Emmanuel LANGELLIER, Media365: published on Monday January 13, 2025 at 6:22 p.m.
Winner of the Spanish Super Cup by crushing Real Madrid (5-2), FC Barcelona benefits from a flamboyant attacking trio this season. Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha make up an attack with maddening stats.
Real Madrid definitely don't like, not at all, facing their great rival FC Barcelona this season. The capital club (2nd) is 5 points ahead of the Catalans in La Liga after 19 days of first leg matches, but in direct confrontations, it's not that at all. Already corrected in its lair of the Santiago-Bernabeu (0-4), on October 26, the White House collapsed on a new very heavy mark on Sunday. In Jeddah, in the final of the Spanish Super Cup, Barça inflicted a second beating in 2024-25 on Real who had started very well with Kylian Mbappé's superb goal in the 5th minute. This time, Hansi Flick's team won 5 against the Merengues (5-2)! It was already 4-1 at the break, a total that Barcelona had not inflicted on Real halfway through a match for 82 years (4-2 on January 10, 1943).
53 goals and 23 assists for Yamal, Lewandowski and Raphinha this season!
Of these 5 achievements, 4 were scored by the Catalan attacking trio composed of Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha. The young Spaniard, the experienced Pole and the Brazilian captain of Barça form a fiery trio this season and display phenomenal statistics. Judge for yourself: of the 83 goals scored in 28 matches in all competitions by the Catalan team during the 2024-25 financial year, the infernal trident signed 53, or almost 64%. Yamal, Lewandowski and Raphinha also provided 23 assists. Which leads to a total of 76 contributions in 28 outings. Or 2.7 per match! But where will the Iberian nugget stop (8 goals, 11 assists in 23 matches), the Polish serial scorer (26 goals, 3 assists in 27 matches) and the attacking midfielder Auriverde (19 pawns, 9 assists in 27 exits)?
It's a failure, but there should also be other titles after the Super Cup to crown this flamboyance at the forefront. 3rd in the league, FC Barcelona is 2nd in the Champions League, 3 points behind Liverpool after 6 days in the league phase. On Wednesday, the Catalan team will host Betis Sevilla in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey.
