Goalkeeper Tomáš Vaclík started after more than three months in the Spanish football league and in the 26th round he had to spend the defeat of Seville on the field with the descent of the endangered Elche 1: 2.
The national team goalkeeper was given a chance at the expense of Maročan Bunú, who was missing due to a finger injury. Lionel Messi helped Barcelona win 2-0 on the Pamplona field with two goal passes.
The Catalans won the league for the third time in a row and approached two points leading the Athletics, who are waiting for the Madrid derby with the third Real on Sunday.
Vaclík already caught the semifinals of the Spanish Cup against Barcelona in Wednesday’s retaliation (0: 3 after overtime). He first capitulated in Elche in the 70th minute, when he was shot down by Raúl Guti. Six minutes later, the 31-year-old goalkeeper followed Guido Carill’s cross head from the bar to the goal and kicked it from behind the line. The guests lowered the threshold of the set time, Luuk de Jong prevailed.
Seville is not having a good time. She was not enough for Barcelona even a week ago in the league, she also lost the opening duel of the eighth finals of the Champions League at home with Dortmund. Of the last five competitive duels, she managed only the league match in Pamplona (2: 0). Thanks to three points, Elche got out of the descent zone at least until Monday.
Messi prepared the first goal after half an hour of play. With a high pass for about 30 meters, he found Jordi Albu approaching the lime, who processed the ball and finished it from an angle. With the second pass, he challenged the scoring of 18-year-old Ilaix Moriba, who scored the first goal in the third start of his career. Barcelona captain Messi has scored 25 goals this goal or assisted this season in the Spanish league, seven more than any other player in the competition.
Spanish Football League – Round 26:
Valladolid – Getafe 2: 1 (14. Plano, 24. Weissman – 37. Mata), Elche – FC Sevilla 2: 1 (70. Guti, 76. Carillo – 90. De Jong), Cádiz – Eibar 1: 0 (40 . Negredo), Pamplona – FC Barcelona 0: 2 (30. Alba, 83. Moriba).
Table:
| 1. | Atletico Madrid | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 47:16 | 58 |
| 2. | FC Barcelona | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 57:22 | 56 |
| 3. | Real Madrid | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 43:20 | 53 |
| 4. | FC Sevilla | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 35:20 | 48 |
| 5. | Saint Sebastian | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 42:21 | 42 |
| 6. | Betis Sevilla | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 33:38 | 39 |
| 7. | Villarreal | 26 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 34:29 | 37 |
| 8. | Granada | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 31:42 | 33 |
| 9. | Levante | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 35:34 | 32 |
| 10. | Bilbao | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 34:28 | 30 |
| 11. | Valencia | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 32:36 | 30 |
| 12. | Vigo | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 30:37 | 30 |
| 13. | Pamplona | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 23:35 | 28 |
| 14. | Cádiz | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22:41 | 28 |
| 15. | Getafe | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 21:32 | 27 |
| 16. | Valladolid | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 25:37 | 25 |
| 17. | Elche | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 23:37 | 24 |
| 18. | Eibar | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 20:29 | 22 |
| 19. | Alaves | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20:39 | 22 |
| 20. | Huesca | 25 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 22:36 | 20 |
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