Lamine Yamal produces dazzling display as Barcelona smash Valencia

[infobox id="c5ce5f5a-ccb6-468f-9fce-bb4a330c372a" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barcelona[/a] were ahead within five minutes when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lamine-yamal/lAt3vEub/"]Lamine Yamal[/a] hooked the ball over Stole [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dimitrievski-stole/2axfsTHA/"]Dimitrievski[/a] from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fermin/2c2ipETG/"]Fermin Lopez[/a]'s floated ball in behind. [/b][/p][p]The 19-year-old thought he'd doubled the lead three minutes later, but VAR overruled the effort for offside.[/p][p]Barca's 80% possession meant it was just after the quarter-hour before Valencia even got close to the visitors' goal, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/otorbi-david/UkN5Fwzd/"]David Otorbi[/a] wasting the opportunity.[/p][p][b]Almost immediately, Barcelona went up the other end and Fermin arrowed a left-footed shot into the bottom corner.[/b][/p][embed guid="13dcf0a9-e4c4-4e23-9f67-95f5065a7902" url="https://x.com/LaLiga/status/2096611849936540105" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/groeneveld-arnaut/tYV4tvqr/"]Arnaut Danjuma[/a] had Barca keeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/garcia-pons-joan/vuAlEqes/"]Joan Garcia[/a] scrambling after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rodri/K0G8DB00/"]Rodri[/a]'s error midway through the half, though it was Barca who went closest to scoring before half-time when Fermin's quick feet saw him create the space for a shot that came back off the woodwork.[/p][p][b]Nothing changed after the break, and the visitors had already seen a decent chance go begging before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/raphinha/xtBsDPam/"]Raphinha[/a] tapped in a third from almost on the goal line.[/b][/p][p]A bullet header from Rodri saw the crossbar rattled, and the 'training ground' feel to the match continued.[/p][p][b]Multiple substitutes from the hosts couldn't change the pattern of the game, and with just over 10 minutes to play, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pedri/baBG8QuI/"]Pedri[/a]'s give-and-go with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/olmo-dani/2oVBOlPg/"]Dani Olmo[/a] ended with the former tucking home a fourth. [/b][/p][p][b]Yamal then rubbed salt into the wounds with a fifth shortly after, with Olmo again the provider.[/b][/p][image alt="Lamine Yamal's match stats" id="8770605f-7eb8-4ce3-89c4-88279d97bb9a" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="ded7a486-3e92-48d8-b968-24af1a091a3e" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]The defeat means Valencia have now equalled their worst four-game start to a new season in the past 10 years, whilst Barcelona continue their dominance over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/valencia/CQeaytrD/"]Los Che[/a], with an 11th win in the last 14 H2Hs.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fermin/2c2ipETG/"]Fermin Lopez[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barcelona[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/barcelona-SKbpVP5K/valencia-CQeaytrD/summary/stats/?mid=MFH8mVvQ"]Check out all the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p][infobox id="14dacc89-3234-4d6e-b854-e74d05c9dce3" /]