Ex-Sporting man off at 63', Flick fumes as Girona face Barcelona | OneFootball

After the heavy defeat against Atlético Madrid in the Spanish Cup (4-0), Barcelona lost again, this time in the League. On their visit to Girona, the culés lost (2-1) and thus missed the chance to take the lead in the championship. Raphinha, former player of Sporting, was substituted in the 63rd minute when the score was tied at one.

There were no goals in the first half, but there was excitement in stoppage time. Lamine Yamal missed a penalty (45+1') and thus squandered the opportunity to put the visitors ahead. Hansi Flick’s team scored first, but it took until the second half.

Pau Cubarsi opened the scoring in the 59th minute. However, the lead was short-lived. Three minutes later, Thomas Lemar leveled the match again (62'). In the final moments, Girona scored the winning goal. Fran Beltrán completed the comeback in the 87th minute.

Girona was also reduced to ten men after Joel Roca was shown a straight red card in stoppage time (90+9'). With this defeat, Barcelona misses the chance to take the lead and sits second with 58 points, two behind leaders Real Madrid. Girona, meanwhile, is 12th with 29 points. Hansi Flick did not hide his displeasure with the new setback.

This season, wearing the culés’ shirt, Raphinha – valued at 80 million euros – played 23 matches: 15 in La Liga, five in the Champions League, two in the Spanish Super Cup, and one in the Copa del Rey. In the 1,471 minutes he was on the pitch, the left-footer scored 13 goals and provided five assists.

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