The Barcelonans made short work of the Andalusians this Sunday, during the 10th round of the Spanish championship.
Once again carried by its star striker Robert Lewandowski, FC Barcelona was full of confidence on Sunday by correcting Sevilla FC, at home (5-1) during the tenth day of La Liga, before facing Bayern in quick succession Munich and Real Madrid next week.
The Polish international, author of his eleventh and twelfth goals of the season in the league (23rd sp, 39th), took the Catalan club (1st, 27 points) to a ninth victory in ten days, allowing it to regain three lengths of is ahead of its Madrid rival at the top of the ranking, six days before a Clasico which promises to be hot.
The goal of the evening came from the right foot of Spanish midfielder Pedri, who allowed the Blaugranas to make the break with a superb strike from outside the area (28th) on an assist from prodigy Lamine Yamal, the sixth in just ten matches. Entering the game a few minutes earlier, the young Pablo Torre, 21, scored a double at the end of the match (82nd, 88th), while the Montjuic Olympic stadium celebrated the return from injury of the much appreciated Gavi, absent for almost one year after a serious knee injury. Belgian hope Stanis Idumbo saved the honor for the Sevillians alone (87th).
Almost perfect start to the season
Having had an almost perfect start to the season under new coach Hansi Flick, Barça have now scored 33 goals in ten La Liga matches, their best total at this stage of the competition since the 2012/13 season.
The Blaugrana club, which is still trying to regain its rank among the very big European teams, will experience two huge shocks in the form of a revelation on Wednesday and Saturday, facing its beast nemesis in C1 Bayern Munich, and its great rival Real Madrid, reigning Spanish and European champion.
Senegal
