João Cancelo matches Dani Alves’ Barcelona benchmark | OneFootball

Barcelona star João Cancelo on Wednesday equalled an iconic figure in the recent history books at the Spotify Camp Nou. This came owing to his exploits in the Blaugrana’s meeting with Racing Santander.

Hansi Flick’s troops marked their return to action this evening, welcoming Racing to Catalunya’s capital with sights on a 6th successive victory to open the La Liga campaign.

The aforementioned Cancelo was afforded a starting berth for the fixture, replacing youngster Xavi Espart at left-back. And en route to an eventual 7-2 Barca rout, the Portuguese played a starring role…

Remarkably, Cancelo was on target to the tune of a brace, courtesy of a pair of stunning long-range right-footed strikes.

And as alluded to above, in the process, the former Juventus and Manchester City man secured for himself a place in the history books in Barcelona.

As revealed by statistician Fran Martinez:

‘João Cancelo equals Dani Alves as the defender with the MOST GOALS scored for Barcelona in his first 71 matches in the 21st century (7).’

Conor Laird – GSFN