Yamal hat-trick fires Barcelona past Villarreal to lead LaLiga | OneFootball

Lamine Yamal with his hat-trick paved the way to victory for the Barça team.

First, at 28 minutes, Fermín stole a ball in the middle of the field and caught Villarreal's defense off guard. The midfielder provided a precise assist between Veiga and Cardona for Yamal, who made a diagonal run into the open space and, upon entering the area, softly touched with his left foot to the goalkeeper's right post.

At 37, Fermín again passed to Yamal, but this time he didn't leave him alone. This time the magic was done by the Spanish gem. He received the ball near the corner flag and headed towards the area. He faced Cardona and left him behind, and when Moleiro tried to intervene, he also left him behind and shot at the goal. The ball went directly to the right corner of Luiz Junior, who couldn't do anything.

For the second half, Villarreal came out to reduce the deficit and quickly achieved it.

At 47, after a corner kick from Pépé, Ayoze Pérez managed to deflect, the ball reached the Uruguayan Mouriño, who, awkwardly from the ground, managed to enable Pape Gueye, who didn't hesitate and shot with his left foot before Joan García could block it.

After this, Flick decided to send Pedri onto the field in place of Dani Olmo and then Lewandowski and Araújo in place of Torres and Bernal.

And the changes worked. At 69, Yamal's hat-trick arrived to take the ball home. Pedri in the middle of the field made a precise pass to Yamal, who made the perfect diagonal run between the defenders and entered the area alone once more. And again, he finished with his left foot to the far post.

13 goals for Yamal in LaLiga, who left the field at 73 for Bardghji to take his place.

Towards the end, at 91, Lewandowski scored to set the final figures.

Koundé entered the area and assisted the German, who only had to tap it in to score. After checking the position, the VAR confirmation came, and the final 4-1 for Barcelona.

With the victory, Barcelona secures the top of the tournament with 64 points, 4 more than Real Madrid. Valencia remains third with 51.

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