Leganes caused a major upset in the La Liga football championship by beating Spanish giants Barcelona 1-0 as star player Sergio Gonzalez scored with a header from the corner. This is the second consecutive defeat for Barcelona, which has missed many chances to score goals in home matches.
Barcelona, who have continued to perform well in the league, were in good form before the match against Leganes with five wins in six matches. Despite their second consecutive defeat, Barcelona remain joint-top with Atletico Madrid on 38 points. The match between these two teams will be played next Saturday. Real Madrid is in third place with 37 points. Now they have to play two matches against Barcelona and Atletico. Leganes has won a match on Barcelona’s home ground for the first time. He is 15th in the league with 18 points. In the fourth minute of the match, a corner kick near the goal post eluded Barcelona goalkeeper Iñaki Peña and sent a powerful header into the goal box for the match winner. Barcelona missed 16 of their 20 attempts at goal in the match. In the first half, Leganes goalkeeper Marko Dimitrovic made three brilliant saves to prevent Barcelona from scoring.
