introduction.
Szczesny made a bully prevention from Oyarzabal arsenic La Real gave Barcelona a mates of scares, portion Remiro denied Rashford and Olmo with 2 much bully saves.
The crippled grew progressively chaotic and some sides deed the crossbar successful speedy succession.
Kounde, daydreaming successful midfield, was robbed and Real Sociedad worked the shot to Takefusa Kubo, who crashed a changeable against the woodwork.
Then Barcelona broke distant and Ferran Torres teed up Lewandowski, who battered the crossbar erstwhile good placed to enactment the crippled to bed, but the hosts were not punished.
Barcelona big Paris Saint-Germain successful the Champions League connected Wednesday, besides astatine the Olympic stadium.
The station La Liga: Yamal returns arsenic Barcelona bushed Real Sociedad to spell top appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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