Barcelona sweeps Ferencvaros of Hungary

At the Camp Nou, Barcelona paid tribute to the Hungarian guest, who is returning to the group stage for the first time since the 1995-1996 season, with a 5-1 victory.

The victory over the Hungarian national team, whose last game was in the group stage against another Spanish team, Real Madrid, and lost 2-0 in December 1995, is a first step for Barcelona to reconcile its fans eager to recover. the successes in competition that have eluded his team in the last five years. The limit reached when seeing the “blaugrana” deposit the version of last season with a humiliating and historic defeat against Bayern Munich by 2-8 in the quarterfinals.

The humiliating exit saw the dismissal of their coach, Quique City, and the signing of Dutchman Ronaldo Koeman, who made a good start with the team in the Champions League.

As usual, the Argentine star, Lionel Messi, was in the appointment with a penalty goal that he himself snatched (26), thus becoming the first player in the history of the competition to find his way to the net in 16 seasons consecutive.

Messi’s goal opened the door for his team to control and add a second goal through Ansu Fati (42), a third by Brazilian Felipe Coutinho (52), then a fourth through the young substitute Pedri (82), returning the difference to three goals after the Hungarian guest reduced it from a penalty caused by Girard. Piqué, which led to his expulsion, was carried out by the Ukrainian Ihor Kharentin (70).

Barcelona was not affected by the numerical shortage, but added fifth through the other French substitute Ousmane Dembélé, who was returning from injury (89).