Barcelona have taken a big step towards finishing as this season’s La Liga runners-up thanks to a 2-0 win away to Almería at the Power Horse Stadium on Thursday night. The already relegated hosts gave it a go and provided a tough test, but a much-changed Barça side found a way to get all three points thanks to a strong second half performance a double by Fermín López, and the Blaugrana can now clinch second place with a game to spare if they beat Rayo Vallecano at home on Sunday.
FIRST HALF
Almería are an attacking side that have nothing to lose at this point of the season, so the hosts played on the front foot from the get-go, defending with a high line, pressing Barça near their own goal and using every opportunity they had on the ball to move it quickly from back to front and try to create problems.