Barcelona 5-0 Young Boys: Barca bounce back with a dominate and routine win

Barcelona 5-0 Young Boys: Barca bounce back with a dominate and routine win

Barcelona 5-0 Young Boys: Barca bounce back with a dominate and routine win. Barcelona bounced back from their matchday 1 upset with a statement and dominant 5-0 win over Swiss outfits Young Boys on Tuesday evening.

Hansi Flick‘s side were undoubtedly the favourites heading into the game, and they made sure to flex every ounce of their quality in a sublime performance which saw Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Inigo Martinez all get on the score sheet in the first half.

Lewandowski added a second after the restart, before an own goal capped off a memorable evening for the Blaugrana.

How the game unfolded;

Barcelona came out hot and took the lead just eight minutes in. Raphinha’s low cross fizzed across the six-yard box and was gleefully tapped home from Lewandowski at the back post.

Jules Kounde crashed over from range as Barcelona continued to dominate proceedings, while the ever-dangerous Lamine Yamal caused all sorts of problems every time he drove down the right wing.

Young Boys should have tied things up on the half-hour mark. Ebrima Colley collected a cross at the back post and had enough space to fire away a dangerous volley, but he could only slice well wide of Inaki Pena‘s goal.

The second goal came shortly after. Pedri’s strike was deflected into the path of Raphinha, who slammed home the rebound to put Barcelona into the emphatic lead they deserved.

Three minutes later, and it was three, as Pedri’s free-kick was met in the box by Martinez, whose excellent header nestled perfectly in the back of the net. Hansi Flick’s side were more than good value for their lead heading into the break and could have easily had five or six goals before the interval.

Lewandowski added Barcelona’s fourth shortly after the restart. Martinez met Raphinha’s corner and headed back across the box, where the Pole once again tapped home from two yards out.

Young Boys’ best chance of the evening came as Joel Monteiro crashed against the woodwork from close range, before Marc Casado was needed to clear the rebound off the line.

Barcelona grabbed a fifth in fortuitous circumstances. With ten minutes to go, Alejandro Balde‘s cross ended up in the back of the Young Boys net courtesy of a sliced attempted clearance from Mohamed Ali Camara.

Monteiro thought he had netted a consolation in the dying minutes, only for a VAR check to confirm he had not managed to beat the offside trap.

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