Felix and Cancelo score first goals for Barca
Five different players scored to help Barca win their biggest match and maintain their unbeaten run since the beginning of the season. Before the win against Real Betis, Xavi and his team defeated Osasuna 2-1, Villarreal 4-3, Cadiz 2-0 and drew 0-0 with Getafe.
At Montjuic Stadium - Barca's home stadium this season, while waiting for the new Camp Nou stadium to be built, the away team created the first dangerous opportunity with Luiz Henrique's shot off the post in the 15th minute, but after that the game completely belonged to Barca.
In the 25th minute, from Oriol Romeu's high pass, Felix made a foul. But the ball was still under control so the Portuguese striker pushed one more step to eliminate goalkeeper Rui Silva and then shot into an empty net. Felix is the eighth player to score for both Barca and Atletico in La Liga in the 21st century, after Luis Garcia, David Villa, Sergio Aguero, Luis Suarez, Arda Turan, Antoine Griezman and Memphis Depay.
More than ten minutes later, Felix lifted his foot from Andreas Christensen's pass to let Robert Lewandowski enter the penalty area and then shot diagonally to double the gap. The Polish striker scored 36 goals in 51 matches for Barca in all competitions, an achievement only inferior to Erling Haaland (59 goals) and Kylian Mbappe (48 goals) among players from the top five European leagues since the beginning of the season. before.
In the 62nd minute, from a 25-meter free kick, Ferran Torres finished low and sent the ball around the fence, hitting the ground and spinning into the goal, increasing the score to 3-0. The Spanish striker scored the first free kick goal for Barca since Lionel Messi in the match against Valencia in May 2021. Between these two goals, Barca completed 41 free kicks, but could not score.
Four minutes later, receiving a pass from Lewandowski, Raphinha - the player who had just come on to replace Torres - controlled the ball for a moment and then shot with his left foot diagonally, putting the ball out of goalkeeper Francisco Barbosa's range.
The goal party at Montjuic Olympic ended in the 81st minute, when Cancelo dribbled the ball on the right wing, feigned to eliminate Juan Miranda and then scored a low cross-angle shot to seal a 5-0 victory.
Barca currently has 13 points through five matches, temporarily taking the top spot from Real - the team has 12 points and will meet Sociedad at Bernabeu's home field today. On September 19, Barca met Antwerp in the opening round of Group H of the Champions League, then played Celta in round five of La Liga on September 23, both at Montjuic Olympic Stadium.
