Rejecting Double Standards in Football

<Gerando's thunderous strike failed to save the day! Liverpool lost 2-4 at home!>

<Inzitens was no worse than Mateo, but Liverpool lacked a Lu Yang!>

<The Ballon d'Or winner is old! Sober squandered a golden chance, and Barcelona's probability of advancing this round has risen to 81%!>

<Another hat-trick! Who could stop such a dominant Lu Yang?>

<Liverpool fell to their benefactor Lu, Barcelona's place in the quarterfinals is secure as they complete their season's minimum objective. Their next goal: reach the semifinals!>

<Guardiola: Lu Yang has no injury issues whatsoever! That final collision with the post gave everyone a fright!>

Barcelona left England with a victory.

Next, Barcelona had three La Liga matches to get through.

Their opponents were Valencia, Getafe, and Sporting Gijón.

There were challenges, but nothing too difficult.

The results proved it.

In those three matches, Barcelona won two and lost one.

Lu Yang was in blazing form, scoring four goals and providing one assist for the team. His La Liga tally rose to twenty-five goals and seven assists.

Mateo recorded one goal and two assists across the past three matches, bringing his La Liga numbers to twenty-one goals and twelve assists—quite dazzling.

Mancini had one goal and one assist, taking his La Liga tally to ten goals and nine assists.

Ortiz and Ava each provided an assist. The former's La Liga figures also rose to four goals and fourteen assists, keeping him firmly atop the La Liga assist charts.

In the final match against Sporting Gijón, Lu Yang was fouled while contesting an aerial ball in stoppage time and landed hard on his waist.

Barcelona fans were utterly terrified, because the second leg of Barcelona's Champions League round-of-sixteen tie against Liverpool was only four days away.

Without Lu Yang, could Barcelona really manage?

Any Barcelona