La Liga top spot is hot

In round 15 of La Liga on December 2, Barcelona shockingly lost to bottom-of-the-table Las Palmas with a score of 1-2 at home despite the return of Lamine Yamal (playing in the second half).

Barcelona post photo of Lamine Yamal return to warn Real Madrid

This is the first home defeat of the Catalan team in the 2024-2025 season. But it is also the third consecutive match in La Liga that they have not won (2 losses, 1 draw). As a result, they have let their rival Real Madrid, despite being in crisis, win all 3 recent matches to narrow the gap between the two teams to only 1 point.

Barcelona have been playing brilliantly in the first three months under new coach Hansi Flick. They have flown high after convincing victories such as against Real Madrid with a score of 4-0 in round 11 of La Liga. Or against Bayern Munich with a score of 4-1 in the Champions League. The Catalan team has won all 8 home matches in total this season. But in recent rounds, the absence of young star Lamine Yamal has caused them to lose momentum.

Having only 1 point in the last 3 rounds of La Liga, Barcelona cannot increase the gap with their opponents in the championship race. With 34 points in hand, Barcelona is temporarily only 1 point ahead of Real Madrid. But Real Madrid still has 1 match left to play. Meanwhile, behind, Atletico Madrid, with the rise of striker Julian Alvarez, has won 4 consecutive matches recently, also approaching the top spot with 32 points, only 2 points behind Barcelona.

The La Liga championship race is therefore extremely hot. If Barcelona does not return to winning ways soon, they will be dethroned in the next round. Accordingly, Barcelona will play Mallorca away at 1am on December 4, while Real Madrid will also travel to San Mames to meet Athletic Bilbao at 3am on December 5. These are matches in round 19, but have been moved up earlier because Barcelona and Real Madrid will play the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia from January 8 to 12, 2025.

Striker Mbappe, despite being criticized, still scores regularly to help Real Madrid gradually regain strength.

This weekend, Barcelona travel to face Real Betis, while Real Madrid take on Girona and Atletico Madrid take on Sevilla in their La Liga fixtures of round 16.

In a very tense situation, Barcelona is expecting the perfect return of Lamine Yamal to help the team overcome difficulties.

Lamine Yamal, who had just returned from an injury break of nearly 3 weeks, showed quite good form in the match against Las Palmas. He had a chance to score to help his team equalize, but was brilliantly saved by goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen (Las Palmas). Cillessen also blocked another chance from Raphinha with a free kick, sending the ball over the crossbar in the final minutes of the match.

Lamine Yamal is currently valued at 150 million euros despite being only 17 years old, according to Transfermarkt . This season, after 17 matches, Lamine Yamal has scored 6 goals and had 8 assists, he is considered the player who will replace the role and image of famous player Messi at FC Barcelona.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/barcelona-bat-ngo-dung-anh-yamal-de-canh-bao-real-madrid-ngoi-dau-la-liga-cuc-nong-185241202102540743.htm