Fc Barcelona Back On Winning Ways

Fc Barcelona finally registered a victory in La Liga and gained three points to boost their European credentials after a hard-fought victory at the Camp Nou.

Barcelona has long been out of contention for the title, but its fans could at least believe in a brighter future for the team after 17-year-old Gavi Paez teamed with two more youths to beat a resilient Elche 3-2 and end a three-game winless run.

Ferran Jutlga and Gavi scored their first goals for Barcelona to give it a 2-0 halftime lead. Elche rallied with two goals early in the second half, but Gavi assisted 19-year-old Nico González to score the 85th-minute winner.

“The only thing I was thinking was that that ball had to go in one way or another,” Nico said about his win. 

“We are very happy. At 2-2, we knew we were facing a tough rival and recently things have not been going our way.”

Barca coach has shown a lot of faith in youngsters from La Masia as his first-choice players are out due to injury. All the three goals scorers were from the Barca academy and were below the age of 20. 

Barcelona was knocked out of the Champions League following their 3-0 defeat to Bayern Munich. They drew in the last game after conceding a late equalizer making life difficult for the Blauranans. They will face a stern test in the Europa League as they face Italian side Napoli in the knockout stages of the tournament.