In the La Liga extravaganza that dawned on Monday (6), Barcelona won for the eighth time this season by the same scoreline with a narrow 1-0 victory at home to Valencia. Meanwhile, Real Madrid shook hands with Betis 0-0 away from home, which extended Barcelona's lead to nine points and its chances of winning the title are as good as ever!
Barcelona started the game strongly, with Rafinha opening the scoring in just 15 minutes. In the second half, the team had a chance to increase the score, however, Ferentes missed a penalty kick and Ansou Fadi's shot hit the goal post, unfortunately failing to score. In addition, there was a mistake in the back line as Ronald Anaozura was shown a red card for a foul on the striker. Luckily for Barcelona, despite being a man short, they held on for a 1-0 win to take all three points, a season-high eighth 1-0 win of the season, according to Opta.
Second-placed Real Madrid then went on the road to challenge Betis. Although they controlled the tempo of the game, players such as Binschmar and Lodi Goghos missed many good chances, and the game could only end with a 0-0 score. After the 23rd round of La Liga matches, no team in history has ever failed to win the league title when leading by 9 points, which indicates that Barcelona's probability of winning the title is extremely high and the future is bright!
