Liga: Sergio Ramos, despite himself, offers victory to Barça (video)

After its 2-2 draw in Mallorca, FC Barcelona temporarily regained the lead in the Spanish championship (the ranking here) by narrowly winning at home against Sevilla on Friday (1-0), thanks to a goal against his camp of ex-Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos. The former Paris Saint-Germain defender, who had said the day before that he already had a celebration in mind if he scored against his Catalan rival, gave Barça victory by deflecting a Lamine Yamal header into his own goal (75th). A cruel outcome for the ex-Real legend, whistled at every ball taken by the Blaugrana supporters and who had until then had a very good match, just like his French friend in central defense Loïc Badé.

Thanks to this narrow success despite clear domination, FC Barcelona regains first place from its neighbor Girona, which welcomes Real Madrid on Saturday (6:30 p.m.) for an unexpected shock. The winner of this duel will be able to get back in front of the Blaugrana, who are only one point ahead of Girona and two over Real. Already deprived of his two playing masters Pedri and Frenkie de Jong, injured, Xavi suffered another hard blow by losing his Brazilian striker Raphinha.

Aligned from the start for the first time in a more backward position, alongside Lewandowski, João Felix and Lamine Yamal, the Brazilian was replaced by the young Fermin Lopez in the first half after falling to the ground while holding his back of the right thigh. Despite a more offensive composition, the Catalans struggled to get around the Sevillian block, which always knows how to suffer in big matches. The Portuguese João Felix, on loan from Atlético Madrid and already adopted at Barça, hit the right bar after a little number from Cancelo at the entrance to the area (21st), before Lopez came up against Nyland (38th) .

On the Sevillian side, the duo formed by the former Marseillais Lucas Ocampos and the Belgian Lukebakio forced the Barcelona defense to intervene on several occasions, like Gavi who saved his team by interposing with his chest in front of Ocampos (29th ). Xavi's men finally found the fault in the 76th minute, after numerous attempts from Jules Koundé, Gavi, Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal, all repelled by the Andalusian defense. The young 16-year-old winger was again decisive by pushing Sergio Ramos to score against his side by trying to deflect his header. Barça now has a meeting with Porto for the second day of the Champions League on Wednesday.