Let’s take a look at the player ratings of this fresh La Liga clash between Rayo Vallecano and FC Barcelona from Estadio de Vallecas.
With a mixed start to the season, Barcelona entered this away La Liga match against Vallecano with hopes to improve their situation. The Catalan club sat on the ninth position in the league and just suffered a Clasico defeat to Real Madrid last weekend.
In terms of the home side, Vallecano had just lost two of their last eight games, and were comfortably sitting just above their opponents in the league table. The local chicos posed a great threat to the Barca side who are currently fractured from all sides.
Yet again, Barcelona conceded a goal from an instant counter attack, as Trejo intercepted the ball from Busquests. The midfielder immediately slided the towards Falcao who was waiting for the right moment to score.
The 35-year-old Colombian pulled it back from a Barca defender and neatly curled a left-footed shot in the bottom left corner past Ter Stegen. A controlled high press from the home side troubled the Blaugrana defense for the entire 90 minutes.
Barcelona had one golden chance where they could have put the scoreline on level terms. Depay was brought down in the box by Saveljich and earned a spot-kick for the visitors. However, low shot fired by the Dutch striker was blocked and pounced upon by Dimitrievski to keep his side in the front.
Barca have now lost back-to-back games in the domestic league, and things are getting worse for Ronald Koeman. The Dutch boss will hope to revive his team in the next fixture, where they face Deportivo Alaves at Camp Nou.
Player ratings
Vallecano: Dimitrievski (8), Saveljich (6), Catena (6), Balliu (6), Garcia (6), Valentin (3), Comesana (7), Palazon (4), Trejo (7), Garcia (4), Falcao (9).
Bench: Lopez (5), Ntekja (6), Ciss (6), Suarez (6).
Barcelona: Ter Stegen (6), Pique (7), Garcia (7), Roberto (7), Alba (7), Busquests (6), Gonzalez (7), Coutinho (5), Dest (4), Depay (3), Aguero (5).
Bench: Demir (5), Gaviria (5), De Jong (6).
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