Barcelona leads the league standings, after its victory over Osasuna, and Real Madrid is far from the league
Alba's sting.. Barcelona defeats Osasuna and touches the La Liga title
Barcelona snatched a hard-won victory against its guest Osasuna 1-0 today, Tuesday, in the 33rd round of the Spanish League.
Jordi Alba scored the only goal of the match in the 85th minute, to give his team three valuable points that brought him very close to the La Liga title.
Barca raised its tally to 82 points, moving it 14 points ahead of Real Madrid, who will meet Real Sociedad tonight.
As for Osasuna, it received its 13th loss in the league championship, to freeze its balance at 44 points in ninth place.
Barcelona imposed full control from the first minutes, and Baldi posed a great danger with his runs on the left flank.
Pedri missed Barcelona's most dangerous opportunity in the 25th minute, after which he sent off Jorge Hernando, Osasuna defender, with a direct red card.
The task became more difficult for the guests, and Barca doubled its offensive pressure, but Rafinha and Conde missed two sure chances after golden passes from Frenkie de Jong.
Rafinha also hit a free kick that touched the top of the crossbar, after which he executed a corner, which Araujo met with a dangerous header.
Robert Lewandowski surrendered to marking throughout the first half, while “Javi” left because he complained of pain in the adductor muscle, to be replaced by Ansu Fati.
On the other hand, Ter Stegen was not subjected to real tests, but rather two ineffective shots from Pablo Ibanez and Lucas Toro.
The Catalan team pressed fiercely in the second half, taking advantage of the numerical shortage in the ranks of its opponent, and threw Xavi Hernandez with all his winning cards, Dembélé Garcia replaced Rafinha Christensen.
In the first quarter of an hour, Dembele, Fati, Lewandowski and Frenkie de Jong missed 5 dangerous attempts at Osasuna's goal, whose goalkeeper Ettore Fernandez shone in defending his own goal valiantly.
In the midst of this Catalan rush, Munoz hit a long-range ball, which Ter Stegen saved with difficulty, and Kiki Barja completed the guests' attack with a shot over the crossbar.
Jordi Alba and Ferran Torres participated in the place of Busquets and Baldi, and a few seconds after his arrival, Torres almost scored Osasuna with a ball that hit his foot outside the empty goal very strangely.
In the 79th minute, Lewandowski broke the jinx and scored the net with the first goal, but his joy was not complete due to the presence of his colleague Ferran Torres in an offside position.
The Catalan giant did not give up until Jordi Alba scored a goal in the 85th minute, after an attack started by Lewandowski, paved by Frenkie de Jong, and Alba completed it into the net with a direct shot with his left.
In the final remaining minutes, Pedri and Ansu Fati missed the opportunity to double the score with a second goal, holding the fans' breath at Camp Nou until the final whistle sounded after 3 minutes of stoppage time.