Goals: Alena 54′, Suarez 60′ penalty

Messi and four other pillars including Alba, Lenglet, Arthur and Rakitic were not in the starting lineup on April 23.

Many of Barca’s pillars are sitting out.

Accepting to let the top scorer sit on the field, Barca had difficulty penetrating Alaves’ net.

The fact that Alaves chose to play defensively in large numbers also made it difficult for Barca.

Barca only has one advantage in the first 45 minutes: it doesn’t have to pay much attention to defense.

Alena broke the balance at the beginning of the second half.

With the problem of not being able to score in the first half, to solve it, coach Valverde decided to let Messi and Alba warm up on the field.

The away team opened the scoring in the 54th minute thanks to a creative attack.

The opening goal was truly an inspiration to help Barca play more coherently.

Suarez scored his 21st goal since the beginning of the La Liga season.

Messi and Alba only entered the field after the victory had been decided.

Winning the early match in round 34 of La Liga, Barca had 80 points and widened the gap to 12 points compared to second-place team Atletico.

Squad:

Alaves: Pacheco;

Barca: Ter Stegen;