Barcelona suddenly stumbled in its first match after the end of the international break, threatening its chances of retaining the Spanish League title.

Barcelona is a guest of Rayo Vallecano at the latter’s “Teresa Rivero” stadium in the 14th round of the Spanish League

The result of the match between Rayo Vallecano and Barcelona in the Spanish League 2024

Barcelona tied with Rayo Vallecano 1-1, losing a new opportunity to approach the top of the Spanish League standings.

In the 39th minute of the match, Unai Lopez scored Rayo Vallecano's goal, which came as a shock to Barcelona.

Barcelona, ​​which suffers from several injuries, tried to adjust the score, and got what it wanted in the 82nd minute, through Vallecano's Florian Lejeune, who accidentally scored into his own net.

Gavi is present in the match between Rayo Vallecano and Barcelona

Barcelona's stumble comes despite the surprise that the Barcelona stars made for their colleague Gavi, who suffered a cruciate ligament tear, and is expected to be absent until the end of the season.

The Barcelona stars entered the Rayo Vallecano match wearing a Barca shirt with a message on the chest to Gavi and his shirt number 6: “We are all with you, Gavi.”

For his part, Gavi responded to the message on his personal page on the social networking site “Instagram”: “Forward, Barcelona.”

Before the start of the match, the Barça players took off the exceptional shirt and put on their regular shirts after an unexpected human glance towards the young star.

La Liga standings table 2023-2024

With that result, Barcelona occupied third place in the Spanish League standings with 31 points, 3 points behind leaders Girona, while Vallecano settled in eighth with 19 points.

Spanish League standings

Girona - 34 points

Real Madrid - 32 points

Girona - 31 points

Atletico Madrid - 28 points

Athletic Bilbao - 24 points