After three defeats in its previous four matches, FC Barcelona revived on Monday by beating Real Sociedad (2-0) at home to regain its place as runner-up to Real Madrid, already crowned champion. Barça, beaten by Girona in the Catalan derby last week (4-2), took advantage of the misstep of its Catalan neighbor on Friday against Alavés (2-2) to regain second place in Liga with a one point lead.
An important victory in the race for the Champions League, the last objective of the Blaugrana club, condemned to a blank season after its elimination in the quarter-final of C1 by Paris Saint-Germain, at the start of a week with three matches (Monday , Thursday, Sunday).
Spanish winger Lamine Yamal, 16, opened the scoring in the 40th minute after a great collective movement with Robert Lewandowski and Ilkay Gündogan, before the Brazilian Raphinha made the break from the penalty spot at the very end of the match ( 90th 3).
