FC Barcelona lost in the Spanish league for the first time this season at home. Real Sociedad celebrated an important 2-1 (1-0) win against the newly crowned champions on Saturday (05/20/2023).
Thanks to goals from Mikel Merino (5th) and Alexander Sörtloth (72nd), the guests consolidated their fourth place and, with three games to go in the season, have a five-point lead over fifth-placed FC Villarreal and have the best chance of qualifying for the Champions League. For Barcelona, Robert Lewandowski only scored shortly before the end to make it 2-1 (90th), but that didn’t change anything in the first home defeat in the league since the last matchday of last season.