FC Barcelona, which has not lost since the beginning of the season, tied 2-2 at Granada Stadium, today, Sunday, in the ninth round of the Spanish League. A match that made Lamine Yamal, who scored his first goal with Barcelona, enter the history of the Spanish championship.
Xavi’s men were held to a 2-2 draw against newly promoted Granada on Sunday. A historic match for Amin Yamal, who became the youngest scorer in the Spanish League. The draw makes Barça third in the tournament with 21 points, behind Real Madrid and Girona.
Brian Zaragoza, Idol of the Evening
However, he is another young man who has made a name for himself at Los Carmenes. After just 17 seconds of play, Brian Zaragoza opened the scoring. Scoring the fastest goal ever scored against Barcelona. The 22-year-old Andalusian took advantage of a loss of possession from Gavi and dangerous positioning from Marc-Andre ter Stegen to score his fourth goal of the season (1-0, first).
The young prodigy from Granada, who played a decisive role in the Andalusian club’s rise to the first division, will do great damage in depth and will even come close to achieving the double (9th place). Deprived of several attacking players – Lewandowski, Rafinha and Pedri remain in the infirmary – FC Barcelona are having difficulty being dangerous and relying only on the very active Joao Felix.
Lamine Yamal, the other miracle
Andre Ferreira, Granada’s goalkeeper, kept his team in the match after blocking a wonderful shot from the Portuguese, who took advantage of his opportunity from afar (17). But Brian Zaragoza responds and scores a wonderful goal by tackling Jules Kounde’s mark after a series of dribbles. His final hook eliminates the Frenchman and allows him to fire a shot from outside the right flank under the top corner (2-0, min. 29).
The French defender will also leave the field after a few minutes, the victim of a sprain in his left knee after Javi fell on his joint (44th place). Just before half-time, Lamine Yamal pulled one back with a ball rolling into the penalty area after a deflected shot from Joao Felix and made history by becoming the youngest goalscorer in La Liga history, at the age of 16 years and 87 days (2-1, 45th+). 2).
Andre Ferreira, the other guy from Granada
After returning from the locker room, Barcelona continued to press for an equaliser, but with insufficient possession of the ball. Fermin Lopez, starting in the middle for the second time this season, takes his chance after turning to follow the ball, but is blocked by the tall Andre Ferreira (54th). The Portuguese goalkeeper will win again against Ferran Torres in the last minute on his line (69).
After being replaced at number 6, Ilkay Gundogan will also face the Andalusian wall, where he will see his powerful cross shot blocked by Andre Ferreira with the tips of the gloves, with a fine jump (77). But the Granada goalkeeper will have nothing to do with the good sequence of Ronald Araujo, who almost ended up as a midfielder in the absence of attacking players on the bench (78).
Incomplete return and Kounde injury
Barcelona will finally discover the mistake thanks to Sergi Roberto, who replaced Fermin Lopez in the 61st minute, who completed a good cross from Alejandro Balde. Andre Ferreira’s hand slows down his shot, but the ball bounces into the Andalusian cages despite the defect at the entrance to the area (2-2, minute 85).
He is still influential on his left side, as youngster Brian Zaragoza passes him near the post to give himself a hat-trick against Barcelona, after a powerful shot from the right side (89th minute). Barcelona even believed that it would stick to its comeback after a good recovery from Joao Felix after a cross from Joao Cancelo, but the referee blew the whistle for Ferran Torres’ offside, as he was playing a match (minute 90+4). Not enough for the Catalan team, which wins at the end of the match.
After the break, the club hopes for the recovery of the injured: in the cases of De Jong, Lewandowski or Pedri, Jules Kounde has just been added, and he injured his knee during contact with Javi and it is possible that the French team will lose.
