Barca Beat Espanyol To Win La Liga 2024/25 Title
By Yadnom Awu/ Asaba
Football maestros, Football Club Barcelona, moments ago beat Espanyol by two unreplied goals to win the La Liga Trophy for the 2024/25 League season.
The victory took to 28, the number of times the Catalona giants have lifted the title .
Espanyol started the game the better of the two sides but could not take advantage of the two clear chances they created in the first quarter hour of play.
Barca gradually rose to the challenge by resorting to its traditional tiki taka( total possession and control) tactic to check the Espanyol forward that was trying to catch it off guard by counter attacks.
But the efforts of both teams yielded no desirable harvest until the half time mark.
On resumption, Barca took the fight to the vital area of their opponents in the local derby, and, in spite of the throng of defenders Espanyol mustered , it was just a matter of time before something gave in.
And it did.
In- form teenage football prodigy, Lamine Yamal, on latching to a through pass, swerved right, quickly deceptively banked left, took out a few defenders before firing a riser to the top right side of the far post to record the first goal.
Espanyol, shocked by the goal, charged at the Barca defence in an effort to earn an equalizer but stout defending by the Barca back four frustrated them.
Lamine remained active upfront, and in an effort to thwart his menacing moves, he was elbowed twice which earned the offender a second yellow card that automatically turned to a red card and dismissal .
Down to 10 men, Espanyol battled hard to keep up with the pace of the Barca attackers, and with just five minutes left of regular play, Lamine laid a clear pass to a colleague who slotted in for the second and last goal of the match.
The victory Co firms Barca as winner of the La Liga title for the current season, thus winning an automatic ticket to represent Spain in the next season of the UEFA Champions League.
