Without Lionel Messi and other attacking stars, "Barcelona" entered the battle in the 2nd round of the Spanish "La Liga" championship and bounced back with a bang after the first lost match.
At the "Camp Nou" stadium, the "Barcelona" players crushed the Seville team "Real Betis", with the star of the match being Antoine Griezmann, who scored two goals against the opponents.
"Barca" started the match strongly, but unexpectedly conceded a goal in the 15th minute, scored by "Real Betis" debutant Nabil Fekir.
However, at the end of the first half, A. Griezmann equalized the score after a superb pass from Sergi Roberto, and also opened his goal account for the Catalan club.
In the second half, "Barcelona" shone brightly and left no hopes for the opponents from Andalusia.
In the 50th minute, the Catalonians took the lead for the first time in these three matches with the same A. Griezmann, again receiving an accurate pass from S. Roberto.
In the 56th minute, the advantage was solidified by "Barcelona" academy product Carles Perez, and just four minutes later, Jordi Alba scored the fourth goal into the goal of "Real Betis".
Later, Arturo Vidal also scored a goal, although in the 79th minute the guests managed to score an impressive strike by Loren.
Ernesto Valverde introduced 16-year-old Anssumane Fati into the field as a substitute in these matches, who became the second youngest player to debut in the first team.
"Barcelona" added the first three points to their account. For the "Real Betis" team, this was the second consecutive failure.
Result:
"Barcelona" 5 - 2 "Real Betis" 15' [0 - 1] N. Fekir 41' [1 - 1] A. Griezmann 50' [2 - 1] A. Griezmann 56' [3 - 1] C. Perez 60' [4 - 1] J. Alba 77' [5 - 1] A. Vidal 70' [5 - 2] Loren
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