Barça took a 5-2 win away at Lleidanet Alpicat to mathematically seal top spot in the league at the end of the regular season and earn home advantage in the play offs.
Blaugrana reaction
The home side took the lead in the opening minutes with Marc Vázquez putting Lleidanet ahead on seven minutes. Barça immediately sprung into life and Ferran Font made it 1-1 just three minutes later from a direct hit.
The visitors moved things up a gear before half time with Marc Grau making it 2-1 on 14 minutes, and Pablo Álvarez making it three just two minutes later to give David Cáceres' team a 3-1 lead at the break.
Rounding off win in second half
The second half followed a similar pattern to the first. Alpicat started well and Besolí's goal five minutes in made it 3-2. Barça keeper Sergio Fernández had to make an excellent stop to prevent the home side levelling things up trough Ballestero's direct hit.
Alipcat's resistance, however, was broken in the 44th minute. Pablo Álvarez made it 4-2 from a direct hit to score his 25th of the season to move to the top of the goalscoring charts in the league. Eloi Cervera made it 5-2 a couple of minutes later to round off the victory for the blaugranes.
MATCH STATS
Lleidanet HC Alpicat, 2
Barça, 5
Lleidanet HC Alpicat: Xavier Bosch, Miquel Serret, Joan Ramon Serret, Marc Vázquez and David Ballestero- starting five- Pol Besolí, Mats Zilken and Oriol Llenas.
Barça: Sergi Fernández, Ferran Font, Marc Grau, Sergi Llorca and Sergi Aragonès - starting five- Matias Pascual, Xavi Barroso, Carles Grau, Pablo Álvarez and Eloi Cervera.
Goals: 1-0, Marc Vázquez (7’), 1-1, Ferran Font (10’), 1-2, Marc Grau (14’), 1-3, Pablo Álvarez (16’), 2-3 Pol Besolí (30’), 2-4, Pablo Álvarez (44’) i 2-5, Eloi Cervera (46’)
