Rashford & Yamal Help Barca Bounce Back

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FC Barcelona got back to winning ways in LALIGA with a 3-1 victory over Elche at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on Sunday evening.

The Catalan giants were looking for a return to winning ways after losing to Real Madrid in the first El Clasico of the season last weekend.

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Coach Hansi Flick opted to start Ferran Torres in the attack, while Marcus Rashford and Lamine Yamal kept their spots in the starting line-up as Robert Lewandowski was named on the bench.

The hosts got off to the perfect start when Yamal opened the scoring on nine minutes after latching onto a pass from Alejandro Balde before sending a first-time finish into the back of the net.

The lead was doubled three minutes later when Fermin Lopez did well to play Torres through on goal, with the latter showing the composure to slot home.

Elche did give themselves some hope three minutes before the break Rafa Mir found the bottom corner with a neat finish after some good work by Alvaro Nunez.

Barcelona restored their two-goal advantage on the hour mark when Rashford carved out some space in the box before rifling the ball in off the underside of the crossbar.

Real Madrid 4-0 Valencia

Real Madrid cemented top spot on Saturday evening after thrashing Valencia at the Santiago Bernabeu.

The hosts raced into a two-goal advantage courtesy of a brace from Kylian Mbappe.

Los Blancos were then awarded a penalty on 43 minutes, but Vinicius Junior stepped up and saw his spot-kick saved.

Jude Bellingham added his name to the score-sheet two minutes later, before Álvaro Carreras bagged the fourth goal in the second period.

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