Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski (left) celebrates after the VAR confirmed his aspect’s sixth objective with Marc Casado throughout a Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Valencia on the Johan Cruyff stadium in Barcelona, Spain, on September 14, 2025.
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Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Fermín López scored two goals every as Barcelona routed Valencia 6-0 within the Spanish league.
The match was performed on the workforce’s coaching facility as a result of the Catalan membership doesn’t but have the correct permits to reopen the renovated Camp Nou stadium.
Barcelona acquired the victory regardless of taking part in with out the injured Lamine Yamal.
It was the third win in 4 matches to open the season for Barcelona, which moved inside two factors of early league chief Real Madrid, which gained 2-1 at Real Sociedad on Saturday (September 13, 2025).
Barcelona needed to play its first residence league sport of the season on the 6,000-capacity Estadi Johan Cruyff whereas it waits for the permits that can enable it to return to the Camp Nou, which can seat almost 100,000 followers.
The Johan Cruyff facility sometimes hosts the Barcelona girls’s workforce and males’s reserve and youth squads.
Barcelona performed the final two seasons on the metropolis’s publicly owned Olympic Stadium whereas renovation work on the Camp Nou passed off.
Barcelona in management
Barcelona was in management from the beginning in opposition to Valencia. López scored his goals within the twenty ninth and 56th minutes, Raphinha netted within the 53rd and 66th and Lewandowski acquired on the board within the 76th and 86th.
Both Raphinha and Lewandowski scored their goals after coming off the bench. Unconfirmed Spanish media experiences stated Raphinha didn’t get to start out as a result of he was late reporting to the workforce on Sunday (September 14, 2025), although Barcelona coach Hansi Flick later stated it was a technical choice to not begin him following his stint with Brazil in the course of the worldwide break.
Lewandowski, taking part in his a hundred and fiftieth sport with Barcelona, had not beforehand scored for the membership on this league season.
“We were in control from the start. We knew what we had to do to get the victory,” Barcelona midfielder Marc Casadó stated. “We played our game. The scoring chances and the goals came.”
Valencia, sitting close to the underside of the standings with two losses, had solely two makes an attempt with one among them on the right track.
Barcelona has outscored Valencia 18-1 within the final three matches between the golf equipment.
Other outcomes
Real Betis rallied to attract 2-2 at Levante, which had constructed a two-goal lead within the first 10 minutes.
Osasuna gained for the second time by beating Rayo Vallecano 2-0, whereas Celta Vigo earned a 1-1 draw with Girona at residence due to a stoppage-time penalty kick transformed by Borja Iglesias.
Published – September 15, 2025 10:49 am IST
