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

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

First, at the 28th minute, Fermín stole the ball in midfield and caught Villarreal’s defense off guard. The midfielder delivered a precise assist between Veiga and Cardona to Yamal, who made a diagonal run into space and, upon entering the box, softly finished with his left foot to the goalkeeper’s right post.

At the 37th minute, Fermín once again passed to Yamal, but this time he didn’t leave him alone. This time, the magic came from the Spanish gem. He received the ball near the corner flag and headed towards the box. He faced Cardona and left him behind, and when Moleiro tried to intervene, he also left him behind and shot at goal. The ball went straight into the top right corner of Luiz Junior’s goal, who could do nothing.

In the second half, Villarreal came out looking to reduce the deficit and managed to do so quickly.

At the 47th minute, after a corner from Pépé, Ayoze Pérez managed to deflect it, the ball reached the Uruguayan Mouriño, who, awkwardly from the ground, managed to set up Pape Gueye, who didn’t hesitate and finished with his left foot before Joan García could block him.

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

And the changes worked. At the 69th minute, Yamal completed his hat-trick to take the match ball home. Pedri, in midfield, delivered a precise pass to Yamal, who made the perfect diagonal run between the defenders and entered the box alone once again. And once again, he finished with his left foot to the far post.

13 goals for Yamal in LaLiga, who left the pitch at the 73rd minute to be replaced by Bardghji.

Towards the end, at the 91st minute, Lewandowski scored to seal the final result.

Koundé entered the box and set up the German, who only had to tap it in to score. After a VAR check for position, the goal was confirmed and Barcelona secured a 4-1 final score.

With this victory, Barcelona secures the top spot in the league with 64 points, 4 more than Real Madrid. Valencia remains third with 51.

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