Barcelona wins over Las Palmas behind closed doors

CAIRO –2 October 2017: FC Barcelona won 3-0 over UD Las Plamas in the 7th round of La Liga and adds a full seven wins in the League.

The match was held behind closed doors in a controversial decision made by the club's board of directors because of referendum in Catalunya.

The lack of atmosphere caused a soulless start of the match. Barçelona did not playcomfortably as Las Palmas pressed and disputed the ball and generated a difficult game for Barcelona. The Blaugrana was not fine and ended the first half with a goalless draw.
The second half started with the arrival of both experienced players, Andreas Iniesta and Ivan Rakitic, from the bench.

The substitutes affected Barcelona`s performance and Sergio Busquets took the lead and scored the first goal with a header to make it 1-0.

Lionel Messi spreaded his magic in the empty stadium when he scored the second goal at minute number 70.He scoredafter some lovely foot work from the Argentinean to make it 2-0.

Messi doubled his score and added the third for his team when Rakitic and Suárez moved the ball quickly to leave another free ball that Messi did not waste.