Ex-Sporting star bags a brace as Barcelona thrash Valencia (video) | OneFootball

Barcelona thrashed Valencia 6-0 last Sunday, September 14, in a match counting for the fourth round of La Liga. Former Sporting player Raphinha was one of the highlights of the match, scoring a brace and making a strong return to club football, after the defeat against Bolivia while playing for the Brazil national team.

Fans in attendance quickly saw the direction the game would take. Just 16 minutes in, Fermín Lopez opened the scoring for the home team with a powerful shot that gave Julen Agirrezabala no chance to save. The rest of the handful of goals would only come in the second half.

Raphinha came on in the second half and quickly made an impact. In the 53rd minute, he was in the right place to make it 2-0, assisted by Marcus Rashford. Three minutes later, Fermín Lopez would score again. The former Sporting player also netted a brace. The Brazilian winger took advantage of a poor clearance by the Valencia defense to score the 4-0 in the 66th minute.

Before the end of the match, there was still time for another player to score twice. This time it was the prolific striker Robert Lewandowski, after an assist from Dani Olmo in the 76th minute and, once again, with a chip over the opposing goalkeeper in the 87th minute.

After the 6-0 thrashing, Barcelona climbed to second place in La Liga with 10 points. The Blaugrana are just behind Real Madrid, who have 12. Meanwhile, Valencia finds itself in the bottom half of the table. The “che” team is in 15th place, with only 4 points.

Check out Raphinha’s first goal:

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