This is LaLiga: Barça gets to +8 and puts pressure on Madrid

Published:2/02/2023 - 00:52h

Updated:2/02/2023 - 01:54h

FC Barcelona remains solid in the leadership of LaLiga and completed a fantastic first round with a win against Betis as a visitor (1-2). Xavi Hernández's men have 50 points, eight more than Real Madrid

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The first turn of LaLiga closes with a wintry champion solid and indisputable. The FC Barcelona added his sixteenth victory of the tournament to arrive to 50 points after winning to the Real Betis in Benito Villamarín (1-2). With this, are eight the points that separate to the culés of his escort, the Real Madrid, that the Thursday is forced to defeat to Valencia in Santiago Bernabéu not to lose more terrain in the fight by the title.

The ones of Carlo Ancelotti come to puncture home in front of the Real Sociedad (0-0), tie that left them five points behind the Barça. By his part, the ones of Gennaro Gattuso fell the weekend in José Zorrilla in front of the Valladolid (1-0) and need to go back to the triumph after four consecutive days without adding three points (a tie and three falls). With 20 points, the group 'ché' follows near of the descent.

And it is that the Valencians are to only a point of the Cádiz, eighteenth qualifier with 19 points. The low part of the classification follows very narrow and grieve three units separate to the zone of descents (Cádiz, Getafe and Elche) of the place 11 that occupies the Almería (22 points). In the half of the table finds the Mallorca (25), with a point less than the Athletic Bilbao (26).

The Betis follows near of the 'zone Champions'

The goals of Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski promoted the triumph of the Barça in Benito Villamarín. Jules Koundé (against), discounted for the venues on the end, but there was not time for traced back. In spite of the defeat, the ones of Manuel Pellegrini follow near of the 'zone Champions' with 31 units, same puntaje of the Villarreal and to three of the Athletic of Madrid (fourth with 34 points).

In the third place follows the Real Sociedad (39), to five of a Madrid that the Thursday will put to the day with the calendar after receiving to Valencia. Behind the Betis find Ray Vallecano (29) and Osasuna (28). For the moment, Barça (leader) and Elche (colista) are the only distanciados in a classification very couple after the first-half of the championship. The ones of Xavi Hernández follow to step of record and could equalise the record of 100 points obtained does a decade, in the 2012/13, with Tito Vilanova in the bench.