Barcelona welcomed Antwerp at the Nou Camp earlier tonight as they focused on collecting all three points at home in the UEFA Champions League. The Catalan club made a quick start to the game and scored the opening goal in the 11th minute when Joao Felix got his name on the scoresheet. Robert Lewandowski doubled Barca’s advantage just eight minutes later before Jelle Bataille scored an unfortunate own goal for the visitors in the 22nd minute. The home team went into the half-time break with a commanding 3-0 lead.
Gavi added another goal in the 54th minute before Felix scored again for Xavi’s side in the 66th minute. The match ended with Barcelona earning a dominant 5-0 win in front of their home fans.
Let’s take a look at how each Barcelona player performed during the match against Antwerp.
GK: Marc-Andre ter Stegen – 7/10
The German keeper had to make just one save in the game and secured a comfortable clean sheet at the Nou Camp.
RB: Joao Cancelo – 8/10
He didn’t do much wrong when defending inside his half and was a threat going forward.
CB: Jules Kounde – 8/10
The French centre-back did his fair share of defending and managed to engineer a couple of decent chances for his teammates.
CB: Andreas Christensen – 7.5/10
Christensen dealt with the danger when needed and secured an important clean sheet tonight.
LB: Alejandro Balde – 7/10
Balde was a decent performer at both ends of the field.
CM: Ilkay Gundogan – 7/10
The German talent orchestrated some meaningful openings for his teammates and has got an assist to show for his efforts.
CM: Frenkie de Jong – 7/10
He had a couple of bright moments in the game but was replaced in the 57th minute.
CM: Gavi – 7.5/10
Gavi hardly gave away the ball and was a positive presence in the Antwerp half.
RW: Raphinha – 9/10
Raphinha came back to defend when needed and was a constant menace in the final third. He ended the game with an assist to his name.
ST: Robert Lewandowski – 8.5/10
The Polish striker caused a lot of chaos inside the opponent’s penalty box and has a goal and an assist to his name.
LW: Joao Felix – 9.5/10
Felix scored a goal in each half and even managed to bag an assist. He was the man of the match tonight.
Substitutes:
CM: Fermin Lopez – 6.5/10
He made two key chance in the opponent’s half.
CM: Oriol Romeu – 6.5/10
Romeu offered decent protection for his teammates at the back.
LW: Lamine Yamal – 6.5/10
He made a few good runs with the ball.
RW: Ferran Torres – 6.5/10
Torres had a few lively moments after coming on as a substitute.
RB: Sergi Roberto – 6/10
He didn’t do much wrong at the back.
