Barcelona flat-out *demolished* Valencia 5-0 on Sunday, with Lamine Yamal hitting a double, and they are not messing around this season. This huge win means the reigning champions are still perfect, keeping that 100 percent start in La Liga, and are already two points clear at the top. Seriously, two points clear after Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid stumbled, losing 1-0 to Real Betis on Friday. The message is loud and clear: Barca is here to dominate.
Yamal Shakes Off a Knock and Barcelona’s Attack Is *Relentless*
You gotta hand it to Lamine Yamal. The kid had a knock and didn’t even train on Saturday, but you wouldn’t know it watching him tear Valencia apart. He kicked things off with a clever lofted finish in the sixth minute, a beautiful dink over the top from Fermin Lopez. Dude even slammed one home at the near post later that got chalked off for a super tight offside after a VAR review. Talk about a statement! But it wasn’t just Yamal running the show. Lopez got his own crisp finish in the 22nd minute, set up by former Newcastle winger Anthony Gordon. Raphinha, rocking that center-forward spot, tapped in his *sixth* goal of the season after Lopez fed him again. And Pedri? He nailed Barcelona’s fourth after some sweet passing with Dani Olmo. This offense is clicking!
Flick’s ‘Nearly Perfect’ Squad Is Setting the Pace, But They Aren’t Getting Cocky
Hansi Flick called it ‘nearly perfect,’ and honestly, it looked it. They controlled everything, totally dominant from the jump, much to the anger of Valencia fans at Mestalla. Barca is the *only* team in the top flight to win their first four games. Meanwhile, Carlos Corberan’s Valencia is sitting dead last, still searching for their first win of the season. Flick’s not letting them get too ahead of themselves, though. He said, “Nothing is perfect, you always can improve. If it’s perfect then you can stop working.” Even with an early setback like Eric Garcia going off hurt after a collision with team-mate Rodri’s shoulder, they didn’t skip a beat. New arrival Gabriel Jesus even got a debut in the final 10 minutes, though his shot went wide. Yamal finished off the rout with Barcelona’s fifth goal from another Olmo pass, capping a truly profitable afternoon for the Catalan giants.
Flick reminded everyone, “We have a very young team, with the right transfers we made, but it’s the beginning of the season, it’s not the end. We have to go a long, long way.” And he’s right, it’s early. But man, what an early statement. Valencia coach Carlos Corberan summed up his team’s nightmare: “Conceding a goal so early, on their first or second attack, made everything much more difficult.” This Barcelona squad is looking absolutely dangerous, and while it’s a marathon, not a sprint, they’re already way out in front. You just know everyone else in La Liga is scrambling to figure out how to slow them down.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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