Lewandowski's first goal of the season

FC Barcelona added a difficult victory with goaltender Robert Lewandowski's golden goal.

The 2023-2024 Spanish La Liga third round away match against Villarreal at Estadio de la Seramacha on the 27th (local time). Barca seemed to be cruising early in the morning with goals from Gabby (12 minutes in the first half) and Frankie de Jong (15 minutes in the first half).

However, Villarreal, who launched a counterattack, succeeded in reversing the game with goals by Juan Foyce (26 minutes in the first half), Alexander Soeros (40 minutes in the first half), and Alex Baena (5 minutes in the second half), making it unpredictable.

Barsa then scored a goal by Ferran Torres (23 minutes into the second half) and Lewandowski (26 minutes into the second half) to win a thrilling 4-3 victory.

Torres was substituted for Oriol Romeu in the 18th minute of the second half of the day and exploded the equalizer in the 5th minute to save the team. It's season 2 goal. Lewandowski, who had been sluggish, scored his first goal of the season in three games.

With this, Barca recorded 2 wins and 1 draw of the season. After drawing 0-0 against Getafe in the first round, it was Barca who won 2-0 at home against Cadiz in the second round.

After the game, Barça coach Xabi Hernandez said, “It was a crazy game. It was our fault. Villarreal got off to a good start early, but we dominated the game 2-0. From there, the game was ours, but then we conceded too much.”

He said, “I am satisfied with the second half and our attacking method, but we need to improve defensively.”

Coach Xavi selected Gaby, Lewandowski, and Ramin Yamal as the front line of attack, The Yong, Oriol Romeu, and Ilkay Gundoan as midfielders, Marcos Alonso, Andreas Christensen, Jules Kunde, and Sergi Roberto as four backs, and Tess Stegen as goalkeeper. exhibited.