FC Barcelona continued its series of strong performances locally and continentally, after achieving a sweeping victory over its guest, Racing Santander, with a score of (7-2), in the match that was held on Wednesday evening at the “Spotify Camp Nou” stadium, in the sixth round of the Spanish Football League.
Brazilian Rafinha, the team’s captain and first star in the match, imposed himself as the hero of the confrontation by scoring three “hat-trick” goals, two of which came via two penalty kicks in the 25th, 42nd, and 67th minutes. The rest of the goals for the Catalan team were scored by Joao Cancelo in the 8th minute, Santander’s Asier Villalibre with an own goal (36th), Gabriel Jesus (79th), in addition to the promising Lamine Yamal in the 89th minute, and the match also witnessed him missing a penalty kick in the 45th minute, and having a goal disallowed due to offside in the 72nd minute.
On the other hand, Magit Gui and Yasser Zaberi scored a double for the visitors in the 30th and 65th minutes, in attempts to reduce the difference that were not enough to limit the offensive dominance of the Catalan giant, which imposed complete control over the atmosphere of the match.
With this huge victory, Barcelona strengthened its lead in the Spanish League standings alone at the top with 18 points, achieving the full mark, with a difference of 3 points from its rival, Real Madrid, who is in second place, while Racing Santander – newly promoted this season – froze at 7 points in tenth place. The Catalan team, the defending champion in the last two seasons, also raised its scoring record to 33 goals during the 7 matches it played in all competitions, benefiting from its recent continental victory over the Dutch Feyenoord with a score of (5-1) in the European Champions League.
