BELGRADE:
Robert Lewandowski struck two times as in-structure Barcelona whipped Red Star Belgrade 5-2 to remain in the more elite classes of the Bosses Association bunch table on Wednesday.
The veteran striker moved to 99 vocation objectives in the opposition, while Inigo Martinez, Raphinha and Fermin Lopez additionally got as Barcelona won easily in Serbia.
In the wake of whipping Bayern Munich 4-1 in their earlier European excursion, Hansi Flick’s side followed that up with a seventh consecutive triumph across all contests.
In that triumphant run Barcelona have scored somewhere multiple times in each game and were correspondingly deadly at the Rajko Mitic arena.
“Clearly we are doing things quite well, and a considerable lot of them are being seen and reflected in our play, yet there are sure things that I can tell you, as a protector, we’re experiencing in,” said Barcelona community back Martinez.
“At the point when the group drops (in center) that smidgen eventually… on the off chance that we can work on that, I figure we can be an extraordinary group and presently we can partake in this triumph.”
Fit again after injury, Frenkie de Jong began a counterpart interestingly since April for Barcelona however Flick generally chosen his standard best option side.
The German mentor works with a very high guarded line that has disappointed Bayern Munich and Genuine Madrid as of late and following four minutes Red Star had an objective precluded for offside.
Timi Elsnik broke in behind the safeguard and got done yet had wandered past the last protector.
Barcelona started to lead the pack following 13 minutes with Martinez heading home wonderfully from Raphinha’s hazardous free-kick.
The Brazilian winger ought to have scored the subsequent himself yet lashed ridiculously over after a hair-raising ball from Lamine Yamal sent him hustling in on objective, and furthermore hit the post straightforwardly from a corner kick.
Red Star shocked La Liga pioneers Barca by hitting, thinking back to the 27th moment when Silas got the better of the offside snare and cut a completion past the onrushing Inaki Pena.
Gerard Martin, beginning at left-once again into the right spot of Alejandro Balde in an uncommon turn from the mentor, was at fault for playing the Congolese forward onside.
Piling up objectives
Barcelona pushed their direction in front in no time before the break when Lewandowski responded speediest to complete the bounce back after Raphinha’s low drive hit the post.
The 36-year-old squandered a fine opportunity to add another when Raphinha teed him up however had the option to package home his second from point clear reach following 53 minutes when Jules Kounde’s cross tracked down him.
It was the Clean striker’s nineteenth objective of the time in all rivalries across 16 matches, and his fifth in four European games.
Just previous Barcelona extraordinary Lionel Messi and Genuine Madrid symbol Cristiano Ronaldo have scored more in the opposition’s set of experiences than Lewandowski, one shy of a long period. Raphinha stroked home the fourth with a low exertion from the edge of the container after more great work by Kounde.
Barcelona’s kid community back Pau Cubarsi was constrained off in the wake of supporting a cut just underneath his eye from a high boot, on an uncommon negative note for the Catalans.
“He’s giggling, he has lines, yet he’s young,” expressed Flick after the game, it was not genuinely harmed to show the safeguard.
