Champions League roundup: Raphinha shines as Barcelona thrash Feyenoord

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Champions League roundup: Raphinha shines as Barcelona thrash Feyenoord

The Guardian · 2 hours ago

Raphinha struck twice as Barcelona brushed aside his Ballon d'Or shortlist snub to inspire a 5-1 Champions League win over Feyenoord at a rain-soaked Camp Nou, while holders-chasing Paris Saint-Germain thrashed Slovan Bratislava 6-1 with Ferran Torres scoring a hat-trick. The results kept both sides' European campaigns on track early in the league phase, with individual displays overshadowing what were otherwise one-sided contests.

Raphinha scored in the third minute and again before the hour, taking his tally to eight goals in six games this season, with Karim Adeyemi, Lamine Yamal and Gabriel Jesus also on target before Sem Steijn replied for Feyenoord, managed by returning former Barça player Giovanni van Bronckhorst. In Paris, Ousmane Dembélé scored twice and set up Torres, whose second-half double completed his hat-trick, with Fabián Ruiz also scoring and Suleiman Camara netting a consolation for Bratislava. Elsewhere, Ermedin Demirovic hit a 12-minute first-half hat-trick as Stuttgart beat Champions League debutants Viking Stavanger 3-1.

  • Raphinha scores twice as Barcelona thrash Feyenoord 5-1
  • Ferran Torres hat-trick helps PSG rout Slovan Bratislava 6-1
  • Demirovic's fast hat-trick sees Stuttgart beat Viking Stavanger 3-1

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