Barcelona continues on the ascending line and remains in Champions League positions by thrashing Athletic Club this Sunday at the Camp Nou (4-0), thanks to goals from Aubameyang, Dembélé, Luuk de Jong and Memphis , who played the last minutes after reappearing from his injury.
The Barça team chained their third match scoring four goals, and this time they did so without conceding, something they had only achieved once in the last ten games. While the team from Biscay, with their minds set on the Copa del Rey, wasted a good opportunity to get closer to the Europa League positions.
Marcelino introduced seven novelties in the eleven that last day he thrashed Real Sociedad in the Basque derby, and left important players such as the Williams brothers, Íñigo Martínez or Muniain on the bench, thinking about next Wednesday’s duel at Mestalla, where the Basques are playing for a place in the cup final.
Too many concessions for this Barça, which hand in hand with Xavi seems to be an increasingly recognizable team, applying high pressure, increasingly dynamic and precise in possession and with an offensive trident that seems already consolidated, such as the one formed by Adama, Ferrán Torres and Aubameyang.
The Gabonese, who has scored five goals in the last three games, was in charge of opening the can in the minute 27, when volleying off a b wing rejected by the crossbar after a header from Piqué in a corner kick.
He is the new figure of Xavi’s Barcelona.