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LA LIGA SPOTLIGHT
Lewandowski has been a great leader to new talent at Barcelona
nurtured closely by La Masia for over a decade. Yet to reach the heights of last season, Balde has come under pressure from Spain head coach Luis de la Fuente who left him out of Spain’s games against Cyprus and Georgia but with Xavi, La Masia, and the entirety of Barcelona behind him, expect Balde to be first choice starter for club and country for years to come.
LASINE YAMAL
Born in 2007, which given the unrelenting passage of time is a frightening thought for many, attacking midfielder Lasine Yamal has already broken into
the Barcelona first team squad and made his full international debut. It has come as no surprise for those inside La Masia as from an even younger age Yamal, who can also play as a winger, was placed to train with youth teams above his age grade.
In September 2022 Yamal was selected to train
Jude Bellingham leads La Liga in goals scored so far this season.
2023-24 SEASON
LEADING GOAL SCORERS SO FAR
TEAM GOALS
Real Madrid 11 Atletico Madrid 9 Getafe 8 Villareal 8 Atletico Madrid 7 Osasuna 7 Girona 7
TEAM
Jude Bellingham
Antoine Griezmann
Borja Mayoral
Gerard Moreno
Alvaro Morata
Ante Budimir
Artem Dovbyk
As of November 28th, 2023
DID YOU KNOW ?
A CLOSE RACE
As of November 27, Only Manchester City (26) have won more games in 2023 among teams in Europe’s top five leagues than Atletico Madrid (25), like Barcelona), being the red-and- white side the one with the most league wins at home this year (17).
15 POINTS IN THE LAST 15
As of match week 14, Barcelona have won 15 points in LaLiga this season from goals scored in the last 15 minutes of a game, the highest tally this season among Europe’s top five leagues.
THE SECOND WORST START
Almeria (W0 D3 L10) have earned three points after their first 13 matches in La Liga 2023/24, the second worst start of campaign
in the competition history after Sporting de Gijón 1997/98 (2 points - W0 D2 L11).
LESS THAN 20 SECONDS IN
Barcelona have conceded the two fastest goals in LaLiga 2023/24: Bryan Zaragoza for Granada (17 seconds) and Samu Omorodion for Alavés (18 seconds) - the fastest goal conceded by the Blaugranas in a home league match in the 21st century.
Barcelona’s players greet their fans after winning
Almeria players battle Getafe for the balll
Granada’s Bryan Zaragoza (L) celebrates after scoring the 2-0 goal during the Spanish LaLiga soccer match between Granada
CF and FC Barcelona
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