First-half goals from Ferran Torres and Fermin López helped Barcelona secure a 2-1 home win against Shakhtar Donetsk in their Champions League Group H tie. The hosts dominated from the start and opened the scoring in the 28th minute however a Georgiy Sudakov strike made life nervy for the Catalans who hung on for their third win in the group.
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FC Barcelona rode their luck at times to hang on to a narrow 1-0 victory away to Atletico Madrid this evening. Ousmane Dembélé’s first half strike sees Barca make the most of Real Madrid’s loss to Villarreal as the Catalan side now sit three points clear of their rivals at the top of the La Liga table.
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Former champions Spain got their World Cup off to a pulsating start with a record 7-0 win over a shell-shocked Costa Rica, with an early Dani Olmo strike taking his country past the 100 goal mark in soccer’s showpiece event The European giants sought to make their mark in Group E with an unrelenting pursuit of goals against a Costa Rican side that posed no threat, taking the points with ease thanks to Olmo, Gavi, Marco Asensio, Carlos Soler, Alvaro Morata and a brace from Ferran Torres.
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Barcelona fought back from a goal down to earn a 1-1 draw away to Eintracht Frankfurt. The home side put their Catalan visitors under immense pressure in the first half and moments into the second Ansgar Knauff opened the scoring only for Ferran Torres to bring the sides level.
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FC Barcelona battled from a goal down to take a 1-1 draw to Naples next week in their Europa League playoff round clash against Napoli. The Italian side took a first half lead through Piotr Zielinski but the Catalans drew level via a Ferran Torres penalty.
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