Sevilla 1-3 Barcelona: Fofana 19; Raphinha 22, 52, 69
Raphinha scored a hat-trick for the second game in a row as Barcelona recovered from falling behind early to beat Sevilla 3-1 and maintain their perfect start to the season.
The Brazilian now has 14 goals in all competitions, a total of eight games. He scored a hat-trick in the 7-2 demolition of Racing Santander on Wednesday, before following it up with another sublime performance at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium three days later.
Barcelona fell behind in the 19th minute when Youssouf Fofana met Felix Correia’s cross at the near post and headed Sevilla into the lead.
But the lead lasted only three minutes, Andreas Christensen releasing Raphinha into the area and the forward creating space before sending a low finish beyond Odysseas Vlachodimos.
Sevilla didn’t go down quite easily and continued to make the game difficult for Barcelona with their pressing, but the visitors gradually took control after the break.
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They went ahead seven minutes into the second half when Lamine Yamal collected a rebound and lifted a cross into the area for Raphinha, who headed past Vlachodimos.
The forward, who can make a claim to being the hottest striker in the game at the moment, then pinged the post from close range just after the hour mark, before completing his hat-trick on minute 69.
Rodri picked out Yamal’s run and the teenager responded by sliding a pass into Raphinha’s path. The Brazilian then dinked the ball over Vlachodimos and in.
Barcelona had chances to add to their lead late on, but Karim Adeyemi was denied by Vlachodimos after breaking through on goal.
