Raphinha Barcelona 2022-23

Barcelona player ratings vs Real Sociedad: Raphinha and Jules Kounde drop stinkers as title celebrations fall flat

A disappointing 90 minutes soured a day of celebration for Barcelona, as the newly-crowned La Liga champions turned in a miserable showing on the day they were due to lift the league trophy. And they were punished for their poor performance, as fourth-placed Real Sociedad cruised to a 2-1 win at Camp Nou.

La Real played spoiler early on, with Mikel Merino scoring after a Jules Kounde blunder in a rare start at centre-back for the France international. The visitors could have made it two after 30 minutes, but Marc-Andre ter Stegen denied a close range effort to keep the Blaugrana in it.

Barcelona enjoyed more of the ball in the second half, but looked much like a team that knew a trophy lift was on its way. Raphinha was ineffective on one wing, while the returning Ousmane Dembele looked tired on the other.

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Manager Xavi made a series of attacking changes, but found his side exposed at the back. And La Real took advantage, with Barcelona-linked Martin Zubimendi finding Alexander Sorloth in acres of space for an easy finish. A late Robert Lewandowski header gave the Blaugrana life, but an equaliser never came.

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