Barcelona produced a sensational efficiency on the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, thrashing Olympiacos 6–1 of their UEFA Champions League league section encounter. As anticipated by Softfootball within the pregame match evaluation, the victory saved Barça’s excellent house report in opposition to Greek groups intact, now eight wins in eight, with 20-year-old Fermín López stealing the present by netting his first profession hat-trick, simply after promising followers that they are going to see the very best of Barcelona.
The sport sparked to life within the seventh minute when Lamine Yamal dazzled down the suitable flank, weaving by means of defenders earlier than his shot fell kindly for Fermín, who calmly tucked the ball previous Konstantinos Tzolakis. Olympiacos didn’t fold instantly Daniel Podence compelled an early save from Wojciech Szczęsny, whereas Dani García’s deflected strike clipped the crossbar. Nonetheless, Barça doubled their benefit earlier than the break as debutant Dro Fernández picked out Fermín with a intelligent move, and the younger Spaniard made no mistake along with his end.
The Greek aspect pulled one again within the 53rd minute when Ayoub El Kaabi scored from the penalty spot after Eric García dealt with the ball. Nonetheless, any hopes of a comeback shortly vanished when Santiago Hezze acquired a mushy second yellow card moments later, leaving Olympiacos a person down.
From there, Barcelona ran riot. Lamine Yamal transformed a penalty within the 68th minute after Tzolakis fouled Marcus Rashford. The Englishman then added two very good objectives of his personal within the 74th and 79th minutes, exhibiting his killer intuition in entrance of objective. Sandwiched between these efforts, Fermín accomplished his memorable hat-trick, smashing house a deflected cross, turning into the primary Spanish participant to attain a Champions League treble for Barça.
After the sport, Marcus Rashford, who was very influential within the recreation, addressed the followers in a video uploaded by way of the workforce’s official X account.
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The consequence provides Barcelona two wins from three within the competitors and the proper increase heading into Sunday’s much-anticipated El Clásico in opposition to Actual Madrid, whereas Olympiacos stay caught on a single level and and not using a win in 4 matches throughout all competitions.
