Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, and Jules Koundé showed why Barcelona mortgaged part of its future for them by producing goals in a commanding 3-0 win at Sevilla in the Spanish league. Lewandowski made it five goals in four appearances since moving from Bayern Munich, ex-Leeds winger Raphinha scored his first for Barcelona, and Koundé provided two assists against his former club …
Real Sociedad beat Real Betis 3-0 away to go top of La Liga on Sunday, winning a fiery encounter marked by three VAR interventions which went its away. Cristian Portu put Sociedad ahead shortly before halftime and Betis thought it had levelled early in the second period through Antonio Sanabria but the goal was ruled out for a marginal offside …
Dani Parejo scored a second-half winner to give Villarreal a 2-1 victory over his former club Valencia in the Spanish league on Sunday. Paco Alcacer, another former Valencia player, also scored for Villarreal, which jumped to first place with its third win of the season. Parejo scored the winning goal in the 69th minute with a right-footed shot from outside …
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