Forget the rain. Forget the hail. Forget the nervous first half. Sunday night belonged to Lamine Yamal — and one jaw-dropping bicycle kick that summed up Barcelona’s return to the top of LaLiga.
With the
Camp Nou soaked and shivering, Yamal produced a moment of pure footballing audacity in the 73rd minute, launching himself into the air to meet Dani Olmo’s cross with an exquisite scissor-kick volley.
🚨🇪🇸 WHAT A FANTASTIC GOAL FROM LAMINE YAMAL! 🤯🤯
Barcelona 3-0 Real Oviedo.pic.twitter.com/3SAZN0hVty
— Tekkers Foot (@tekkersfoot) January 25, 2026
The ball kissed the inside of the post. The crowd erupted. The title race tilted again.
That acrobatic finish sealed a 3–0 win over bottom-placed Real Oviedo and lifted Barcelona to 52 points, one clear of Real Madrid and firmly back in pole position.
It hadn’t looked so straightforward early on. Barcelona, missing the injured Pedri, were sluggish and short of ideas in a first half where Oviedo — with just two wins all season — threatened to shock their hosts.
The breakthrough finally came in the 52nd minute — and it was self-inflicted. Oviedo hesitated at the back, Yamal pressed, and the loose ball fell perfectly for Dani Olmo, who calmly rolled it into the corner.
Five minutes later, another defensive error proved fatal. A weak back pass from David Costas was pounced on by Raphinha, who kept his cool and chipped keeper Aaron Escandell to make it 2–0.
Then came the moment everyone will remember.
As hail battered the stadium and fans scrambled for cover, Yamal rose at the far post, twisted his body mid-air, and delivered a bicycle kick that felt part street football, part poetry. Game over. Statement made.
“That’s our idea — press high and win the ball back quickly,” Raphinha later said, perfectly capturing the spirit behind Barcelona’s goals.
With the weather worsening and the stands thinning, Barça saw out the match comfortably, riding Yamal’s magic to a vital three points.
(with Reuters inputs)
