Five days after the debacle in Copa del Rey and the 4-0 defeat by Real Madrid, the Barcelona players are returning to their Camp Nou. This Monday at 10 PM EAT Xavi Hernandez’s men will host Girona in the last match of the 28th round of the Spanish Primera Division.Barcelona have won one trophy so far this season, the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia. They were eliminated from the national cup in the semi-finals, from the Champions League in the group stage, and then lost to Manchester United in the Europa League. However, the last trophy will hardly fall out of her hands, since they have a clear lead to the throne in the remaining 11 games in the championship.If the Blaugrana triumph tonight, they will be 15 points clear of second-placed Real Madrid, as the Royal Club lost to Villarreal on Saturday. They will hardly lose that advantage, even though they have several difficult matches until the end, such as a duel with Atletico Madrid (April 23), Betis (April 30) and city rival Espanyol (May 14).Girona have never beat Barcelona in their history. pic.twitter.com/Wk7eWsVkET— Barça Universal (@BarcaUniversal) April 9, 2023 However, they will surely take it step by step. First, neighboring Girona. An opponent that does not feel any kind of pressure, since they sit calm in the middle of the table, but are certainly not a team that should be underestimated.All the more so, because Xavi cannot count on the complete squad. None of the players who missed the El Clásico in the cup are even now in the competition, Pedri, Christensen, Dembele and De Jong are still on the injured list.It will not be difficult for Barca’s best striker Roberto Lewandowski to find motivation for Girona – Lewa is probably inspired by Karim Benzema, who has been on fire in recent weeks. The Real Madrid striker scored 14 goals this season in Primera, becoming the most serious competitor to Lewandowski in the fight for the title of the best scorer in Primera. The Pole still has an advantage, he has scored 17 times so far, but Girona are certainly one of the opponents against whom that statistic could be further improved.Nigerian’s cold shower for Los Blancos – Chukwueze’s brace of beauties at Santiago BernabeuLewandowski missed the first meeting of the season with Girona, at the end of January this year. He was suspended due to a red card, so he did not contribute to Barcelona’s 1-0 win. The scorer in that match was Pedri.Barcelona and Girona have met five times in Primera so far. Barca won four times, and only once did they draw. Back in 2018, when it was 2-2 at Camp Nou.LA LIGA – ROUND 28FridaySevilla – Celta 2-2 (1-0)/En Nesyri 43, Acuna 81 – Rodriguez 89, Paciencia 90+3/SaturdayOsasuna – Elche 2-1 (0-1) /Abde 71, Ezzalzoui 84- Tete Morente 44/Espanyol – Ath.Bilbao 1-2 (0-1)/Darder 90 – I Williams 22, N Williams 75/Sociedad – Getafe 2-0 (1-0)/Oyarzabal 45+2, Kubo 60/Real Madrid – Villarreal 2-3 (1-1)/Torres 16 og, Vinicius 48 – Chukwueze 39, 80, Morales 71/SundayValladolid – Mallorca 3-3 (1-0)/Perez 33, Amallah 68, Monchu 86 – Muriqi 53, 90+4 pen, Morlanes 58, /Betis – Cadiz 0-2 (0-0)/Alcaraz 53 pen, Ramos 59/Almeria – Valencia 2-1 (0-0)/Melero 49, Babic 58 – Castillejo 61/Rayo Vallecano – Atl.Madrid 1-2 (0-2)/Fran Garcia 85 – Molina 22, Hermoso 24/Monday22:00: (1.30) Barcelona (5.50) Girona (10.0)***odds are subject to change***
