Ibrahim Afellay made a return after his long-term injury as Barcelona thrashed Rayo Vallecano 0-7 while being away from home.
Barcelona were on fire as they faced Rayo Vallecano away from home; even though it was for nothing. The Catalan giants have almost lost the Spanish La Liga at the hands of Real Madrid, who are currently 7 points above La Blaugrana.
Josep Guardiola’s men have already lost their chance of winning the Spanish league and also the UEFA Champions League. Their loss against Madrid took Los Blancos 7 points at the top of the Spanish La Liga table. Later, a 2-2 draw at the Nou Camp against
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 knocked them out of the UEFA Champions League as well.
These weren’t the only two things which Barcelona lost during the past weeks. The Catalan giants also came to know about Josep Guardiola leaving the club at the end of the season. The Catalan coach admitted that he wants to leave http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 and take a break
from football.
However, with La Blaugrana taking the pitch after all these breakdowns, they were rampant as they took on the challenge of the Madrid-based club, Rayo Vallecano.
Barcelona won the fixture 7-0, with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 scoring a brace in the process and finally finding back his goal scoring shoes.
The win wasn’t the only good news for the Catalan giants, as they also saw the Dutch winger, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ibrahim-Afellay-c16547 making a return after a long-term injury.
After the game, Thiago Alcantara made sure that he congratulates the Dutch youngster on his return, as he was sidelined for almost the whole season.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-c34888 Alcantara also spoke about the game against Rayo Vallecano but he started his interview by congratulating his team-mate, who missed the chance to enjoy this season with Barcelona due to an injury.
The Italian-born Brazilian midfielder said:
“Before anything else I want to congratulate Afellay for his return. He deserves the best.”
The Dutch winger was substituted during the game against Vallecano and replaced the Spanish defensive midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Busquets-c33048 during the 73rd minute of the game.
Afellay was involved in a team move during the 90th minute of the game, which helped Lionel Messi score his second and Barcelona’s seventh goal of the night.
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