The 35th round of La Liga, Barcelona's home match against Real Sociedad was really tense and exciting.
At the beginning of the first half, both teams showed a strong desire to attack. In the 37th minute, Rafinha attempted a long-distance shot from outside the penalty area, the ball unfortunately hit the post and bounced out, and Barcelona missed a great chance to break through. Gündoğan then failed to capitalize on the opportunity when he added a shot, turning an open goal into a safety.
However, Barcelona did not get discouraged and they continued to look for opportunities. In the 40th minute, Levan showed his excellent ability to maneuver on the field, he retreated to get the ball and then turned to send a very wonderful direct plug, Gündoğan quickly inserted the ball, and distributed the ball to the right side of Yamal. Yamal calmly adjusted the angle, pushed the ball straight to the corner, Barcelona finally broke the deadlock, the score became 1-0.
At the start of the second half, Real Sociedad tried to step up their attack to get back into the game, but Barcelona's defense was very solid and didn't give their opponents too many chances. The game took a turn for the worse in the 90th+2nd minute. The referee, assisted by VAR, went back to the handball situation 2 minutes earlier and found that a Real Sociedad player had committed a handball foul inside the penalty area, thus giving Barcelona a penalty kick opportunity. Rafinha, as the penalty taker, calmly fired the ball to the lower right corner of the goal and managed to hit it to extend the score to 2-0.
This goal also sealed the win for good. In the end, Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 2-0 thanks to Yamal's goal and Rafinha's penalty kick. The win lifted Barcelona above Girona to second place in the table, and kept them close to leaders Real Madrid.
