Goal Machine Back! Lewandowski Roars Back with Hat-Trick After Transfer Talk

Bobo finished on a hat-trick in the second-half to lead Barcelona to 4:2 win over Valencia with 10 men with it on Monday. The champions' victory eliminates the tab of those leaders Real Madrid to crown by just winning over Cadiz during the next Saturday.

Los Blancos have a superior position of 11 points ahead of Barcelona with only five games left in the competition. A Valencian forward, Fermin Lopez, did the hosts the favor by taking the lead before the Valencia striker, Hugo Duro, made an equalizer through which Pepelu sealed the game with a goal from penalty kick.

The Valencia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili got sent off for handball minutes before the half-time whistle blew and the Lewandowski scored twice in the second half to beat Valencia.

Valencia managed to level the score five minutes later that came through a very poor save of the German keeper Ter Stegen. He went to intercept a long ball 25 yards from his goal but he tried to be shapeless and in his quest for wizardry Hugo took the ball away from him and ran into the empty net.

Right before the halftime whistle went off, Valencia scored the first goal of the match due to another elementary error. The clumsy tackle by Ronald Araújo tripped Peter Federico in the box, and Pepelu was precise to converted from the penalty area. The hat trick came in the 3rd minute of stoppage from a free kick 25-yards away.

It was not a bed of roses,” he remarked. “We were totally off our game in the first half.”

In the next game, Barcelona eliminated Girona and was 11 points behind Real Madrid. Madrid will win their 36th Spanish league title if it takes the next five matches out of the last five.