"Barcelona wingers Raphinha and Lamine Yamal guided the Catalan giants four points clear at the top of La Liga with a 2-0 win at 10-man Villarreal. Brazil international Raphinha won and converted an early penalty on Sunday before Villarreal's Renato Veiga was sent off before half-time for a late lunge on teenager Yamal. The 18-year-old slotted home Barca's second midway through the second half, as Hansi Flick's side restored their advantage on Real Madrid, who are second, and won an eighth consecutive league game."
"Flick launched into an impassioned defence of Raphinha on Saturday after he was not included in FIFA's The Best' team of the year earlier in the week, and the winger quickly repaid his coach. Raphinha produced an all-action display at Villarreal's Estadio de la Ceramica, where the match was played instead of in Miami, after La Liga's plans to take this game to the United States were scrapped in October."
Barcelona beat Villarreal 2-0 at Estadio de la Ceramica, moving four points clear atop La Liga and registering an eighth consecutive league victory. Raphinha won and confidently converted an early penalty and nearly scored again with a long-range effort that hit the bar. Renato Veiga was sent off before half-time for a late lunge on teenager Lamine Yamal, who later scored Barca's second midway through the second half. Joan Garcia produced outstanding saves to preserve the clean sheet. Villarreal had chances and briefly thought they had an equaliser ruled out for offside, leaving them fourth in the table.
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