2-1! 200 million super assists, the Iron Guard won the 93rd minute, Barcelona regained the top spot, and will fight against Real Madrid next week

After the national team match day, the 2025-26 La Liga season ushered in the ninth round of competition. The defending champion Barcelona played at home against Girona, which is also in the Catalan region. In this campaign, Pedri scored first, Witsel equalized with an overhead kick, and Araujo scored in stoppage time. Barcelona won 2-1 and temporarily regained the top spot.

Barcelona suffered an upset loss to Sevilla in the last round and were temporarily ranked second with a 2-point difference. Girona was in a sluggish state. They had 1 win, 3 draws and 4 losses in the first 8 rounds. They were barely above the relegation zone relying solely on their goal difference advantage.

Lewandowski missed this game due to injury. Yamal, who is worth up to 200 million euros, returned and led the striker with Rashford and Tony Fernandez. De Jong, Pedri and Casado sat in the midfield, and Kubasi and Eric Garcia led the defense.

In the 3rd minute, Balde broke through from the left and was brought down. Rashford hit the goal directly from a small angle free kick. Gassaniga flew to save the ball.

In the 13th minute, Barcelona broke the deadlock:

Yamal knocked across the right, Pedri took the ball and turned inward, and suddenly shot low into the far corner, hit the post and then into the net. Gassaniga had no reaction at all, 1-0!

In the 20th minute, Girona equalized the score:

Kubasi's header was not far away, Arnau Martinez made the header, and Witsel scored with a cool overhead kick, 1-1!

In the 24th minute, Pedri made a mistake in handling the ball and was intercepted. Porto strode into the penalty area and shot at the post with a single shot. Barcelona almost conceded consecutive goals in a short period of time.

In the 26th minute, Yamal passed a diagonal pass from the right, Tony Fernandez made a pass with his back, De Jong followed up with a powerful shot, and Gassaniga responded with a world-class save. In the 30th minute, Barcelona received a set kick in the frontcourt. Rashford hit a high-quality long shot, but unfortunately it hit the crossbar and bounced out.

In the 40th minute, Pedri was intercepted in the midfield, Witsel sent an overhead pass, and Brian Hill had a single opportunity, but he missed it bizarrely against Szczesny. Immediately afterwards, there was a loophole in Barcelona's backcourt again. Alex Moreno hit back in an inverted triangle from the left, and Witsel met the ball and shot high.

After changing sides and fighting again, Barcelona immediately adjusted. At the beginning of the second half, Fermin came on and Tony Fernandez was replaced. In the 52nd minute, Fermin cut in from the left and shot hard, hitting the outside of the post and popping out. In the 55th minute, Yamal cut in from the right and took a shot, and Gassaniga flew out to save it.

In the 62nd minute, Yamal passed a corner kick, and Eric Garcia fought for the back post to create chaos. Kubasi fired a sweep and scored, but the referee signaled that the former had committed a pressing foul, and Barcelona was overjoyed.

Flick then continued to adjust, and Baldeji replaced Yamal. In the 65th minute, Baldeji made a wonderful pass from the outside of the right foot. Rashford chose to knock selflessly in front of the goal. De Jong did not follow up and watched the ball slide past.

In the 93rd minute, De Jong inserted an inverted triangle from the right to knock back. Araujo outflanked and pushed the goal and scored. Barcelona staged a stoppage time winner and the score was fixed at 2-1!

With this victory, Barcelona leads Real Madrid by 1 point with one more game and temporarily regains the top spot. The next round will be the El Clasico.