World News – CA – 3 takeaways from Barcelona’s win over Villarreal

Barcelona opened their 2020-21 La Liga season in a certain style on Sunday night, sweeping Unai Emery’s Villarreal aside 4-0 at Camp Nou

Teenage striker Ansu Fati starred in the series with two goals and one assist, while captain Lionel Messi scored a penalty and a goal against Pau Torres closed the victory

The result has been the perfect tonic for Barcelona and new manager Ronald Koeman after a chaotic summer both on and off the pitch and gives the team a good start to the new campaign

Fati had a breakthrough season for Barcelona in 2019-20 and simply picked up where he left off on Sunday The 17-year-old opened the scoring with a brilliant finish, then pocketed his second with a cool strike four minutes later

He didn’t finish there either Another run in the box saw him knocked down, a penalty awarded, and Barcelona gave the chance to do it 3-0 Captain Messi was right on the spot

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The youngster’s composure, finishing ability and movement are truly impressive, especially since he won’t be 18 until October, and gives Barcelona immense optimism for the future

New coach Koeman has had a lot to do since replacing Quique Setien in the hot seat The Dutchman has overseen the departures of Luis Suarez, Arturo Vidal, Ivan Rakitic and Nelson Semedo and has also had to cope with Messi’s demand to leave

The former Netherlands boss has also been accused of taking over and rejuvenating a Barcelona side beaten 8-2 by Bayern Munich in August in what was one of the worst results in history of the club

Still, Barcelona’s first signs under Koeman are good He could hardly have asked for a better first half, his side going 4-0 at the break, and for the first time in a long time the team did not appear so dependent on Messi

Barcelona entered the game full of sadness after ending last season empty-handed, changing managers for the second time in 2020 in August, Messi’s future uncertain and president Josep Maria Bartomeu facing a vote of defiance

Yet Sunday’s result will have eased any discussion of a crisis, at least on the pitch Starlet Ansu Fati continued her remarkable rise with two more goals, Messi opened his account for the season and the much-maligned defense of the team also keeps a clean sheet

Koeman was also able to rest some of his players in the second half and give some youngsters a start in La Liga New signing Francisco Trincao and Pedri came in in the second half as well as Miralem Pjanic Ousmane Dembele also came off the bench to offer a reminder of his talents

Barcelona could hardly have asked for a better start to the season There is obviously still a long way to go and much more difficult challenges await, but Sunday’s performance was exactly what was needed after a difficult summer

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