Barcelona will entertain RCD Mallorca at the Nou Camp earlier tonight as they hoped to secure a positive result in La Liga. Barcelona made a good start to the game and scored the opening goal in the first minute when Ansu Fati got his name on the scoresheet. Fati doubled Barca’s advantage in the 24th minute as Xavi’s men went into the half-time break 2-0 up on the scoreline.
Gavi ended up killing the game off in the 70th minute when he scored Barca’s third goal. The Catalan club ended up winning the contest by a comfortable 3-0 margin.
Let’s take a look at how each Barcelona player fared during the match against Mallorca.
GK: Marc-André ter Stegen – 7/10
The German keeper had to make just one save in the game and kept an easy clean sheet in front of the Barcelona fans.
RB: Alejandro Balde – 6.5/10
He made a decent start to the game but had to be replaced in the 16th minute.
CB: Jules Kounde – 7.5/10
The French talent was strong in the air and was accurate with his ball distribution.
CB: Andreas Christensen – 7/10
He won a couple of aerial duels and did what was required of him on the defensive end of the field.
LB: Jordi Alba – 7.5/10
He was solid at the back and managed to create a couple of decent chances from the left flank.
CM: Gavi – 8.5/10
Gavi was a constant menace in the Mallorca half and has got a goal and an assist to show for his efforts.
CM: Sergio Busquets – 7/10
The Spaniard anchored the midfield well and was a threat going forward.
CM: Frenkie de Jong – 7.5/10
He managed to create some decent chances in the final third.
RW: Ousmane Dembele – 9/10
The French talent made numerous excellent runs with the ball and managed to engineer a handful of promising opportunities for his teammates to score. He has got an assist to show for his efforts.
ST: Robert Lewandowski – 8.5/10
He caused all sorts of headaches for the opposition defenders and ended the game with an assist in the bag.
LW: Ansu Fati – 8.5/10
Fati was unplayable at times during the game and did well to score a brace tonight.
Substitutes:
RB: Sergi Roberto – 6.5/10
He will be happy with the clean sheet.
RW: Raphinha – 6/10
Raphinha made one key chance in the final third.
CB: Marcos Alonso – 6/10
He kept things tidy at the back.
ST: Ferran Torres – N/A
Torres didn’t get enough minutes to warrant a rating.
CB: Eric Garcia – N/A
He came on for the final few minutes of the game.
