Barcelona scores four goals in opening 24 minutes and overwhelms Valencia 7-1 in Spanish league

Barcelona's Raphinha celebrates after Fermin Lopez, not in the picture, scored his side's fifth goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Valencia at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025.

Barcelona's Raphinha celebrates after Fermin Lopez, not in the picture, scored his side's fifth goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Valencia at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)


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MADRID — Barcelona overwhelmed Valencia in the Spanish league with four players scoring in the first 24 minutes of a 7-1 rout Frenkie de Jong opened in the third minute, Ferran Torres added to the lead in the eighth, Raphinha found the net in the 14th and Fermín López struck in the 24th at Montjuic stadium. López added the fifth in first-half stoppage time. Valencia got its goal with Hugo Duro in the 59th before Barcelona scored again with Robert Lewandowski in the 66th and an own-goal by César Tárrega in the 75th. Hansi Flick became the second-fastest coach to reach 100 goals with Barcelona. Barcelona had been winless in its last four league games.

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