A radiant Barça is unleashed against Valladolid

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The wingers of a lifetime have returned and there is also a center forward who knows Latin at the Camp Nou.

Raphinha and Dembélé did not stop dribbling and putting crosses while Lewandowski ruled the area and aimed at Masip's goal whenever he could.

Valladolid was more a sufferer than a spectator of Barcelona's attack and goal.

The match had only one direction due to the monologue of Xavi's boys.

The fans entered and left the stadium very happy with the performance of an optimistic team, voracious and as eager to recover the football ideology as its coach and President Laporta.

BCN Barcelona

4

Ter Stegen, Koundé, Eric Garcia, Ronald Araújo (Sergi Roberto, min. 60), Alex Balde, Busquets (Kessié Franck, min. 75), Pedri, Gavi (Frenkie De Jong, min. 60), Raphinha (Ansu Fati, min. 60), Lewandowski and Ousmane Dembélé (Ferrán Torres, min. 81)

VAD Real Valladolid

0

Masip, Joaquín, Escudero, Javier Sánchez, Luis Pérez, Iván Sánchez (Toni Villa, min. 60), Aguado (Roque Mesa, min. 45), Anuar (Roberto Arroyo, min. 75), Monchu (Óscar Plano, min. 45), Kike and Sergi Guardiola (Sergio León, min. 60)

Goals

1-0 min.

23: Lewandowski.

2-0 min.

42: Peter.

3-0 min.

64: Lewandowski.

4-0 min.

91: Sergio Roberto.

Referee

Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Yellow cards Ronald Araújo (min. 44), Javier Sánchez (min. 77) and Kike (min. 78)

Aubameyang, Memphis and Ferran did not play, protagonists last season, nor did two of the usual captains like Piqué and Alba.

The forwards have changed, the leaderships are renewed, the defense was strengthened and the goalkeeper is once again a goalkeeper in a team that is looking for an identity that reconciles it with the past and gives it guarantees to face the future.

It is still a tender Barça and to know about its competitiveness it needs more demanding games than Valladolid.

The 3-0 goal, in any case, was a compendium of the match and of Lewandowski's wisdom.

Xavi's line-ups and his game plan or drawing are consistent with his declaration of intentions in the run-up to each game, waiting for the transfer market to close on Wednesday: two full-backs are missing, and meanwhile, they play on the right two central defenders such as Araujo or Koundé before Sergi Roberto and on the left Balde has relegated Alba to substitution in a somewhat popular decision at the Camp Nou;

there are doubts about the third striker because they do not want to force Ansu Fati's ownership;

and Gavi prevails over Frenkie de Jong just in case there is still an option to incorporate Bernardo Silva.

Not even a team like Valladolid, less sharp than Rayo, changed the Barça coach's plan.

There was no more novelty than the presence of Koundé.

The substitution of the Frenchman would have been surprising if one takes into account that his registration in the League was endorsed by President Laporta.

Koundé was deployed as if he were a

, behind Rafinha, the most incisive player in the match at the Camp Nou.

He attacked Barça with two open ends and the game went from Raphinha to Dembélé, from side to side, with the ball always in Valladolid's court.

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Video of the goals of the Barcelona-Valladolid

The repeated Barça attacks, however, ended in a corner or in Masip's right post.

The wood returned a header from Lewandowski and a shot from Dembélé before the persevering Raphinha tuned in the center and enabled the Pole: the Brazilian's left foot put the ball at the far post for the arrival of the tip of Lewadowski's right boot .

Valladolid found it impossible to contain Barcelona's offensive.

There was no other team than the azulgrana, as intense in the pressure as aggressive in the recovery, lacking instead of pause until Pedri hooked a pass to Dembélé's space.

The calm and skill of the player from Tenerife are a blessing for a team that is often too impatient and needy, prey to the urgency to show in every game that they are back and aspire to play in the League.

Barça played against Barça, reducing Valladolid to two plays very well resolved by a splendid Ter Stegen.

Even the goalkeeper shone in a beautiful game due to the rhythm and continuity of Barça and Lewandowski's 3-0.

The Pole unmarked himself to receive from Dembélé, progressed and finished off with a heel after the leather grazed Joaquín Sánchez.

A delicacy that summed up the goal scored by Sergi Roberto on a radiant summer afternoon at the Camp Nou.

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