00:00Hello everyone and welcome inside the Spotify camp now where Barcelona have a
00:05spotless home record this season a record they will look to extend today
00:09against Mallorca. This is the team that Hansi Flick puts out today and perhaps
00:13the main surprise comes in midfield Alex where there is no place for a man who's
00:19been very impressive of late and that's Frankie Dion. Yeah he's been outstanding
00:23both in La Liga and in the Copa del Rey providing assist. And to the starting
00:29lineup for the visitors and a couple of changes from the team that beat Sevilla
00:334-1 and a couple of ex Barcelona players thrown into the mix. Mateo More will play
00:39on the right and Pablo Torre you mentioned him Alex will get the start. And also
00:43Jan Virgili on the left-hand side of the attack. We'll get to that as Barcelona get us
00:49underway here at the camp now going from left to right showing on the field too.
00:56I mean no offense for the inhabitants of Manchester but way better living in Barcelona.
01:03Yeah Virgili. Oh man he's shown and Virgili has picked this up in a promising position and
01:11Eric Garcia to the rescue. Virgili just tried to tee it up for Maritzi. This is one of the
01:17key matters of the game. Jan Virgili versus Jules Koundé who's been in a poor form lately. He gets
01:24this. He wouldn't spell this for Mallorca. Encapped deep in Barcelona territory. Another high
01:31prod towards Virgili who wins the header. Got up and above Koundé. This has been an awkward
01:37time slot for Barcelona to play and some of their worst results and performances in the last couple of seasons
01:44under Hansi Flick. Hansi Flick have come at this time of day. Yeah going back to Hansi Flick and
01:51Deco he was asked about his relationship with the sporting director and you need to read all the
01:58questions now within the context of the election that is gonna take place in March. Here's Virgili. Here's
02:05Virgili as Mallorca launch another counter offensive here. The lively Virgili with a good combination. Can he square it?
02:12Maritzi! Oh he couldn't quite stretch far enough. He got a toe into it. He was so close.
02:22He might have been offside. I think he was behind the line of the ball. That would have been a goal and great movement again by
02:30Jan Virgili just detecting the high line. They've conceded 23 goals but 17 of those have been in
02:38first halves of games. They have been more vulnerable early in games and Mallorca want to cash in on that
02:46vulnerability. Again the high line is pierced and again it's Virgili who's broken through here up against
02:54Koundé. Virgili took it on himself but Juan Garcia able to predict what was coming. That ball that
03:04touched by Pablo Torre to a sheer goal and then Jan Virgili just started. They're not moving at all.
03:14Here's Rashford trying to change that. Panic inside going for goal but not that far wide. Well maybe that
03:20will be the spark that Hansi Flick has been craving.
03:29It's not only the movement by Rashford himself. Dani Ulm also made a diagonal run trying to open up spaces.
03:36Lewandowski was pushing the defenders back against their goal. They know how to how to break through.
03:42A spicy challenge on Lumini Mount. It's time for Mascarell as Balde and Rashford.
03:53And Rashford again looking for goal. Lewandowski. Brilliant play.
04:00Well showing all his class and his composure. And another classically cool finish.
04:07I mean Jamal beating that challenge by Omar Mascarell. Oh oh. Robert Lewandowski was offside
04:13when Marcus Rashford hit the ball. So this goal with this cool and calm finish should be overturned.
04:25Clear look at that as the first shot came in. Has to be judged to be the same sequence of play does it not?
04:32And the rebound gave Lewandowski the advantage.
04:40Well. So no review. No the referee interpretation is that when when Mallorca's center back just
04:49hits the ball with the head. It's a new play. Has Balde on his way.
04:55Finds Rashford. Rashford. Rashford into the penalty area. Round one challenge. Rashford
05:02looking for the cutback. Lewandowski was lurking.
05:09Mascarell stepping in. Pablo Maffeo.
05:17He was born in Barcelona too. Where's the number 23 for Mallorca? He was actually an Espanyol.
05:25And the other players who can claim that are goalkeepers.
05:33There's Rashford.
05:48Lewandowski was caught and he's going to get the free kick.
05:50Take a seat to see his team.
05:59And a free kick in a potent position now.
06:04They have reasons to complain because Mascarell gets to the ball earlier than Lewandowski.
06:09I'm not sure the ball is 10 yards by the way as Rashford bent it around.
06:19Oh good save and turned back across and the follow-up is missed.
06:24Yamal and Lewandowski between the two of them surely had to finish that.
