Barcelona closed out their closing house sport of the La Liga season with a 3-1 win over Real Betis on the Camp Nou, finishing a historic marketing campaign below Hansi Flick.
The victory ensured the Catalans grew to become the primary facet in Spanish top-flight historical past to win all 19 house matches in a 38-game La Liga season.
The night additionally carried emotional weight as Robert Lewandowski made his closing house look for Barcelona after 4 seasons with the membership. The striker obtained a standing ovation when substituted late on, leaving the pitch visibly emotional.
Barcelona dominated a lot of the primary half and eventually broke by within the twenty eighth minute by Raphinha. After being fouled simply exterior the penalty space, the Brazilian bent an excellent left-footed free-kick across the wall and into the underside nook to make it 1-0.
The hosts had threatened repeatedly earlier than the breakthrough. Joao Cancelo produced a blinding solo run early on, whereas Raphinha and Fermin Lopez have been each denied by Alvaro Valles, who saved Betis inside touching distance earlier than the interval.
Second-half aim frenzy
Regardless of enhancing after the break, Betis have been punished for a significant defensive error on 62 minutes. Hector Bellerín carelessly surrendered possession on the sting of his personal field, gifting Raphinha a easy alternative that the winger calmly transformed for his second aim of the night time.
Betis briefly threatened a comeback halfway by the second half. Following a VAR evaluate, the guests have been awarded a penalty after Gavi was adjudged to have fouled Isco inside the world. Isco transformed from the spot within the 69th minute to scale back the deficit to 2-1.
There was a second of actual hazard shortly afterwards when Antony curled a strike narrowly huge of the far put up, however Barcelona rapidly restored their management.
Within the 74th minute, Cancelo capped a wonderful show with an excellent long-range end, bending a exact effort into the bottom-right nook after being picked out by Pedri.
Lewandowski almost marked his farewell with a aim of his personal late on, firing simply over from inside the world earlier than being substituted.
