In the 34th minute, Palazzo fired a left-footed shot from the top of the penalty area, but the ball went over the crossbar. Then, just two minutes later, Depay made a breakthrough on the left and crossed the ball, but Dexter's left-footed shot from the middle of the box went wide. At the end of the first half, Barcelona trailed 0-1.
In the 49th minute, Alvaro Garcia fired a left-footed shot from the left side of the box that also went high. Nico sent in a long pass from the back in the 52nd minute of the second half, and Alba fired a low left-footed shot from the left side of the box to the near corner, but the ball slipped over the bar.At the 55-minute mark, Philippe Coutinho was shown a yellow card after kicking Palazzo in midfield. Dexter then sent a cross straight down the center of the field and Aguero fired a right-footed shot from the right side of the box, but it went over the crossbar.
In the 59th minute, Nico's cross from the center of the field was blocked by Aguero's low right-footed reverse shot from the right side of the box. Barcelona then replaced Sergi Roberto with Demir, with Durst dropping back to play right back. In the 62nd minute, Alba crossed from the left and an unmarked Coutinho pushed a right-footed shot to the left of the penalty spot, but it went wide.Four minutes later, Piqué set up an elbow on Falcao as he fought for the top spot, resulting in Falcao being yellow-carded.
Valentine was awarded a penalty kick in the 71st minute when he back kicked Depay in the box. Depay pushed a right-footed shot into the lower left corner of the goal, but Dimitrevski dove to save it.
Barcelona replaced Coutinho with Xavi, and in the 81st minute, Palazzo took a left-footed drive from the right side of the penalty area arc, which was parried away.In the 83rd minute, Saveljic was yellow-carded for objecting to a penalty, and Barcelona replaced Nico with Luc de Jong. In the 90th+2nd minute, Busquets picked out Luc de Jong and sent a right-footed shot from the right side of the field into the net above the goal. In the 90th+5th minute, Unai Garcia's corner kick from the left was met by a powerful header from the back post by Catena, which slipped through the net. In the 90th+7th minute, Dexter forced a breakthrough cross from the right side of the penalty area, and Aguero's header hit the side netting.A minute later, Aguero crossed from the left side, and Gavi's left-footed shot from the center of the penalty area bounced off the ground and over the crossbar.
Both sides' starting lineups:
Rayo Vallecano (4-2-3-1): 13 Dimitrevski / 20 Bariou, 24 Savile Ich, 5 Catena, 33 Fran García / 23 Valentín (92'4 Mario Suárez), 6 Comercena (63'12 Unai López) / 7 Palazzo, 8-Trejo (76'21-Cis), 18-Alvaro Garcia/3-Falcao (76'9-Nteca)
