Barcelona moved three points clear of Real Madrid in LaLiga with a 3-0 victory away at Osasuna.
After a retake, the Catalan club jumped out to a two-goal lead despite resting key players Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha.
In the 77th minute, Lewandowski scored the third goal to seal Barca’s sixth-straight victory.
The home team’s 19 games-unbeaten run has extended to 19 games, which is far beyond what it could and should have been.
Every match is a final from now on, and today’s match wasn’t different. The key is that we quickly and effectively resolved it. Torres, the first-goal scorer, told the reporters, “Three points, and move on.”
In a fantastic team goal, Torres opened the scoring for the home side in the eleventh minute with a first-time finish from inside the six-yard box as he met Alejandro Balde’s cross.
After being fouled while rounding the Osasuna keeper, Olmo took the lead 10 minutes later from the penalty spot.
Olmo’s first kick was saved, but it had to be retaken after an Osasuna player had encroached in the area. It took two attempts to locate the goal.
Barcelona is in charge of the Osasuna stats.
Osasuna conceded 78 percent of the possession at the same time, but he failed to put an effort on goal in the opening period.
Lewandowski scored his 23rd goal of the season just seven minutes after starting with a close header to seal the victory.
The only top-five league team in Europe with no losses in 2025 has been unbeaten since late December.
With Real Madrid in second place with 60 points, and Atletico in third, they have 63 points out of their 28 games. In the standings, Osasuna are 14th.
Due to player absences caused by injuries and player fitness, Barca manager Hansi Flick selected a much-changed team in a match that was originally postponed on March 8 due to the death of the Catalan club’s doctor Carles Minarro Garcia.
Given that many of his team’s players had only recently returned from their exploits with their countries, Flick, along with the club, requested that the game be rescheduled for a later time.
The Copa del Rey, Champions League, and LaLiga games will be played in Barca’s first 20 days of regular season matches.
With only 10 games left, only three other clubs have won the title of @LaLiga Champions: Atlético de Madrid in 2014 (three points), Real Madrid in 2007 (five), and Valencia in 2004 (four). #LaLigaEASports Pic in Challenge. twitter.com/LU5hQPLdu6
Source: Aljazeera
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