Yesterday, Barcelona came out with an exciting victory against Sevilla and was able to top the standings after a goal from his friend’s fire scored by Sergio Ramos in the eighth round of La Liga matches this season. The first half of the match witnessed a torrent of opportunities between the two teams, but the most prominent and important event for all Barcelona fans was the injury of the team’s star and his exit in an emergency substitution in the first half of the match, which disturbed the precious victory yesterday. Sergio Ramos, Sevilla’s defender, scored Barca’s winning goal in the match, after he accidentally turned Lamine Yamal’s header into his own net, in the 76th minute of the match. Barcelona temporarily topped the Spanish League standings with 20 points, while Sevilla’s balance stopped at 7 points in twelfth place. Barcelona announced, in an official statement, the nature of the injury to its Brazilian player Rafinha, which he suffered against Seville, yesterday, Friday, in the eighth round of the Spanish League competition. Barcelona said in an official statement, today, Saturday: “Medical examinations showed an injury to Rafinha in the biceps muscle of the right thigh.” Barcelona’s statement added: “The length of absence depends on the pace of his recovery from the injury.” Barcelona beat Sevilla with an unanswered goal, accidentally scored by Sergio Ramos, the Andalusian team’s defender, into his own net. Barcelona temporarily leads the Spanish League with 20 points, one point ahead of second-placed Girona, and two points ahead of its traditional rival Real Madrid, which is third in the table. Thus, Rafinha’s absence from Porto’s match in the European Champions League is confirmed.
