Barcelona suffered a second defeat in a row after capturing the Spanish title early in their favor by beating Espanyol 4-2 in the Catalan derby last Sunday on matchday 34 of the league.
Barcelona lost to their hosts Valladolid 3-1 in a match that brought them together on Tuesday evening as part of the 36th round of the Spanish Football League.
The Valladolid club moved forward with an early goal that came in the second minute with a “friendly fire” scored by Barcelona’s Danish defender Andreas Christensen erred in his own net. Canadian striker Sil Larin doubled the score in the 22nd minute with a goal from the penalty spot, and then his Ecuadorian colleague Gonzalo Plata completed the home team’s hat-trick by the 73rd minute.
While the Polish striker Robert Lewandowski scored an honorary goal for the “Blaugrana” in a minute, six minutes before the end of the regular time of the match.
Barcelona lost at home to their guest Real Sociedad (1:2), and today they lost to Valladolid, and their score stopped at 85 points, which is the top of the league.
Barcelona won the La Liga title for the first time since 2019 and became the 27th in their history, closing the gap to 7 titles between them and their main rival Real Madrid, the record holder.
On the other hand, Valladolid achieved their first victory after 5 defeats in a row, raising their score to 38 points and leaving for the time being in seventeenth place outside the relegation zone, waiting for the results of the rest of the matches of this tour.
Source: RT