Last night (Saturday), in the framework of the fifth week of the Spanish La Liga, the Barcelona football team managed to beat its guest Real Betis with a score of 5-0 at the Montejuic Stadium and became the top of the standings with one game more than Real Madrid. The competition rose.
One of the interesting points of the game was that Barcelona managed to score from a free kick in an official game for the first time since May 2, 2021, and Fran Torres did it beautifully in the 62nd minute of last night’s game. The last goal the Catalans had previously scored from a free kick was 867 days ago by Lionel Messi against Valencia.
Since then, Barcelona had 41 free kicks in official games, none of which were converted into goals; Until the 23-year-old Torres ended the failure of the Catalans last night.
Regarding this goal, Torres said: I didn’t know that since Lionel Messi we hadn’t managed to score from a free kick. It could have been someone else’s goal, although I’m glad it was me who managed to do it.
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