Las Palmas light up La Liga by stopping Barcelona

Madrid - Las Palmas drew Barcelona 2-0 in the Spanish league on Saturday.

Barcelona's Lionel Messi scored in the 20th minute while Las Palmas scored a penalty by Jonathan Cagliari 49 minutes.

Barcelona lifted its lead to 66 points at the top of Allega by 5 points from Atletico Madrid runner-up while Diamond raised his score to 20 points in the 18th place


The two teams began a cautious match from Barcelona and Las Palmas in order to feel the keys to play between the two teams amid the dependence of the owners of the ground on the attacks and bars on the acquisition of high ball.

The first dangerous opportunity came from Uruguayan Luis Suarez in the 8th minute but Las Palmas goalkeeper Leandro Chichizola reacted to a fantastic shot by Barcelona.

The goalkeeper returned to spark a free kick by Lionel Messi in the 11th minute.

Fifteen minutes after the visit, Las Palmas went through goalkeeper Terje Stegen's control despite 51% possession of the ball.

Lionel Messi cut the net from a free-kick directly by the Argentinian in a superb 20 minutes and Samuel Umetti scored the second goal for Barcelona in the 25th minute but a diamond keeper was on time

The Las Palmas tried to get out of their hosts to score a draw but to no avail on the German keeper until the 35th minute of the meeting despite the acquisition of the ball, which reached 57%.

The Barcelona team has been counting since Lionel Messi scored the first goal on the counter-attacks led by the trio Messi, Suarez and Vidal amid a negative acquisition of Las Palmas on the ball.

Las Palmas lacked the seriousness of the offensive in the first half, which ended late with a goal and without a single shot on Ter Stegen.

The end of the first half saw a thrilling shot when Diamond keeper Leandro touched the ball outside the penalty area without any action from referee Matthews Lahouz against him amid objections from players Barcelona and Ernesto Valverde

The start of the second half came in first place when Matthaus Lahouz scored a penalty for the hosts because Lucas Dean touched the ball after returning from Palma to score for Jonathan Cagliari in the 49th minute.

The Las Palmas team took advantage of Barcelona's low level and a rebound after their goal and pressed hard on the visitors but without a real threat to German Mark Terschigen.

Valverde intervened in the 57th minute when Alex Vidal and Brazilian striker Philippe Coutinho came in to activate the attack.

After 5 minutes of Coutinho's change, Valverde pushed the Croatian striker Ivan Rakic ​​in place of Brazilian Paulinho to adjust the rhythm of the center.

Las Palmas players played tough on Messi in order to stop the Argentinian's risk of paying off the game.

Barcelona pressed hard on Las Palmas to restore progress in vain to lead Valverde in the lead Iniesta in the 74th minute and pushed the Frenchman Osman Dembli.


The Las Palmas team retreated to a strong defense and play on the counterattack with the 61-year-old takeover and a desire to score the winner.

Barcelona did not take advantage of Lahouz 6 minutes from the winning goal to make the difference with Atletico Madrid 5 points before Saddam's teams on Sunday at the Camp Nou