Barcelona escaped the trap of its host, Athletic Bilbao, and snatched 3 valuable points in its march towards regaining the La Liga title, which has been absent from its coffers for 3 seasons, after its hard-fought 1-0 victory over its Basque counterpart, on Sunday, in the 25th stage of the competition.
Barcelona’s score, which achieved its 21st victory in the tournament during the current season and the ninth in its last ten matches in the competition, rose to 65 points in the lead, by 9 points in front of its closest pursuers, its traditional rival Real Madrid, before their upcoming match in (El Clasico) next Sunday at the stadium ( Spotify Camp Nou), the stronghold of the Catalan team.
On the other hand, Bilbao’s credit, which did not win the championship for the fourth consecutive match, stopped at 33 points in ninth place.
Brazilian Rafinha continued to score for the second consecutive match, after scoring Barcelona’s only goal in the second minute of calculated time instead of lost in the first half.
Despite this, German Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Barcelona goalkeeper, deserved to be the undisputed champion of the match, after he blocked many sure chances for Bilbao to equalise, to ensure that his team got the three points from the stronghold of his opponent.