{"id":141877,"date":"2025-05-12T20:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/barcelona-stuns-madrid-in-title-race"},"modified":"2025-05-12T21:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T21:21:12","slug":"barcelona-stuns-madrid-in-title-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/barcelona-stuns-madrid-in-title-race","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona stuns Madrid in title race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Hundreds of Barcelona supporters celebrated Sunday at Las Ramblas as their team rallied to beat Real Madrid 4-3 despite Kylian Mbappe\u0301 hat trick to move closer to La Liga title Sunday. Barcelona took a huge step to securing the Spanish league title with a 4-3 win over second-placed rival in a mesmerizing \u201cClasico\u201d and opened a seven-point lead with three matches remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Raphinha scored twice, and Lamine Yamal and Eric Garci\u0301a added a goal each for Barcelona, which trailed 2-0 after Mbappe\u0301 scored in the fifth and 14th minutes at Montjuic stadium. The hosts evened the match just over the half-hour mark, and went on to lead 4-2 at halftime in a sensational recovery. Mbappe\u0301 completed his hat trick in the 70th but Madrid wasn\u2019t able to come back in a likely fatal blow to its hopes of successfully defending its title.<\/p>\n<p>Mbappe\u0301 became the league\u2019s leading scorer with 27 goals, two more than Barcelona\u2019s Robert Lewandowski, who did not start on Sunday. The Catalan club has won every match against Madrid this season. It had already won 4-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in the first league match in October, 5-2 in the Spanish Super Cup final in January, and 3-2 in the Copa del Rey final last month.<\/p>\n<p>The result, which virtually ends Madrid\u2019s hopes of finishing the season with a title, adds pressure on coach Carlo Ancelotti, who is rumored to be leaving the club to take over Brazi\u2019s national team. Former Madrid player Xabi Alonso, who recently announced he is leaving Bayern Leverkusen is widely expected to be Madrid\u2019s next coach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Kenya<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. Hundreds of Barcelona supporters celebrated Sunday at Las Ramblas as their team rallied to beat Real Madrid 4-3 despite Kylian Mbappe\u0301 hat trick to move closer to La Liga title Sunday. 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