Barcelona produces five-star win over Feyenoord
Raphinha and Lamine Yamal pulled the strings for Barcelona as it started its Champions League campaign with a rampant 5-1 win over Feyenoord.
The Brazilian scored twice, while the 19 year-old got a goal and two assists, with Karim Adeyemi and Gabriel Jesus scoring their first European goals for Barca at Camp Nou.
It took just under three minutes for Barcelona to get on the scoresheet, with Raphinha latching onto Yamal's flick before cutting onto his left foot – leaving two Feyenoord defenders on the floor – and coolly bending an effort past Tjark Ernst into the bottom-left corner.
Barcelona doubled its lead in the 22nd minute. Adeyemi was given too much space as he drove down the left, and he curled a spectacular finish past the helpless Ernst.
Joan Garcia reacted quickly to smother Anis Hadj Moussa's chance in Feyenoord's first meaningful foray forward, and just moments later, Joao Cancelo struck the corner of the goal frame after a pacy counter-attack.
Feyenoord looked more of a threat after the break, though Nacho Ferri had a goal ruled out 56 minutes in after he set off too early before then taking the ball out of Garcia's grip to slot it into the net.
Raphinha got his second just under two minutes later, timing his run perfectly between Feyenoord's defenders to gather Pedri's through-ball and slot past Ernst.
Feyenoord was denied a second time just before the hour. Garcia smothered Ouassama Targhalline's effort, but Barca failed to clear its lines, allowing Ferri to pounce. However, a tight offside call in the build-up went against it.
Yamal got his goal in the 77th minute, curling a free-kick into the right side of the net from inside the D, but the strike went straight through Feyenoord's wall, leaving Ernst wrong-footed.
Sem Steijn pulled one back five minutes later, peeling away at the back post to turn in Goncalo Borges's cross, but Barcelona restored its four-goal cushion in the 85th minute with Jesus rising high to flick Yamal's cross into the net.
