Barcelona for the past few weeks has been on fire as they take out their revenge on Girona; Barcelona on fire as they take Girona revenge
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Barca have won all their opening matches and have successfully avenged two humiliating Catalan derby defeats by Girona last season with an emphatic victory at Montilivi.
Lamine Yamal’s first-half brace sent Barcelona on their way with Dani Olmo and Pedri adding further goals after the first-half break.
Yamal was exceptional in the game, Girona boss Michel labeled him as “one of the best players in the world” after the 17-year-old scored twice in Barcelona’s 4-1 win over their Catalans rivals on Sunday.
Michel went on to compare the Spain international to Lionel Messi, saying Yamal is a “player that can reach that level” Yamal previously said that it is “impossible” to match Messi’s footballing standards.
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Stuani pulled one back for the Host
At exactly 80th minute into the second half Stuani scored for Girona making it 1-4, Cristhain Stuani added what was likely a consolation goal as Ter Stegen misses a through ball and the forward flicks in a cross from close range.
Cristhian Stuani played for 21 minutes of the game and was able to score a consolation goal with two shots on target.
Key events in the match
At last Barca was able to get revenge on their local rivals for last season’s two embarrassing defeats and stay perfect with yet another splendid team performance.
Barcelona dominated from start to finish and are the only team with five wins out of five to begin the new La Liga campaign.
Hansi flick’s side were nearly flawless against an excellent team on the road, and watching this team right now is just a joy.
The first Goal came at exactly 30th minute of the first half, Barca took the lead. Girona took a short goal-kick and David Lopez was dispossessed at the edge of the box by Lamine Yamal, who took the ball away and puts it into the net.
Yamal scores a brace and doubles the lead at exactly 37th minute of the game. Raphine sends a free-kick into the box, and after an initial clearance the rebound
falls to Lamine Yamal, who pounces with a perfect curler into the bottom corner of the next
The referee gave a penalty in favor of Girona at the 44th minute of the game but was called by VAR and he reversed his decision after it was shown that Alejandro
Balde headed the ball into Inigo from a very short distance. And according to the handball rules, that was the right call.
Barcelona scored the third Goal by Olmo at exactly the 47th minute into the second half of the game.
Jules Kounde played an amazing long ball with his weak foot to find the run of Dani Olmo, who then fired a rocket from an impossible angle to find the net.
Pedri makes it four at 64th minute. Marc Casado played an absolutely outrageous through ball to find pedri all alone inside the box, and the magician rounds the keeper and joins the scoring party.
Cristhain Stuani scored a consolation goal in 80th minute, Portu got in behind the backline, rounds Ter Stegen inside the box and finds Cristhain Stuani for an easy tap-in.
Barcelona went down to 10 men in 86th minute as Ferran Torres was shown a straight red card for a tackle on Yaser Aprilla.
It was not even close to a red card worthy, but VAR stays with the referee’s decision and Barca finished the game with a player down.
Man of the match for the game
The teenage wonderkid was simply too good for Girona, as he scored a brilliant brace in a 4-1 win against the third-placed finishes Girona.
Barca may well expect a tricky trip to Girona, given the champions league last season, but inspired by Lamine Yamal, they ran riot.
On the half-time, Barcelona found a way through, thanks to wonderkid Yamal, who robbed defender David Lopez on the edge of his own box, turned and finished coolly.
Just exactly six minutes later he scored the second one making it a brace for him. He curled an effort into the bottom corner from the edge of the box, through a clutch of Girona bodies.
Though Girona had a penalty before half time but the referee was overruled by VAR and the decision was amended.
Later Girona pulled a goal back in the final 10 minutes through Christhian Stuani, while Ferran Torres was sent off before full-time after a nasty lunge in midfield.
Lamine Yaamal was named man of the match, he well deserves it because he completely stole the show in the first half, netting two quick-fire goals shortly after the half-time to put Hansi Flick’s side ahead and in control.
Lamine Yamal’s performances so far
In the past few months Yamal has been exceptional for Barcelona and his name has been ringing like bell.
Lamine Yamal is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for La Liga club Barcelona and Spain national team.
Widely regarded as one of the best young footballers in the world, he is known for his dribbling, crossing, technical proficiency and vision.
Growing up through the youth ranks of La Maisa, Yamal was soon viewed as one of the academy’s best prospect.
Yamal made his first team debut on 29th April, 2023 replacing Gavi in the 83rd minute of a 4-0 victory against Real Bertis in La Liga, in which he registered a shot on target against former Barcelona goalkeeper, Claudio Bravo.
He became not only the 5th youngest player in La Liga’s history at 15 years but also the youngest to appear for Barcelona’s first team since the 15 years old Amando Sagi in 1992.
At 16,Yamal broke several records for Barcelona during the season, making 50 appearances in all competitions.
In La Liga, Yamal became the youngest starter for Barcelona, the youngest player to record an assist, the youngest to score for Barcelona and in La Liga.
He is the younger player to feature in El Classico and the youngest player to score a brace in La Liga and the first player ever to achieve this record under the age of 17.
In the champions league, he became the second youngest player to feature in the cup (behind Youssoufa Moukoko), the second player named in starting line-up and the youngest player to play in the knockout phase.
