FC Barcelona destroys Atletico Madrid 3-0 at the Metropolitano

FC Barcelona defeated Atletico Madrid 3-0 at the Civitas Metropolitano stadium in La Liga. Barcelona is now 2nd in La Liga with 64 points and is eight points behind league leaders Real Madrid, who are on 72 points. FC Barcelona are now ten games undefeated in all competitions. Barcelona will play Las Palmas at home after the international break, and then they will play against PSG in the Champions League quarterfinals in early April.

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At the start of the game, Atletico Madrid created more chances than FC Barcelona. Atletico Madrid has shots go wide and shots blocked in the box. Barcelona defended well from Kounde, Ronald Araujo, and Pau Cubarsi. Barcelona started to create clear chances in the 35th minute. Fermin Lopez was close to opening the score in the 38th minute, but Jan Oblak stopped his shot.

Only a few seconds later, the opener arrived for FC Barcelona, and Joao Felix haunted his former teammates and scores. Gundogan made a great turn on the edge of the box and found Robert Lewandowski. Lewandowski passes a great ball from the left side to Felix, who calmly sends the ball into the right corner. Felix scores against his club, who he still belongs to since he is on loan at Barca. The Portuguese winger did not celebrate the goal as the Atletico fans booed him.

In the second half, Barcelona started the perfect way possible as they scored their second goal in the game. In the 47th minute, De Paul passes the ball straight to Raphinha. The Brazilian dribbles towards the Atleti box and chips a ball to Lewandowski in the box. The Polish striker controls the ball and smashes the ball onto the left post that bounces into the net.

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Lewandowski gets his second assist as Fermin Lopez scores a header

In the 65th minute, Fermin Lopez scored Barcelona's third goal of the day. Kounde passes the ball to Lewandowski on the right side and sends a perfect cross to Fermin, who heads the ball into the top left corner past Oblak. Atletico Madrid tried to get a goal back late in the game, but it wasn't possible. Nahuel Molina received a red card in the 92nd minute for stopping Vitor Roque as the last man. It stays as a 3-0 win for Barca, and Lewandowski won the Man of the Match as he grabbed a goal and two assists.