Homecoming dance and Raphinha’s protest: Real Valladolid x Barcelona

This Tuesday, the 23rd, the Real Valladolid received the barcelonain a match valid for the 36th round of the La Liga. With the title guaranteed, the Catalans entered relaxed and suffered a tough defeat, by the score of 3 to 1. The confrontation was marked by the manifestation of little girl supporting vini jr.

Right at the start of the match, Real Valladolid surprised and took the lead on the scoreboard, but the goal was in an unusual way. With less than two minutes left, Christensen tried to ward off the danger after a cross and ended up sending it to the back of the net featuring the own goal.

After the goal conceded, Barcelona went after recovering, but bumped into a good defensive performance by Valladolid, in addition to a bit of bad luck on the part of their attackers. Therefore, what scored were the owners of the house, who had a penalty signed in the 19th minute. Taking responsibility, larin went to the lime mark and shifted Ter Stegen, extending the lead on the scoreboard. Interval! 2 to 0.

In the second half, the game came back warmer, with a much less intense pace than in the first 45 minutes. Even Real Valladolid continued to create good chances, but had to hold back a more vertical Barcelona. Raphinha was one of the most involved players, but failed to overcome the home team’s defence.

However, Raphinha’s attitude that drew attention was when he was being substituted. Still on the field, the player took off his shirt, remained with his fist clenched and showed a shirt with a phrase, showing support for Vini Jr. “As long as the color of the skin is more important than the brightness of the eyes, there will still be wars”said the writings.

At 30′, Gonzalo Plata took advantage of an incredible counterattack and finished with no chances for the defence, enshrining a very important victory for Real Valladolid. There was still time for Barça to reduce, in the 39th minute, with a beautiful goal by Lewandowski. The number 9 received a great pass from De Jong, dribbled the goalkeeper and scored the goal of honor. End of the game! 3 to 1

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