Barcelona’s Stunning 4-3 Comeback Against Celta Lights Up LaLiga
What a wild, breathless night we had at Montjuïc—Barcelona pulling off one of the most dramatic comebacks in recent memory. This was the kind of match that reminds you why you fall in love with football in the first place. If you blinked, you probably missed a twist, because from the opening whistle to the final penalty, it was chaos wrapped in brilliance.
Barcelona, coming off a shaky run with plenty of questions surrounding their consistency, looked like they were on their way to another disappointing result. Ferran Torres opened the scoring early with a beautiful strike in the 11th minute—Flick’s decision to rest Lamine Yamal and start Ferran looked like a masterstroke. But almost immediately, Borja Iglesias responded for Celta, and not just once—he went on to complete a hat-trick by the 61st minute, leaving Barça trailing 1-3 with just under half an hour to play.
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At that point, it looked bleak. The defensive errors were piling up. Szczesny made a costly misjudgment, De Jong failed to clear a routine long ball, and Íñigo Martínez seemed caught in two minds. The crowd—made up largely of tourists rather than the typical roaring home support—watched in stunned silence.
Then came the turning point. Flick threw on Dani Olmo and Lamine Yamal around the 58th minute, and suddenly, the energy shifted. Olmo scored the 2-3 just five minutes after coming on, and then Raphinha—who had been bouncing between flashes of brilliance and frustration all evening—headed in the equalizer from a cross by Yamal in the 67th. The momentum was all Barça.
And just when it looked like the match might end in a draw, drama struck again. Deep into injury time—minute 97, to be exact—VAR intervened to award Barcelona a penalty. Raphinha stepped up with ice in his veins and buried it. 4-3. Game over. Montjuïc may not have the roof, the fire, or the noise of Camp Nou, but in that moment, it exploded.
Barcelona walk away not just with three points, but with a massive injection of belief. They're now seven points ahead of Real Madrid, who still have to face Athletic Club. This was a statement game: a reminder that even when they wobble, Barça still have that dog in them. Two Barças showed up tonight—the one that gifts goals away, and the one that refuses to die. Luckily for them, the latter had the final word.
LaLiga just got a lot more interesting.
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