Hattrick Lewandowski helps Barcelona win in a match full of goalkeeping mistakes | Football

Barcelona took the lead halfway through the first half through a striking header from Fermín López. But coach Xavi Hernández’s team could not enjoy this for long due to a haughty action by goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen.

The German thought he had fooled Hugo Duro with a nonchalant foot movement, but promptly handed the ball to the Valencia striker. He pushed the equalizer into the empty goal. Moments later, Valencia took the lead through Pepelu’s penalty kick.

Even before the half-time signal, it was Valencia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili’s turn to clumsily put his stamp on the game. The Georgian keeper took a back pass completely wrong, had to make a handball to recover and received the red card.

Barcelona therefore played the entire second half with one more man. Lewandowski seized that opportunity. The Polish super striker turned the game around with striking headers – substitute keeper Jaume Domènech missed the second goal – and completed his hat trick with a beautiful free kick: 4-2.

The victory puts Barcelona two points ahead of Girona in the standings. Both clubs will compete for second place in the final phase of this La Liga season, because the national title is out of sight. Leader Real Madrid has eleven points more than the Catalans.

Frenkie de Jong was missing from FC Barcelona. The midfielder suffered an ankle injury in El Clasico against Real Madrid last week. De Jong will be sidelined for several weeks, but he is expected to recover in time for the European Championships in Germany.