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Barcelona crushes Valladolid in a goal-scoring festival
Barcelona, Spain – Barcelona crushed Valladolid with a resounding 8-0 win in the 4th round of La Liga, demonstrating their overwhelming superiority at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. Xavi Hernandez’s team was an offensive whirlwind, while the visitors were unable to find an answer to the Barça power.
Raphinha was the star of the match, scoring a hat-trick and giving two assists. The Brazilian opened the scoring in the 20th minute with a powerful shot, assisted by Pedri. Just four minutes later, Robert Lewandowski extended the lead after a pass from Lamine Yamal. Center-back Jules Koundé closed the first half with a header, and Valladolid went into the break trailing 3-0.
In the second half, Barcelona continued their goal-scoring festival. Raphinha scored his second goal in the 64th minute, again with an assist from Lewandowski. In the 72nd minute, Yamal assisted the Brazilian for his third goal. Dani Olmo scored the seventh goal in the 83rd minute, with an assist from Raphinha. Finally, Ferran Torres closed the scoring in the 85th minute, with another assist from the Brazilian.
Barcelona dominated the match in all aspects. They had 70% possession, took 22 shots (11 on target), and earned 8 corners. For their part, Valladolid barely created danger, with only 4 shots (1 on target) and 1 corner. The visiting team received three yellow cards, while Barcelona did not receive any.
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Substitutions valladolid: at minute 56 J. Latasa came in and Marcos Andre went out., at minute 56 Chuki came in and S. Amallah went out., at minute 62 M. Martin came in and I. Sanchez went out., at minute 88 V. A. Meseguer Cavas came in and R. Moro went out., at minute 88 C. Ozkacar came in and K. Perez went out.
Substitutions barcelona: at minute 61 E. Garcia came in and M. Casado went out., at minute 62 S. Dominguez came in and P. Cubarsi went out., at minute 62 F. Lopez came in and Pedri went out., at minute 73 F. Torres came in and R. Lewandowski went out., at minute 84 P. Torre came in and D. Olmo went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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