Corberan’s team can do nothing against Yamal and his teammates who are closing in on second place: two goals and two assists for Fermin, De Jong, Raphinha, Ferran Torres and Lewandowski also scored.
Barcelona suddenly finds themselves and eliminates Valencia, but the 7-1 cannot sound like a warning for Atalanta, expected on Wednesday in Montjuic: the team coached by Corberan, second to last, sacrificed itself without putting up any resistance, with the hand collected already in the first half. Barcelona remains -7 behind Madrid, moves to -3 behind Atletico and +2 over Athletic who last week had reached the Blaugrana in third place and yesterday in San Mames were held to a 0-0 draw by the excellent Leganes . Two goals and two assists for Fermin, De Jong, Raphinha, Ferran Torres and Lewandowski also scored.
the choices
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Flick lost Pedri to gastroenteritis, he made a bit of turnover and a heavy choice: Szczesny in goal and not Iñaki Peña, with the Pole, not exactly flawless in the 5-4 in Lisbon in the Champions League, making his debut both in La Liga and in house. In defense Eric Garcia for Araujo (Iñigo Martinez is injured), in the middle De Jong with Casadò, then Fermin for Gavi and the former Valencian Ferran Torres for Lewandowski, threatened in the ‘pichichi’ by Mbappé.
rain of goals
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Ready, go and after 145 seconds Lamine Yamal from the right perfectly caught De Jong’s central insertion, control and goal. Double in the 8th minute, scored by Valencia canterano Ferran Torres, who doesn’t celebrate, following Balde’s cross from the left. Before the quarter of an hour Raphinha also scored, launched by Fermin after a heel from the highly inspired Lamine. Goalkeeper discarded and ball in the empty net, with Barça with 88% possession.
the hand
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In the 24th minute the linesman raises his flag to cancel out a goal by Fermin launched by Cubarsi behind Valencia’s always very high and unprotected defence, from the VAR room they say that there is no offside. At 4-0 Corberan changes the 4-2-3-1 to 5-4-1 and at least stops the bleeding. After an error in Barça’s setup, Szczesny knocks out Hugo Duro: penalty and yellow which are annulled on the monitor because Valencia’s action began with a foul by Gayà on Koundé. And in added time Fermin doubled the lead, quickly rebounding after Raphinha’s post launched by Lamine.
LEWA PICHICHI
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In the second half Barça relaxed and wasteful, goal by Hugo Duro assisted by Diego Lopez (59′), the entry of the pichichi Lewandowski and the debut in Valencia of the Englishman Max Aarons. The Pole served by the usual Fermin scored immediately (66′) extending 17-15 over Mbappé in the top scorer rankings. Then Tarrega’s unfortunate own goal and Diakhaby’s return to the pitch after almost 11 months out due to injury. Barcelona reach 101 goals for the season in just 32 games. This is a warning for Atalanta.
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