If Frenkie de Jong had put in the kind of performance Gavi and Bernal did before Pedri came on yesterday, the Catalan media would've already put him on wanted list, declared him persona non grata in Barcelona and label him the worst midfielder in history. But since Gavi and Bernal grew up in Lamasia with a touching love story behind their rise to the first team, they can be excused from criticism.
Against a team which Bernal was hiding from the ball as usual and Gavi was treating the ball like a bomb, here is De Jong against the same team, participating in build up, bypassing pressing, and dictating play. Yet some low IQ Barça fans want this guy sold for those scrubs.
Raphinha: 2 goals + 1 assist
Fermín López: 2 goals
Karim Adeyemi: 1 goal
Anthony Gordon: 2 assists
Barcelona scoring FIVE and the new signings are already cooking. 😭🔥
Life as a Barça fan right now. 💙❤️
🔵🔴 Barcelona make it five on La Liga debut game against Elche!
Brace by Raphinha and Fermín López, two assists by Gordon and debut goal also for Karim Adeyemi.
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