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 internet halfway by way of the primary half for Sociedad however the objective was disallowed for offside.

Barcelona, although, regularly 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 objective of the league season.

“It was an necessary sport to get better second place,” Yamal mentioned. “Actual began nicely and we took a little bit of time to search out ourselves. However we acquired 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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