Barcelona back in second in La Liga after win over Real Sociedad

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona moved above Girona into second place within the Spanish league after beating Actual Sociedad 2-0 on Monday.

Sheraldo Becker had the ball within the web halfway via the primary half for Sociedad however the aim was disallowed for offside.

Barcelona, although, progressively took management with Raphinha hitting the woodwork after 38 minutes and Lamine Yamal breaking the impasse two minutes later.

Ilkay Gündogan broke ahead and slipped a cross ball to Yamal who made no mistake from 15 yards out. It was the 16-year-old’s fifth aim of the league season.

“It was an essential recreation to recuperate second place,” Yamal mentioned. “Actual began properly and we took a little bit of time to seek out ourselves. However we bought higher little by little.”

Raphina accomplished the scoring from the penalty spot three minutes into stoppage time after Álvaro Odriozola was adjudged to have dealt with within the field.

The end result pushed Barcelona to 1 level greater than Girona.

Actual Sociedad was seventh, some extent behind Actual Betis.

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