Barcelona: Gerard Piqué and Robert Lewandowski despatched off as Barça fights again to defeat Osasuna

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Gerard Piqué’s soccer profession resulted in ignominious trend as he was purple carded from the substitute’s bench, however Barcelona however secured an necessary 2-1 victory in opposition to Osasuna.

With Robert Lewandowski additionally purple carded within the first half, Barça fought again from a purpose down to maneuver 5 factors away from rival Actual Madrid on the high of La Liga.

Osasuna took an early lead within the sixth minute of Tuesday’s sport when David García headed in from a nook.

Barcelona’s issues have been then compounded as Lewandowski, the highest scorer in La Liga this season, was given a second yellow card for a heavy problem on García – simply the second time in his profession the striker has been despatched off.

Tempers have been operating excessive because the gamers headed down the tunnel at halftime, a lot in order that Piqué was purple carded for dissent with out even approaching the pitch within the last sport of his Barça profession, which has seen him play greater than 600 video games over a 14-year interval.

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A person down within the second half, the visiting facet responded shortly by way of Pedri’s purpose following Jordi Alba’s very good ball into the field.

The sport seemed set to finish in a draw, however with 5 minutes remaining, Frenkie de Jong despatched an excellent lengthy ball in the direction of substitute Raphinha, who positioned his dipping header over goalkeeper Aitor Fernández and into the Osasuna web.

“Our workforce’s proven probably the most maturity since I’ve been right here,” Barça supervisor Xavi informed reporters after the sport. “We’ve had an hour with solely 10 gamers, [Osasuna has] hardly created something in that hour … As we speak is the victory of a household workforce and I’m very proud.”

Actual Madrid has an opportunity to shut the hole on the Blaugrana in opposition to Cádiz on Thursday, however the victory in opposition to Osasuna ensures Xavi’s facet go into the seven-week membership break for the World Cup on the high of La Liga.