CHAMPIONS! Dance from Barça to Espanyol (1-4) to lift their 27th League title

Published:14/05/2023 - 22:50h

Updated:15/05/2023 - 03:39h

FC Barcelona is champion of LaLiga Santander 2022-2023! After an authentic display against Espanyol and with four games to go, Xavi Hernández's men have established themselves as Spanish champions for the twenty-seventh time in their history

It was the night of the FC Barcelona, the one who so much had dreamed since, 1.478 days ago, raised his last title of LaLiga Santander. It has done expect more than the account, but the blaugrana have gone back to dominate the Spanish football and raise a trophy that resisted him from the 2019, leaving a season with historical numbers and that gives beginning to a 'new was' with Xavi Hernández carrying the rudder of the ship.

The consecration has sucedido in a 'field' enemy, in the one of a RCD Espanyol that played the life in the derbi but that has remained without arguments to argue him the party to a Barcelona picture that arrived to Cornellà to do what had to do: look for the early victory to begin the celebration of his vigésimaseptima Spanish League. Before the mediotiempo, the blaugrana already won by three goals for 'ensure' a title that already was his from does a good time.

The way to the throne no has resisted him to the Barça. Before the chamber of hour, Alejandro Balde lit the motorbike and 'destroyed' to the saga 'perica' with a desmarque to the space out of the area. It finish confining and saw the arrival of Robert Lewandowski, that in the RCDE Stadium has ratified like Pichichi, nailed the balloon to the deepest of the network. Eight minutes afterwards, went the left side the one who dressed of goleador to increase the advantage after Pedri González sent an exquisite high pass, from the right.

A goleada incontestable of the Barça champion

The party put him of face to a Barça that did not see more remedy that sign the enésima exhibition of the season in front of an Espanyol that, after the first two goals and although had several shy approaches, presented his resignation of the party and saw, like viewer, the party of the Barcelona picture, in which Lewandowski went back to appear before it fulfilled the half time for his doublet, after a good deed of a Raphinha that received a balloon filtered, broke to the space and commanded a centre to the second stick so that the '9' only had to push it.

In front of the 'walk' of the culés, that almost was blurred by a shot point-blank of Braithwaite in which Ter Stegen appeared to command it was, Luis García moved his bench to try contain in his field to the blaugrana in the second half. It was not sufficient, in any case. And it is that, before it fulfilled the hour of party, Frenkie of Jong filtered a very good pass in front of the arrival of Jules Koundé that connected to nail it to the deepest of the network.

A new title of League!

With a pleasant party, without almost suffering and imposing from beginning to end, the picture directed by Xavi Hernández tops in LaLiga Santander with his title number 27 after a magic season. To fault of four days for the end, the blaugrana add an advantage of 14 points on the second position, occupied by the Real Madrid, with historical registers and that reveal the overwhelming command in the competition. They are 85 points (of 102 possible), in which they have registered 64 goals in favour and so alone eleven against.

The blaugrana have known to impose to the difficulties, remains clear. They fell in Santiago Bernabéu and, since, have gone stepping strong until topping in the field of the Espanyol. Between so much, they carried the Supercopa of Spain, with a final sensacional against the Real Madrid, although they did not have luck in Europe. In spite of all (and thus), has been the firmest step of the Barça to welcome the new policeman and celebrate, finally, the first title 'big' in the era post-Messi.

Technical index card of the party: RCD Espanyol 1-4 FC Barcelona

RCD Espanyol: Pacheco; Óscar Gil, Montes, Sergi Gómez (min. 45, Calero), Cabrera, Oliván; Melamed, Darder, Denis (min. 45, Puado); Joselu and Braithwaite (min. 54, Pedrosa).
FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Koundé, Araújo, Christensen, Balde; Busquets, Frenkie of Jong, Pedri; Raphinha, Lewandowski and Gavi.
Referee: Of Boroughs Bengoetxea
Incidences: corresponding Party to the day 34 of LaLiga 2022-2023
Goals of the party: 0-1, Robert Lewandowski (min. 11); 0-2, Alejandro Balde (min. 20); 0-3, Robert Lewandowski (min. 40); 0-4, Jules Koundé (min. 53); 1-4, Puado (min. 73)