Villarreal vs Barcelona, ​​La Liga: Match thread, live updates

FULL TIME, Villarreal 1:5 Barcelona: The craziest game of the season so far ends with a win for Barça after a game in which absolutely everything was at stake. The result does not reflect what we saw on the pitch, but Barça deserved the win based on their resilience and quality. Ter Stegen's horrific injury is one of the big stories, but the key takeaway is that Barça remain perfect with six wins from six games to start The La Liga season. Well done, boys!

83' GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!! Villarreal 1-5 Barcelona (Raphinha): WOW!!!!!!! Lamine Yamal plays an absolutely OUTRAGEOUS pass with the outside of his left foot to Raphinha who kicks the ball into the ground and over the keeper to score the fifth and finally win the game!!! WHAT A GOAL!!!!!

75' GOAL!!!! Villarreal 1-4 Barcelona (Raphinha): IT'S FOUR!!!! Barça take a giant step towards victory when Pau Víctor's pass finds Raphinha on the edge of the box and his shot deflects off Bailly and into the net!!!

68' GOAL NOT ALLOWED: Villarreal almost got back into the game with a header from Thierno Barry, but the goal was disallowed because the substitute was offside.

67' PENALTY MISSED: Lewandowski wants to complete his hat trick, but hits the post instead.

66' PENALTY FOR BARCELONA! The referee is called to the screen and points to the penalty spot after seeing Eric Bailly bring down Yamal in the penalty area.

58' GOAL!!!! Villarreal – Barcelona 1:3 (Torre): IT'S THREE!!! Barça restore their two-goal lead when Pablo Torre fires a shot from outside the box that deflects off Logan Costa and into the net!!!

50' GOAL NOT ALLOWED: Pépé is played in by Baena and finds the bottom corner, but the goal is again disallowed for offside.

KICK-OFF SECOND HALF! Villarreal – Barcelona 1:2: Back on the road in Villarreal!

HALF TIME, Villarreal 1:2 Barcelona: Barça went into the break with a lead that ended in a wild half. But the real story is the horror injury to goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen, who had to be stretchered off the pitch with a broken leg. Barcelona must deal with the trauma and try to find a way to win against a Villarreal side that could easily have scored another goal or two. It should be a crazy second half.

38' GOAL, Villarreal 1-2 Barcelona (Ayoze): Villarreal are immediately back in the game when Baena's pass finds the path of Nicolás Pépé and he allows Ayoze Pérez to tap in the penalty area.

35' GOAL!!!! Villarreal 0-2 Barcelona (Lewandowski): BARÇA DOUBLES THE LEAD!!! Lamine Yamal's cross finds Eric García at the far post and after his header is saved by the goalkeeper, the ball falls perfectly to Lewandowski who doubles his goal with a little overhead kick!

20' GOAL!!! Villarreal – Barcelona 0-1 (Lewandowski): BARÇA TAKES THE LEAD!!! Pablo Torre plays a fantastic through ball to Robert Lewandowski in the penalty area and the striker shoots the ball past the goalkeeper to give the visitors the lead!!!

8' GOAL NOT ALLOWED: Álex Baena's pass finds Yeremi Pino, who then passes the ball to Marc-André ter Stegen. However, the Villarreal winger is offside and the goal is disallowed.

KICK-OFF! Villarreal 0:0 Barcelona: And we are in Villarreal!

WELCOME TO CITY FOR CERAMICS!!! The beautiful home of Villarreal, forever known as The Madrigal in our hearts is the site of a great clash between the hosts and Barcelona, ​​who go into this game seeking the perfect record at the start of the La Liga season and are recovering from their first defeat of the season away to Monaco in Europe in midweek. But it won't be easy against a very strong Yellow Submarine side who scored eight goals in two games against Barça last season and they are ready to cause big problems again. It should be a lot of fun and you are more than welcome to join us to follow and commentate on all the action. Let's go!

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LINEUPS

BARCELONA

Starting eleven: Ter Stegen; Kounde, Domínguez, Iñigo, Martín; Torre, Eric, Pedri; Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha (4-3-3)

Substitute: Peña (GK), Astraga (GK), Cubarsí, Cuenca, Fort, Balde, Casadó, Guille, Toni, Fati, Víctor

VILLARREAL

Starting eleven: Conde; Femenía, Bailly, Costa, Cardona; Pépé, Comesaña, Parejo, Yeremi; Ayoze, Baena (4-4-2)

Substitute: Junior (TW), Albiol, Bernat, Navarro, Denis, Gueye, Terrats, Akhomach, Barry

GAME INFO

Competition/Round: 2024-25 La LigaMatchday 6

Date/Time: Sunday, September 22, 2024, 6:30 p.m. CET (Barcelona), 5:30 p.m. BST/WAT (UK and Nigeria), 12:30 p.m. ET, 9:30 a.m. PT (US), 10:00 p.m. IST (India)

Venue: Ceramica StadiumVillarreal, Spain

referee: Mateo Busquets-Ferrer

VAR: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

How to watch

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