{"id":20662,"date":"2025-09-26T09:04:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T09:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=20662"},"modified":"2025-09-26T09:04:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T09:04:03","slug":"liga-champions-barca-claim-comeback-win-at-oviedo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=20662","title":{"rendered":"Liga champions Barca claim comeback win at Oviedo"},"content":{"rendered":"
Headers from Robert Lewandowski and Ronald Araujo helped Barcelona make a 3-1 comeback victory at minnows Real Oviedo on Thursday in La Liga.<\/p>\n

The Catalans, who fell behind after a mistake from goalkeeper Joan Garcia allowed Alberto Reina to score the opener from 40 yards out, levelled through Eric Garcia early in the second half.<\/p>\n

Substitute Lewandowski nodded Hansi Flick’s side in front and Araujo made the game safe late on as he headed home Marcus Rashford’s corner.<\/p>\n

Barcelona, second in the table, trail leaders Real Madrid by two points after Xabi Alonso’s side maintained their 100 percent start with a win at Levante on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Despite missing star winger Lamine Yamal, Flick’s team recorded their fourth consecutive victory across all competitions without the teenager.<\/p>\n

Oviedo, back in Spain’s top flight for the first time since the 2000\/01 campaign, lined up with 40-year-old great Santi Cazorla in midfield, making his first start of the season.<\/p>\n

They could not contain Kylian Mbappe as Real Madrid visited the Carlos Tartiere stadium in August, but mostly did a better job against the champions.<\/p>\n

Rashford started on the left wing after he was benched last weekend for turning up late for a team meeting, and came closest for Barcelona in the first half.<\/p>\n

The on-loan Manchester United forward’s vicious effort was tipped away by Oviedo goalkeeper Aaron Escandell, who excelled despite the goals he conceded.<\/p>\n

The Spanish stopper tipped away another Rashford effort from range and then thwarted the England international again from the rebound after Raphinha struck the post.<\/p>\n

Barcelona were unsurprisingly dominant but Oviedo took the lead in the 33rd minute after a howler from visiting goalkeeper Joan Garcia.<\/p>\n

Charging out of his box, he intercepted the ball but then passed straight to Reina, who fired into the empty net from long distance.<\/p>\n

Hansi Flick sent on Frenkie de Jong at half-time and the Dutchman helped his side click into a higher gear.<\/p>\n

Barcelona levelled through Eric Garcia, netting from close range after Escandell saved Ferran Torres’ effort from Ronald Araujo’s cross.<\/p>\n

Escandell continued to frustrate the visitors, saving from Raphinha and Torres, but he could not keep out Lewandowski’s header to send Barca in front.<\/p>\n

Five minutes after being brought on the Polish veteran produced an excellent header from De Jong’s cross which cracked against the underside of the crossbar on its way in.<\/p>\n

Jules Kounde made a vital interception at the back to help keep Barca ahead before Araujo sealed the three points in the 88th minute when he nodded Rashford’s corner beyond Escandell.<\/p>\n

Barcelona host Real Sociedad on Sunday at the Olympic stadium, after Real Madrid visit rivals Atletico Madrid on Saturday in a derby clash.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Headers from Robert Lewandowski and Ronald Araujo helped Barcelona make a 3-1 comeback victory at minnows Real Oviedo on Thursday in La Liga. The Catalans, who fell behind after a mistake from goalkeeper Joan Garcia allowed Alberto Reina to score the opener from 40 yards out, levelled through Eric Garcia early in the second half. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}