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Barcelona 3-1 Real Betis: Raphinha at the double as Lewandowski gets winning Camp Nou farewell
Robert Lewandowski said an emotional farewell to Barcelona's home fans during a 3-1 win over Real Betis, with Raphinha scoring twice.
Raphinha scored twice and Joao Cancelo was also on target as LaLiga champions Barcelona defeated Real Betis 3-1 in Robert Lewandowski's final home game for the club.
Barca's victory made them the first team in LaLiga history to finish a 38-game campaign with a 100% home record, posting their 19th victory in as many matches this term.
And they also provided Lewandowski with a winning send-off on his final Camp Nou appearance for the club, with the Poland striker playing 85 minutes as captain after announcing he will depart at the end of the season.
Barca put on a superb show in the first half, but they had to wait until the 28th minute to make the breakthrough as Alvaro Valles twice denied Raphinha, while Fermin Lopez also fired into the side netting from a great position.
But there was nothing Valles could do to thwart Raphinha when, having been fouled by former Barca left-back Junior Firpo, he curled a sumptuous free-kick around the Betis wall and into the left side of the goal.
More Valles heroics denied Lopez near the end of the first half, while Sofyan Amrabat misfired when Betis finally created a clear-cut opening in stoppage time.
The visitors then shot themselves in the foot just after the hour mark as Hector Bellarin's dire pass teed up Raphinha's drive into the bottom-right corner, though Isco won and converted a 69th-minute penalty, having been upended from behind by Gavi.
Antony was agonisingly close to equalising with a curler from the edge of the box, but Barca swiftly restored their two-goal cushion when Cancelo bent a delightful effort into the bottom-right corner in the 74th minute.
Lewandowski lashed high and wide with his final touch in a home game for Barca and was in tears when he was subsequently substituted to a standing ovation, and he repeatedly waved to the home fans in the closing stages of a comfortable win.
Data Debrief: More free-kick delight for perfect Barca
Last time out at Camp Nou, in their title-clinching win over Clasico rivals Real Madrid, Barca also opened the scoring through a free-kick, with Marcus Rashford netting on that occasion.
And after Raphinha's strike on Sunday, Barca have scored a direct free-kick goal in back-to-back home LaLiga games within the same season for the first time since Opta data collection began (in 2003-04).
They are the first team to complete a LaLiga season with a perfect record at home since Madrid did so in 1985-86, albeit Los Blancos only had 17 matches on their own turf.
The only thing missing for the Blaugrana was a Lewandowski goal – he only had one shot, contributing 0.19 expected goals (xG) to Barca's team total of 1.06 (from 13 shots). Betis had seven shots and 0.93 xG, though almost all of that figure came from Isco's penalty.