06:30What an end to the first half Alex. Great save from Romain wasn't it? But the follow-up
06:45surely should have been a second for Barca.
06:47What a terrible miss by Lamine Yamal. It was so easy for him.
06:53Yeah, Olmo was being quiet. Yamal quiet by his standards. It's really been the
06:57the Rashford show, isn't it? He combines with Balde here. Balde's cross.
07:02Really well delivered and the follow-up shot takes a deflection back off the bar. It was
07:07Casado who struck it. And a big deflection taking it onto the woodwork.
07:12Romain tipping it behind.
07:18Great effort by, you know, it took a deflection on David Lopez, the centre-back.
07:29Here's Dani Olmo now, trying to bring the crowd to their feet.
07:34Seen too much from Olmo today, shot from distance didn't really trouble Leo Romain.
07:39Koundé, the intervention, anticipating what was coming.
07:47Nicely done for Mane. And for a quiet game, he springs into life.
07:53This is for a switch and possibly a double switch too.
07:59Needs to change the dynamic of this game. That's a great strike and what a goal! He's done it again!
08:09Is there anything he can't do?
08:13I don't think so. Laminia Mal making it look so, so easy.
08:18Taken short. No one was covering him on at the edge of the box. And that is a mistake. If you are
08:25Pablo Mafeu and you allow Laminia Mal just one meter of distance, he's gonna make you pay for it. He'll
08:33already score the third goal in the first fixture of this season at Mallorca. He makes it look so easy.
08:42He can score in so many different ways. His left foot is such a dual. And that's a reaction from the crowd of
08:50Cam No. It doesn't matter if he's having a quiet game. He just needs a moment of spark.
08:57He's on the game. Substitutions. I would bet for Marcos Rastor. You have been limping. There you go.
09:05For Ferran Torres on the left and probably Marc Casado for Marvarnal.
09:11Run away from the half-century. As he settles into possession here. He goes into a menacing area.
09:21Lamin and Koundé and now Laminia Mal. One-on-one and kills it!
09:28Leo Romain cannot allow him to have an inch of space if he's ready to unleash a shot.
09:34You need to stay closer. You're exposing yourself.
09:41It's not a good season or another square pass.
09:45Oh, it's picked off and the chance here perhaps to make a game of it. And Juan Garcia to the rescue.
09:53Antonio Sanchez latching on. And Juan Garcia, who's barely touched the ball in the second half,
10:00suddenly called into action.
10:02This has been a constant in the last two games. Even at Albacete, the Copa del Rey,
10:06there were a couple of square sloppy passes that he...
10:12Now, the breakthrough is on again. Oh, what a move! And what a finish!
10:20It's beautifully done!
10:21Barcelona have a third. And it's Mark Bernal. What a moment for him. His first goal in the top flight.
10:34Very promising career.
10:44And it all starts with Ferran Torres playing with his back to the goal and doing that pivot role, but then
10:51everyone springs into the space and look at this composure by Mark Bernal just cutting inside.
11:00He's a little bit lucky because the ball takes a deflection.
11:03I think it's Mascarelli trying to block that shot. But speaking of quality and composure,
11:09he's only 18. He's been through a lot already with that knee injury.
11:14Gemma talked about these silly passes and silly turnovers on the pre-game show, Gemma Sule,
11:22and she was totally right. Mallorca cannot penalize you for that.
11:26I don't start that with Juan Garcia, but the moment you're facing a bigger opponent in the Champions League,
11:35especially, the moment you face Manchester City, Inter Milan, you name it.
11:40He got injured. He's going to be out for two months.
11:44Yeah.
11:47They're going to be there just signed for Barcelona. It's a chance here, one more perhaps for the visitors.
11:52And a snapshot of the good work from Maffeo to tee it up.
12:00That will be the last kick of the game and Mallorca won't be taking anything away with them.
12:05Juan Laporta sees this Barcelona team at win for the 19th time, Alex, in their 23 league games and
12:13extend their lead to four points at least overnight.
12:17They keep a perfect record at home in the three stadiums that they had played this season.
12:23Oof, Marc Casado doesn't look well. He might have picked up an injury, but it's all good news for Barcelona.
12:30They were able to rest players like Lamine Jamal, the MVP of the game, over the last 15 minutes, facing Atletico de Madrid in Thursday.
12:39And the two 18-year-olds, smiles on their faces. And why not? Both on the score sheet,
12:48as Barcelona overcome a stodgy and quiet start to this game. In the end run out very comfortable winners.
12:56Barcelona 3, Mallorca 0, our final score.
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