The teenage wonderkid was just too good for Girona, as he scored a superb brace in a 4-1 thumping of final season’s third-placed finishers.
Barcelona could properly have anticipated a difficult journey to Girona, provided that they upset the applecart by qualifying for the Champions League final season, however impressed by Lamine Yamal, they ran riot.
On the half-hour mark, Barcelona discovered a approach by means of because of wonderkid Yamal, who robbed defender David Lopez on the sting of his personal field, turned, and completed coolly.
And he had a second simply six minutes later, curling an effort into the underside nook from the sting of the field, by means of a clutch of Girona our bodies.
Girona thought they’d a penalty earlier than half-time, because the ball struck Inigo Martinez’s hand, however the referee was overruled by VAR and the choice was amended.
Inside two minutes of the second half, Barca have been 3-0 up, as Dani Olmo completed viciously from an acute angle.
Simply after the hour, Pedri added a fourth, sprinting onto a superb by means of ball from Marc Casado and lifting the ball over the goalkeeper.
Girona pulled a aim again within the last 10 minutes by means of Christhian Stuani, whereas Ferran Torres was despatched off earlier than full-time after a nasty lunge in midfield.
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