Game, set & match - Barca! Flick's demolition squad dismantle Bats
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Reading Time: 2min | Mon. 15.09.25. | 09:30
Lopez, Raphinha, and Lewandowski scored a brace each in the Catalans' overwhelming victory over Valencia - 6-0
Hansi Flick was quite angry with the Spain national team and its boss, Luis de la Fuente, as he was deprived of Lamine Yamal's help in a clash against Valencia due to the 18-year-old's back injury he suffered on international duty.
However, he'll be much more satisfied after the performance the rest of his boys put in last night. Despite a number of wasted chances during the first half, Barcelona kept grinding after the break, and things started to fall into place.
Only Fermin Lopez's 29th-minute opener separated the two sides at the break, but once it started raining, it poured for the Catalans.
Lopez completed a brace in the 56th minute, while Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski became the first pair of subs to bag braces in the same match. The Brazilian hit the mark in the 53rd and 66th minutes (after replacing Roony Bardghji at the break), and the Pole entered the game in the 68th minute for Ferran Torres and found the net eight and 18 minutes later.
This was Barca's most convincing triumph since January, when they also dismantled Valencia 7-1, but Flick's team still sits in second La Liga place, two points behind the impeccable Real Madrid.
Nevertheless, Blaugrana won't have much time to rest, as they'll face Newcastle at St. James' Park on Thursday in their first Champions League match in the new campaign.
LA LIGA - MATCHDAY 4
Friday
Sevilla - Elche 2-2 (1-0)
/Romero 28, Fernandez 85 - Silva 54, Mir 70/
Saturday
Getafe - Oviedo 2-0 (2-0)
/Martin 45+4, Mayoral 45+9/
Real Sociedad - Real Madrid 1-2 (0-2)
/Oyarzabal 56 pen - Mbappe 12, Guler 44/
Athletic Bilbao - Alaves 0-1 (0-0)
/Berenguer 57 og/
Atletico Madrid - Villarreal 2-0 (1-0)
/Barrios 9, Gonzalez 52/
Sunday
Celta - Girona 1-1 (0-1)
/Iglesias 90+2 pen - Vanat 12/
Levante - Betis 2-2 (2-1)
/Romero 2, Eyong 10 - Hernandez 45+2, Fornals 81/
Osasuna - Rayo Vallecano 2-0 (1-0)
/De Haro 15, Benito 77/
Barcelona - Valencia 6-0 (1-0)
/Lopez 29, 56, Raphinha 53, 66, Lewandowski 76, 86/
Monday
22.00: (2.25) Espanyol (3.20) Mallorca (3.40)
***odds are subject to change***
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