Leader FC Barcelona remains clearly on master class in the Spanish football league. The team of German national goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen beat CA Osasuna 1-0 (0-0) on Tuesday evening (02.05.23) and extended their lead at the top of the table to 14 points, at least temporarily.
Defending champions Real Madrid, currently runners-up, play at Real Sociedad San Sebastian later in the evening. The 27th championship in the club’s history can only be taken mathematically from Barcelona five games before the end of the season. Against the ninth in the table, Jordi Alba (85th) scored late for the Catalans, who struggled against the stable Osasuna defense for a long time.
With the guests, central defender Jorge Herrando saw red after 27 minutes because of an emergency brake. Barca keeper Ter Stegen extended his club record by keeping 25 clean sheets this season and another clean sheet could equal the LaLiga record. In the 1993/94 season, Spain keeper Francisco Liano made 26 saves from Deportivo La Coruna.
Moose first descent
FC Elche is the first to be relegated from the Primera Division. The bottom of the table, who have already had six different coaches on their bench this season, lost 1-2 (0-1) to promoted UD Almeria. The bottom team has only got 16 points from 33 games.