Barcelona continued their extraordinary start to the 2024/25 League season with Hansi Flick at the weekend, putting Villarreal to the sword at the Estadio de la Ceràmica.
Goals from Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Pablo Torre earned La Blaugrana a 5-1 win on Sunday evening, their sixth win in six La Liga games this season.
The result means Flick’s side maintain their four-point lead at the top of the table ahead of arch-rivals Real Madrid after Week 6 of the 2024/25 campaign.
here it is of Barça the best players of the victory, according to 90 minutes beloved player ratings.
Raphinha: 9/10
After a summer of rumors linking him with an exit, Raphinha appears to be playing like someone with a point to prove in the early weeks of 2024/25.
As he has been a few times this season, Raphinha was absolutely brilliant at the weekend.
The Brazilian scored Barca’s fourth and fifth goals of the game – one with a deflected effort and the other with a lovely volley that bounced off Diego Conde in the Villarreal goal – to take his goal tally to seven in just six league outings. This is world class form.
Honorable Mentions
Robert Lewandowski: 9/10
Two 9/10 scores?
Yes, that’s how good Barça were on Sunday.
After a down season by his standards in 2023/24, Robert Lewandowski has returned to his clinical best under new boss Flick in the opening months of the new campaign.
The Poland international fired his side into the game with his fifth and sixth La Liga goals of the season in the first half, and his play as a full forward was very impressive from then on as linked well with Raphinha and Lamine Yamal. everywhere
The only reason Raphinha got the appeal for the best player award is because he also missed a penalty in the second half.
Pau Torre: 8/10
With Dani Olmo, Gavi, Frenkie de Jong and Fermin López out injured, 21-year-old Pablo Torre got his first start of the 2024/25 season at the weekend.
In that first start, Torre assisted a goal with a neat pass to Lewandowski in the 20th minute, then followed it up with a strike of his own in the second half as a long-range effort needed a slight deflection to be headed home. in the lower left corner of the grid.
So it’s fair to say Torre grabbed his opportunity with both hands.
