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Updated April 5, 2021
Barcelona’s French forward Ousmane Dembele (C) celebrates after scroring during the Spanish League football match between FC Barcelona and Real Valladolid FC at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on April 5, 2021. Pau BARRENA / AFP
Ousmane Dembele volleyed in a 90th-minute winner against Real Valladolid on Monday to fire Barcelona to within a point of Atletico Madrid ahead of next weekend’s Clasico in La Liga.
Barca looked set for a damaging stalemate at Camp Nou after Atletico’s defeat by Sevilla on Saturday but Valladolid had Oscar Plano harshly sent off with 12 minutes left and Dembele snatched a 1-0 victory.
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Ronald Koeman s resurgent side had won their previous five top-flight matches but were short of their best for much of the first half, with Kenan Kodro hitting the crossbar for Valladolid.
Lionel Messi and his teammates tried to crank through the gears in the second half but struggled to find a breakthrough, even after Oscar Plano was sent off 11 minutes from time for a cynical foul on Dembele.
The France winger would have the final word, swiping home on the volley after Ronald Araujo made a nuisance of himself on the end of Frenkie de Jong s cross - setting up next weekend s pivotal Clasico showdown perfectly.
Dembele scores last-minute goal to get Barcelona close to La Liga lead 2 minutes read
Barcelona, Spain, Apr 5 (efe-epa).- A goal by Ousmane Dembele in the 90th minute was the last-minute strike that broke the logjam between Barcelona and Valladolid and put Ronald Koeman’s Catalonian squad just one ranking point behind struggling La Liga leader Atletico de Madrid on Monday.
The match was played before empty stands due to coronavirus gathering restrictions.
In virtually every way an agonizing match against a rival playing from the 79th minute onward with just 10 men on the pitch after Plano’s red-card expulsion, the win gave a huge confidence boost to Barca, which needed to win but did not play very well against a squad that fended off every scoring attempt until Dembele hunted down the ball and got it into the twine in the final seconds.
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Ousmane Dembeleâs last-minute goal gave Barca three vital points with a 1-0 win at home to Valladolid to move them to within a point of Atletico Madrid at the top of La Liga on Monday night.
Dembele fired home at the far post after the ball had been flicked on when it looked as if Barca were not going to break down a well-drilled Valladolid who ended the game unhappy at having a good penalty appeal turned down and ending the game with 10 players after Oscar Plano was shown a rigorous red card.