Barcelona have scored six objectives because the Catalan giants have steamrollered merely Valencia tonight.
The Catalans need to shut the title hole on arch rivals Actual Madrid and Atletico Madrid on house soil and Hansi Flick’s rotated facet have been sensational from the off.
With Flick opting to refresh his group following their good 5-4 midweek UEFA Champions League win away at Benfica, considered one of his new faces fired house after simply 145 seconds.
Frenkie de Jong has been a controversial determine at occasions this season however he confirmed a killer intuition to web his first house purpose of the marketing campaign.
Lamine Yamal’s brilliance created the prospect for the Dutch star, and regardless of the chaos round him within the Valencia field, he saved his cool to fit house.
De Jong’s celebrations have been shortly adopted by extra pleasure for the hosts, as Ferran Torres adopted the sample of contemporary faces discovering the online, earlier than Raphinha made it 3-0.
With Valencia unable to deal with the onslaught, their likelihood of a reprieve was dashed as a penalty name in opposition to Wojciech Szczesny was overturned by VAR.
The pendulum swung again for Barcelona simply earlier than the break as Fermin Lopez seized his likelihood to impress Flick with a quickfire double.
🚨🇪🇸 GOAL | Barcelona 4-0 Valencia | Fermin Lopez
FERMIN LOPEZ MAKES IT FOUR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT A PASS FROM PAU CUBRASI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!pic.twitter.com/kfCM6finTG
— Tekkers Foot (@tekkersfoot) January 26, 2025
Eager to not be ignored of the thrill, La Liga Golden Boot chief Robert Lewandowski was rolled on as a second half substitute and the Polish star lashed house his seventeenth league purpose of 2024/25.
GOLAZO DE LEWANDOWSKI
CONTRA SU RIVAL FAVORITO pic.twitter.com/8mvVTOc96A
— Jeff (@JeffFcb14) January 26, 2025
Barcelona now lead La Liga within the purpose distinction charts on +35 forward of each groups above them within the general desk – which may very well be key on the finish of the marketing campaign.
Victory tonight strikes Barcelona as much as 42 factors in third place within the desk, three factors behind Atletico Madrid, and 7 from desk toppers Actual Madrid.
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