Raphinha scores again as Barcelona ease past Athletic Club in La Liga

Raphinha nets his third goal in Barcelona’s first two games of new season as Athletic Club beaten 2-0 in La Liga.Published On 27 Aug 202627 Aug 2026Raphinha and Fermin ‌Lopez scored as Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0 at the Camp Nou in ⁠their first home match ⁠of the La Liga season.Raphinha opened the scoring in the 37th minute on Thursday, rounding goalkeeper Unai Simon after Pedri’s through ball split the Athletic defence. Fermin sealed the win ⁠in the 82nd when he pounced on Aymeric Laporte’s defensive howler from Karim Adeyemi’s low cross and finished from inside the box.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Nigeria’s football federation chief resigns amid corruption allegationslist 2 of 4Yaya Toure becomes first African coach to lead a team into Champions Leaguelist 3 of 4Northern Nigeria’s female basketball players chase bigger dreamslist 4 of 4Callaway apologises after golf ad slammed for depicting domestic violenceend of listBarcelona manager Hansi Flick’s side controlled most of the game and created the better ⁠chances, although Athletic goalkeeper Simon kept the visitors in contention with several important saves.Flick made three changes from the team that bega...