Raphinha shines for Barcelona vs Oviedo, back on top (video) | OneFootball

Barcelona hosted bottom-placed Real Oviedo on Sunday afternoon and won comfortably, 3-0, with an almost perfect second half settling the match and returning the Spanish league lead to the Catalans, overtaking Real Madrid.

After a goalless first half at Camp Nou, the culés opened the scoring through Dani Olmo in the 52nd minute, with Barça taking advantage of a poor ball clearance from Oviedo, following a mistake by the Portuguese-Angolan David Carmo, which the Spanish midfielder capitalized on.

During their worst spell, the visitors faltered again, with defender David Costas attempting a weak back pass to the goalkeeper, a ball that Raphinha – who was close to joining CR7 – took advantage of, winning the race and chipping towards goal in the 57th minute. The former Sporting player thus scored his 12th goal of the season.

The third goal for Hansi Flick's team came from the 'genius' of Lamine Yamal, with the Spaniard making the most of an outside-of-the-foot cross from Dani Olmo to, in a move between a bicycle kick and a scissor kick, score the best goal of the afternoon in the 73rd minute. The young Spanish winger is currently the league's assist leader.

The win against the 20th and last-placed team returns Barcelona to the top of the league, with 52 points, one more than rivals Real Madrid, Benfica’s opponent in the Champions League on Wednesday, who had won away at Villarreal (2-0) on Saturday.

Check out Raphinha’s highlights from the match:

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