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Barcelona 4-0 Villarreal - Match Report

September 27, 2020 20:03
4:39 min

Fati inspires Barcelona as Koeman starts life at Nou Camp with a 4-0 win over Villarreal

Barcelona Vs Villarreal - Live Stream

Match Report

Lionel Messi's desire to leave Barcelona showed no sign of impacting his on-pitch performance as he and Ansu Fati led the 4-0 dismantling of Villarreal on Sunday, marking a triumphant start to the Ronald Koeman era.

Barca have been engulfed by all manner of turmoil since losing 8-2 to Bayern Munich in their previous competitive match on August 14, with the unsuccessful attempt to force a transfer by club talisman Messi undoubtedly the major headline, but as they started their 2020-21 season they proved this is not a team to write off lightly.

Fati got the ball rolling with an impressive double in a five-minute period, before then winning the penalty that was scored by Messi, who subsequently saw a cross of his turned in by Villarreal defender Pau Torres.

Unai Emery's side tightened up in the second half, with Barca consequentially having a little less freedom in the final third, but Villarreal's slight improvement had no impact on what was an easy start for Koeman in LaLiga.

With Messi's future up in the air, Fati had seemingly been billed as the poster boy of this new era at Barca and fittingly he was their inspiration here, opening the scoring 15 minutes in with an emphatic first-time finish from Jordi Alba's cut-back.

The teenager was decisive again a few moments later, latching on to Philippe Coutinho's throughball and coolly slotting past the helpless Sergio Asenjo, who also had no answer to Messi's penalty, which was won by the omnipresent Fati as well.

Things got even worse for the visitors on the stroke of half-time, Torres poking Messi's cross beyond Asenjo as the unlikely spectre of Sergio Busquets lurked for a tap-in.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Barca's intensity did drop after the interval and Villarreal became a more compact unit following a couple of half-time changes.

Koeman took the opportunity to give Fati a bit of a rest with 20 minutes to go, with another talented teenager – Pedri – given the chance to come off the bench for his LaLiga debut after joining from Las Palmas.

Miralem Pjanic and Francisco Trincao were also given their debuts as substitutes, with the young Portuguese winger almost adding a fifth goal when stinging the palms of Asenjo, but Villarreal managed to avoid any further embarrassment.

Live Video

An own goal from Villarreal, from Pau Torres! It's all over in the first half! 

 

Barcelona in full control! Messi scores from the penalty 

Goal! Ansu Fati opens the scoring for Barca! 

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Preamble

 

New look for Phil Coutinho!  I wonder if he can make the difference tonight! 
 

 

Fresh look for @Phil_Coutinho who STARTS for @FCBarcelona tonight! 🌟#BarçaVillarreal pic.twitter.com/QATP0A1rBm

— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) September 27, 2020

Now for Villarreal, who have former Arsenal boss Unai Emery as manager! Paco Alcacer plays against his former club, summer signings Dani Parejo and Francis Coquelin start in central midfield! 

 

#BarçaVillarreal | Here is our starting XI to take on @FCBarcelona! Let's go! 💛 pic.twitter.com/3GJwXQyzcD

— Villarreal CF English (@Eng_Villarreal) September 27, 2020

Team News! Barcelona first up. The headline, Messi starts! Well, well, well! 
 

 

#Culers! Here's YOUR starting XI for the first @LaLigaEN match of the 2020/21 season! pic.twitter.com/omT4VL31a8

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 27, 2020

 

 

Good evening, welcome to the Live blog for Barcelona vs Villarreal! The Leo Messi saga continues! After a summer dominated with stories of the Barcelona all-time leading goalscorer wanting to leave the club, after lengthy negotiations between Messi and the club, he's staying... for this season at least! Join me for all the build-up, team news 

 


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