La Liga s latest standings report: Lewandowski s blitz, Barcelona s victory and top spot, Huang Qian s win leaves Real Madrid 2 points behind

In the early morning of November 23, there were four rematches in the 13th round of the 2024-25 La Liga season. After a fierce battle, Villarreal beat Mallorca 2:1 at home, Celta Vigo beat Alaves 1:0 away, Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 4:0 at home, and Real Sociedad defeated Osasuna 3:1 away.

In the last round, Real Madrid was upset and tied by a weak team. Barcelona took the opportunity to narrow the point difference. Today, Barcelona will play against Athletic Bilbao at Camp Nou. If they can win, they can temporarily surpass Real Madrid with a goal difference advantage to reach the top. Barcelona quickly entered the state after the opening. In just 3 minutes, Barcelona pressed high in the frontcourt. Olmer and Garcia double-teamed and counterattacked Berenguer to steal the ball. Lewandowski received the ball from the left side of the penalty area and shook off Grozabel. He broke into the penalty area and volleyed with his left foot. Goalkeeper Simon fought hard and the ball bounced into the near-end corner of the goal. Barcelona got a dream start at 1:0.

Barcelona, ​​which took the lead at the beginning, then steadily suppressed Athletic Bilbao. In the 19th minute, Barcelona pressed on the left, and Garcia lobbed at a 60-degree angle. Fermin inserted the ball in the middle and unloaded the ball at the penalty spot to get a close and semi-single chance. However, he made a slight adjustment and turned around to hit the goal, but Simon struggled to block it. Olmo's follow-up shot from the back row also missed. In the stoppage time of the first half, Barcelona quickly counterattacked from the center and backcourt. Yamal sent a trademark overhead pass with the instep of his outside foot. Torres inserted the ball into his chest at high speed in the middle and removed the ball. Then he broke away from the defensive player and broke into the penalty area and fell to the ground with his left foot. Simon pounced again, but the ball still slowly rolled into the net. Barcelona scored at the buzzer in the half and took a 2-goal lead at 2:0 in the first half.

Barcelona still suppressed Athletic Bilbao in the rematch. Only 3 minutes into the game, Barcelona forced the ball high in the frontcourt and counterattacked. After hitting and passing the ball continuously, Garcia responded with a through ball at the top of the arc in the penalty area. Fermin successfully broke into the penalty area and got a half-single opportunity by countering offside. Fermin adjusted his steps and half-turned to volley hard. The ball went into the net and Barcelona led 3:0. In the 52nd minute, Sanchet brought down Fermin fiercely from behind. After the referee personally watched VAR, the yellow card was changed to a red card and Sanchet was sent off directly. Athletic Bilbao fell behind by 3 goals and was missing one more player. It was basically hopeless to score points. After that, Barcelona played very easily. In stoppage time, Barcelona counterattacked from the center and backcourt. Yamal got rid of the double team in the middle circle and sent a scalpel-like through ball. Torres received the ball at high speed and broke into the penalty area to get a super single opportunity. Torres calmly pushed and scored twice, and Barcelona secured the victory 4:0.

In terms of standings, Barcelona won the first game, caught up with Real Madrid, and temporarily beat Real Madrid to the top with a 5-goal difference advantage. Villarreal is also chasing closely. After their decisive win today, they narrowed the gap with Real Madrid to 2 points and still maintained their third position.

In terms of the scorer list, Mbappe tops the list with 13 goals in 12 rounds. Lewandowski continued to catch up with a blitz goal today, ranking second with 8 goals. Torres scored twice to catch up with Alvarez, and the two tied for third with 7 goals. Vinicius, Oyarzabal and others just squeezed into the top ten with 5 goals.