Barcelona‘s first La Liga win in a month was powered by their skipper Raphinha who disturbed the net twice to lead his team’s emphatic 5-1 victory over Mallorca on Tuesday.
The game also marked the return of Lamine Yamal after almost a month since his ankle injury, while the tournament’s leading goal-scorer Robert Lewandowski was given a much-deserved rest after playing 20 games in a row across competitons.
Four of Barcelona’s game came in the second half as they tormented the Mallorca defence in the last 45 minutes of the match. The league leaders had secured just one point in three matches before Tuesday.

Barcelona now lead the standings with 37 points, maintaining a four-point advantage over Real Madrid, who have two matches remaining. Atletico Madrid hold third position with 32 points.
“We knew how important it was to win again,” Raphinha told Movistar Plus. “In the last three games something has been missing. Today we were good; it wasn’t our best game, but winning was the most important thing.”
The visitors secured an early advantage when Ferran Torres capitalised on a defensive error in the 12th minute. The sequence began when Johan Mojica’s clearance struck his teammate, with the ball falling to Torres, who finished by shooting between the goalkeeper’s legs.

Barca created a few chances in a slow-paced first half and Mallorca striker Vedat Muriqi levelled the scoring from a quick counter attack just before the break.
Yet Barca came out flying in the second half and Raphinha, who almost scored from a free-kick minutes earlier, restored their lead from the penalty spot in the 56th minute after Yamal was fouled inside the box.
Yamal crossed to Raphinha to extend Barca’s lead with a tap-in in the 74th minute and substitutes Frenkie De Jong and Pau Victor added to the goal-feast with late strikes from inside the box to wrap up an easy win.