Barcelona successfully beat Valencia with a landslide score of 7-1 in the 2024/2025 La Liga match i 21 held at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, Sunday (1/26/2025).
Fermin Lopez became the star of Barca’s victory by scoring two goals and two assists.
The other five goals were scored by Frenkie de Jong, Ferran Torres, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski, and Cesar Tarrega’s own goal. Valencia had scored a goal through Hugo Duro’s action.
Thanks to this result, Barca is entitled to move up to third place in the standings with 42 points. Meanwhile, Valencia slumped to 19th place with 16 points.
The match had only been going on for three minutes, Barca had already managed to open the lead. Receiving a cross from Lamine Yamal, De Jong made one control before releasing a shot to break into Giorgi Mamardashvili’s goal.
Five minutes later, Barca successfully doubled their lead. Alejandro Balde’s measured cross was successfully tapped by Torres to shake Valencia’s goal.
In the 14th minute, it was Raphinha’s turn to his name on the scoreboard. Receiving a brilliant through ball from Fermin Lopez, Raphinha tricked Mamardashvili before slotting the ball into a goal.
Barca were increasingly on top after Fermin Lopez scored a goal in the 24th minute. Before the break, Lopez again broke into Valencia’s goal using a rebound ball.
Entering the second half, Barca who were already leading 5-0 still dominated the game. However, the home team’s attacks were now not as frightening as in the first half.
The very large advantage made Barca a little careless. This situation was utilized by Hugo Duro to score a goal in the 59th minute through a first-time tap-in following Diego Lopez’s cross.
Barca moved away again in the 66th minute. Fermin Lopez once again provided an assist, this time for Lewandowski who fired a shot to the far post beyond Mamardashvili’s reach.
Barca went even crazier in the 71st minute. Ferran Torres’ shot deflected into a goal after hitting Tarrega. The score of 7-1 remained unchanged until the long whistle sounded.
Fermin Lopez was voted best player in Barcelona’s 7-1 win over Valencia.
Fermin Lopez did not waste the opportunity to be a starter that he got from Hansi Flick in this match. The 21-year-old midfielder really went crazy in this match.
After providing an assist in the form of a brilliant through ball for Raphinha, Lopez scored his own goal, not just one, but two goals. He completed it with his second assist in the second half.
Overall, Fermin Lopez was recorded as creating three chances, four successful dribbles, 10 recoveries, and eight duel wins.
