Robert Lewandowski struck twice as Barcelona moved 15 factors clear on the prime of La Liga with a snug 4-0 win at Elche on Saturday.
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Earlier Lucas Ocampos and Youssef En-Nesyri struck to earn new Sevilla coach Jose Luis Mendilibar an important 2-0 victory over relegation rivals Cadiz in his first recreation in cost.
Barca’s Polish ahead Lewandowski has endured a small dip in kind lately however was again to his deadly finest to proceed the Catalans’ procession in the direction of their first title since 2019.
Ansu Fati additionally scored for the primary time since October in the league and Ferran Torres rounded out the comfy win, as Xavi was capable of begin some reserve gamers forward of Wednesday’s Copa del Rey semi-final conflict with Real Madrid.
Elche, enjoying underneath new coach Sebastian Beccacece for the primary time, are backside of the desk and by no means appeared more likely to bother the runaway league leaders. Champions Madrid, second, host Real Valladolid on Sunday.
“We’ll see what Madrid do tomorrow, (however) if we win our video games, we might be champions,” Eric Garcia told Movistar.
“The coach told us all at the start of the season, everyone is important.
“We have an important game on Wednesday and he was able to rest some players.”
Barca coach Xavi took the prospect to experiment by deploying Garcia in Sergio Busquets’ traditional pivot position, and made a number of different adjustments to his traditional facet.
Torres and Fati began on the flanks, the latter having made headlines this week after his father complained concerning the Barca quantity 10’s lack of minutes.
“(Goals) all the time give confidence to the forwards, right this moment it went completely,” Xavi told Movistar.
“Two goals for Robert, one for Ferran, one for Ansu, and Ansu’s work — he ended up exhausted, that’s the truth.
“Aside from the goal, that is very positive for him and his confidence, how he worked for the team, it’s really important for me, and the goal is a consequence of his work and his talent.
“I’m especially happy for Ferran, Ansu, the players that maybe deserved goals, today they scored.”
Lewandowski broke the impasse after 20 minutes together with his first aim in 4 league matches, scuffing a end into the bottom, with the ball looping over a defender and into the online.
The Polish worldwide and the highest goalscorer in the league grabbed his sixteenth and seventeenth strikes of the marketing campaign — he has 27 throughout all competitions.
Barcelona ought to have elevated their lead in the primary half however Lewandowski nodded over and Jules Kounde had an effort cleared off the road.
Gavi pulled the strings and Garcia was stable in midfield as Barca secured a twentieth clear sheet of the season in the highest flight.
Fati stretched Barcelona’s benefit 10 minutes into the second half, driving ahead from the midway line and drilling into the underside nook.
Lewandowski pounced once more after Gavi gained the ball again for the third after which arrange Torres, who drifted inside and slotted house the fourth.
Xavi handed midfielder Aleix Garrido, 19, his debut in the ultimate phases.
Elche are 14 factors from security with 11 matches remaining.
Sevilla Beat Cadiz
The Andalusian derby between Cadiz and Sevilla was an early check for Mendilibar, who changed Jorge Sampaoli in the worldwide break.
His crew rose to the problem with a back-to-basics show to maneuver into midtable, profitable on the highway in La Liga for the primary time since October.
Sevilla struggled to create possibilities in a decent first half which the hosts shaded, however Ocampos broke the impasse quickly after the break on a rebound from a nook.
En-Nesyri completed properly to double his crew’s lead after Bryan Gil cushioned the ball into his path with a pleasant contact.
Sevilla climbed to thirteenth, 5 factors above the relegation zone, whereas Cadiz are sixteenth, two factors away from the drop.
Girona, tenth, snatched a 2-1 win in a Catalan derby conflict with Espanyol, leaving the Pericos seventeenth, a degree above the relegation zone.
Getafe earned a creditable 0-0 draw at Athletic Bilbao and sit 14th.
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