Lewandowski, Raphinha and Lopez Shine as Barcelona Crush Valencia 6-0 at Johan Cruyff Stadium

Barcelona delivered a ruthless performance on Sunday, thrashing Valencia 6-0 in La Liga despite being forced to host the match at their temporary Johan Cruyff Stadium due to ongoing delays in reopening the renovated Spotify Camp Nou.

Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, and Fermin Lopez each scored twice as the defending champions climbed to second place in the table, two points behind leaders Real Madrid, who maintained their perfect record with victory at Real Sociedad.

The encounter, played at the modest 6,000-capacity training ground west of Barcelona, contrasted the small setting with a high-quality display. Star teenager Lamine Yamal was sidelined with a groin injury, prompting coach Hansi Flick to hand summer signing Roony Bardghji his debut.

Fermin Lopez opened the scoring after 29 minutes, capitalizing on Ferran Torres’ flick to fire past Julen Agirrezabala. Valencia, still reeling from a 7-1 defeat to Barca earlier this year, failed to register a shot in the first half.

Flick introduced Raphinha after the break, and the Brazilian quickly doubled the lead from a Marcus Rashford cross. Lopez added a long-range strike before Raphinha grabbed his second at the near post.

Veteran striker Lewandowski came off the bench to score twice—first with a sharp finish from Dani Olmo’s pass, then with a clever dink after being set up by teenager Marc Bernal, who made his return from a long injury layoff.

The emphatic win sets Barcelona up with momentum ahead of their Champions League opener later this week.