Former goalkeeper of Real helps Barca

The team of Barcelona managed to hold first place in La Liga after 36 th round, having won with 2: 0 against Betis. Earlier in the day the other contenders for the title - Real Madrid and Atletico also won their matches, which means that the status quo at the top remains: Barca and Atletico remain level on points (on 85), while the third Real Madrid has one less.


The match in Seville was far from easy for the Catalans, who came up with his best possible squad. However hosts Betis were more active team in the opening 10-ish minutes when pressed very successful stay. It is not allowed Barca to unleash his usual game and champions lost a lot of time in finding the familiar rhythm.

The moment that changed the fortunes in the game came in the 35th minute when Betis remained with 10 men for a second yellow card of Heiko Westermann. German stumbled very rough squeezing past him Ivan Rakitic and the referee did not have much option but to remove him from the game.

The numerical advantage of Barca turned the key and immediately after the resumption of play, guests shoved "green lung" in their own half. Already in the 48th minute Neymar perfectly centered the ball to Suarez, whose shot could not find the outlines of the door.

In the 50th but Barcelona took the lead, and wines for a goal as goalkeeper Antonio Adán (former frame of Real Madrid) and Herman Pecel. They failed to understand what must clear cross Lionel Messi to Rakitic and Adan left the line in order to boxing. Quite comically none of the players of Betis did not play with the ball, allowing Rakitic to score an empty gate - 1: 0.

Goal pretty calm team of Luis Enrique, who just wanted to completely doubie intrigue. In the 73 th Neymar tried very intelligent flipped the ball to Suarez, but Adan out time and cross and seconds later Suarez himself into the penalty area and from shooting on the grass, to see the goalkeeper saves.

It ended up 81 th minute when Lionel Messi recorded a second assist to his name. The Argentine received the ball just after the center circle and unique pass out Suarez alone with the keeper. For Uruguayan was not a problem just flipped the ball over custody and scored his 35th goal in the league.