🏆 Barça close to the title! Atlético KO, +7 on Real: Lewa’s shoulder 😱 | OneFootball

Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 after playing 45 minutes with a man advantage: after the goal from Giuliano Simeone (39'), Rashford (42') hit back almost immediately, and then substitute Lewandowski scored with his shoulder (87'). A goal that could be worth the title: after Real Madrid's defeat to Mallorca, the blaugrana are now 7 points clear in 2nd place.

Also worth noting were some sensational plays from Yamal: a 30-meter assist that Fermin failed to convert, and a shot that came within inches of becoming the new Puskas Award winner: 4 men beaten in just a few meters before his effort went narrowly wide.  

🤷 Lewa comes on and scores with his SHOULDER: decisive 2-1!

88TH MINUTE - After a second half of total domination playing 11 vs 10 and with more than 80% possession, Barça make it 2-1: Cancelo beats several men down the left, Musso saves his shot, and Lewandowski scores with his shoulder on the rebound.

It was the 301st goal of the Flick era at Barcelona in 107 matches.

😱 Yamal inches away from the Puskas Award

60TH MINUTE - Lamine Yamal causes chaos: he spins away from 2 men, then drives forward and beats 2 more in just a few meters. His shot goes just wide.

🟨 Red card for G. Martin, then changed to yellow

46TH MINUTE -  Just seconds after the start of the second half, Gerard Martin clears the ball and then, with his momentum carrying him through, catches Thiago Almada on the ankle. Initially, the referee shows a red card, but he is then called over to the monitor and changes his decision: it’s yellow.

😠 Scuffle and 3 bookings! Then Nico sent off 🟥

45'+3 MINUTE - Nico Gonzalez, playing at full-back, is sent off: a last-man foul on Yamal after being beaten to the ball. The player was initially sent off for a second yellow, but after reviewing it on the monitor, the referee shows a straight red instead.

45TH MINUTE - A clash between Dani Olmo and Giuliano Simeone sparks a scuffle that carries on for a few minutes: insults are exchanged but the players do not come to blows. The referee takes a few minutes to calm things down: Koke, Molina and Fermin are booked.

🧨 Rashford makes it 1-1 right away! 300th goal of the Flick era in 107 games

42ND MINUTE - Barcelona absorb pressure but keep scoring goals, lots of them, and they do it again tonight: neat combination play on the edge of the box and a through ball from Olmo to Rashford, who fires home left-footed across goal.

RANDOM STATS: it was the 300th goal of Hansi Flick’s Barcelona era in 107 matches.

💣 Simeone makes it 1-0! Long ball and goal, defending 😬

39TH MINUTE - Atletico Madrid score by exploiting Barcelona’s main characteristic: their high defensive line. A long ball from Lenglet at the back, Simeone times his run perfectly, controls well and scores one-on-one with the keeper.

🪵 Yamal hits the post: Barça move 🔝

36TH MINUTE - Beautiful move from Barça: a Dani Olmo-Fermin Lopez-Yamal one-two sequence ends with Yamal hitting the outside of the post as he shoots.

👀 Griezmann, what a miss! But he was offside

27TH MINUTE - After having an earlier chance in the 11th minute, Griezmann wastes a chance in front of Joan Garcia: cross from the left and a shot that somehow goes wide. The move, however, is ruled out for offside.

🤩 Yamal GENIUS, Fermin wastes it 🎥

12TH MINUTE - Yamal comes up with a moment of magic out wide: a nutmeg on the right flank and a 30-meter outside-of-the-foot through ball for Fermin Lopez, who shoots wide in front of Musso.

⚔️ So many Atletico-Barça clashes! League, cup and Champions

The "feud" between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona has felt bigger than ever this year: after Barça’s 3-1 win in the league meeting, came the colchoneros’ 4-0 win in the Copa del Rey, followed by the blaugrana’s 3-0 victory in the return leg. 

Now this clash could be decisive for the future of LaLiga, and the two teams will meet again in 4 days at Camp Nou for the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. Then they will face each other again at the Metropolitano for the second leg on April 14.

✅ OFFICIAL LINEUPS: Lewandowski on the bench

Atletico Madrid (3-5-2): Musso, Nahuel, Lenglet, Le Normand; Nico Gonzalez, Koke, Vargas, Baena, Giuliano; Almada, Griezmann.

Barcelona (4-2-3-1): Joan García, Araujo, Cubarsi, Gerard Martin, Cancelo, Eric García, Pedri, Lamine Yamal, Olmo, Fermin, Rashford.

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