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FERRAN TORRES DOMINATES: BARCA'S 5-3 WIN OVER BETIS SECURES TOP SPOT
The La Liga race heats: Ferran Torres's brilliance, plus goals from Yamal and Bardghji, keep Barca ahead of Real Madrid after a high-scoring match.
Ferran Torres scored a hat-trick in the first half, boosting Barcelona to a 5-3 win against Real Betis on Saturday. This puts them four points ahead in La Liga.
Lamine Yamal and Roony Bardghji also scored. The champions seemed set for an easy victory in Seville, but then gave up two late goals.
Real Madrid, who are in second place, play Celta Vigo on Sunday. They'll be trying to catch up with Hansi Flick's team. Atletico Madrid, currently fourth, are playing Athletic Bilbao later on Saturday.
After some shaky games, Barca beat Atletico Madrid earlier in the week and kept the momentum going with another win against Betis.
We're fighting hard, and my players were tired. By the end, not everyone was at their best, which is normal, Flick told reporters.
Overall, today was good. Really good, and I complimented my players.
Flick decided to rotate the team a bit, keeping in mind their important Champions League match against Eintracht Frankfurt on Tuesday.
The coach started Bardghji on the right wing and Torres as the striker instead of Robert Lewandowski. He also moved Yamal, the young star, to a central attacking midfield role, where he played well.
Antony, formerly with Manchester United, scored first for Betis, who are in fifth place. He hit the ball into the net after Jules Kounde played him onside at their temporary stadium, La Cartuja.
Kounde made up for it five minutes later by helping Barca get even. Torres finished off his cross after a great team move.
Torres scored again quickly, in the 13th minute, in a similar way from Bardghji's cross. After that, Barca was in control.
Bardghji then scored himself after Pedri did well to bring the ball forward. The Swedish winger finished it off perfectly.
Torres got his hat trick before half-time with a bit of luck. His shot bounced off a player and went past Alvaro Valles.
That was his 11th league goal, making him the second-highest scorer in La Liga, after Madrid's Kylian Mbappe.
"I knew I could do this," Torres said.
That's what you have to do at Barca, and I want to score many more.
Yamal scored Barca's fifth goal from the penalty spot before the hour mark. Marc Bartra, who used to play for Barcelona, was given a harsh penalty for handball.
Marcus Rashford's shot was blocked by Bartra, but the ball went up and hit his hand.
Yamal should have scored when he had a clear shot, but he shot too close to Valles. Rashford also missed when he was one-on-one with the keeper.
Betis scored two late goals. First, Diego Llorente turned the ball in from a corner that Barca defended poorly.
Then, Kounde clumsily fouled Ez Abde, another former Barca player, and Cucho Hernandez scored from the penalty spot.
NOU CAMP ROARS: JULES KOUNDE DOUBLE COMPLETES BARCELONA COMEBACK VS FRANKFURT
Jules Kounde was the hero, scoring two goals in four minutes to power Barcelona's 2-1 Champions League comeback win against Eintracht Frankfurt at the Nou Camp.
Jules Kounde scored twice as Barcelona came back from a goal down to beat Eintracht Frankfurt in their first Champions League game at the Nou Camp in over three years.
Frankfurt took the lead in the 21st minute when Ansgar Knauff got on the end of Nathaniel Brown's pass, fended off Alejandro Balde, and put the ball past Joan Garcia.
Marcus Rashford, who came on as a substitute at halftime, had a quick impact, crossing from the left for Kounde to head in at the 50th minute.
The France defender scored again three minutes later, connecting with Lamine Yamal's pass when he was open six yards out.
This win puts Barcelona, who have won the Champions League five times, at 10 points from six games. With two games left, they're still in the running for a top-eight spot, which would send them straight to the last 16, skipping the playoff round.
Hansi Flick's team plays Slavia Prague on January 21 and finishes their group stage at home against Copenhagen a week later.
Eintracht Frankfurt, who are seventh in the German Bundesliga, are in danger of being knocked out of European competition with only four points from their first six games.
This was Barcelona's fourth game at the Nou Camp since it reopened last month after renovations.
The last Champions League match at the stadium was in October 2022, when they lost 3-0 to Bayern Munich. In February 2023, they played in the Europa League.
The Nou Camp started its £1.1 billion renovation in June 2023 to modernise the stadium and increase its capacity to 105,000, which would make it one of the biggest in the world.
After playing most of the last two seasons at the Estadi Olimpic, which hosted the 1992 Olympics, the Nou Camp reopened with a reduced capacity of 45,401. Work is still being done on the top tier and the roof.
Flick's team has now won all four of their matches back at their home ground.
Frankfurt, who have struggled in their league and lost 6-0 to RB Leipzig on Saturday, scored first and had chances to score a second. However, Ellyes Skhiri and Fares Chaibi both shot over the bar.
Kounde's two goals in four minutes turned the game around for Barcelona, who had lost 3-0 to Chelsea in their previous Champions League match.
The only bad news for Barcelona was a second-half yellow card for Yamal after a foul on Brown. This means he'll miss the trip to Prague.
JOAN GARCIA'S UCL MISSION: CAN BARCELONA END EIGHT-GAME CLEAN SHEET DROUGHT
FC Barcelona faces Eintracht Frankfurt, needing a win to keep UCL top-eight hopes alive. Goalkeeper Joan Garcia returns, tasked with ending an 8-game clean sheet streak.
FC Barcelona is back in the Champions League on Tuesday night, facing Eintracht Frankfurt in their sixth group stage game of the 2025/26 season.
After five games, Barcelona is in 18th place with two wins, two losses, and a draw. To finish in the top eight, they need some luck.
But first, Barcelona has to win all their remaining games, starting with the one against Eintracht as the first priority.
Joan Garcia faces a tough test.
It won't be easy, as Barcelona's Champions League form, especially on defense, hasn't been great.
Goalie Joan Garcia will face a tough test in Tuesday's game against Eintracht Frankfurt, according to AS.
Hansi Flick’s Barça hasn't kept a clean sheet in their last eight Champions League games, letting in goals each time.
Since April 9, when Barça beat Borussia Dortmund 4-0 in the first leg of last season's quarter-finals, they haven't kept a clean sheet in Europe. They've played eight straight games without stopping the other team from scoring.
This started with the second-leg loss in Dortmund (3-1), followed by the semi-finals against Inter (3-3 and 4-3). This season, it continued against Newcastle United (1-2), PSG (1-2), Olympiacos (6-1), Club Brugge (4-4), and Chelsea (3-0).
Garcia was hurt in the Real Betis game and had to leave the field.
Still, the 24-year-old goalie practiced as normal today before the Eintracht Frankfurt game at Camp Nou. He's recovered and ready to play.
Garcia, who already has four clean sheets in La Liga this season, now wants one in the Champions League to end Barcelona's eight-game streak without one.
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