Barcelona returned to their winning form with a stunning 7-1 victory over Valencia in their La Liga match on Sunday. The dominant performance at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium helped them end a four-match winless streak and climb to third place in the league standings.

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• Barcelona secured a 7-1 victory over Valencia in La Liga 2024-25 at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium.
• The victory marked Barcelona’s 13th win of the season, bringing them to third in the La Liga table with 42 points.
• Barcelona’s win snapped a four-match winless streak and saw them close the gap to Atletico Madrid (second place) and Real Madrid (first place).
• Fermin Lopez, included in the starting XI after a break, scored twice in the first half and provided two assists.
• Frenkie de Jong opened the scoring early, with a goal just three minutes into the match.
• De Jong also set up Alejandro Balde’s assist for Ferran Torres, helping to extend Barcelona’s lead.
• Raphinha added a third goal, taking advantage of a mistake by Valencia’s goalkeeper, Giorgi Mamardashvili.
• Lopez added two more goals in a dominant first-half performance, including a powerful long-range strike.
• Valencia got a consolation goal in the second half through Hugo Durro.
• Barcelona’s sixth goal came from substitute Robert Lewandowski, and an own goal from Cesar Tarrega completed the scoring.