The day after FC Barcelona’s offensive festival against Racing Santander (7-2), the Spanish sports dailies displayed impressive unanimity. Between Catalan admiration and lucid observations from the Madrid press, the demonstration of Hansi Flick’s men commands the respect of all the media on the peninsula.
In Barcelona, enthusiasm is at its peak. The daily Sport crosses its front page with a revealing word, “Unstoppable”to salute this sixth consecutive success in as many La Liga days. The newspaper emphasizes the team’s frightening consistency:
“Barça continues to destroy everything in LaLiga EA Sports. This time, it was Racing de Santander who were the victims of Flick’s men, who inflicted a scathing 7-2 on the Cantabrians. »
The newspaper particularly honors the Brazilian captain by emphasizing that » Raphinha scored a hat-trick which allowed him to consolidate his first place at the top of the ranking of top scorers. »
The Madrid press bows
For his part, Mundo Deportivo evokes a “torrential football” to describe the slick game deployed under the Barcelona weather. Catalan daily life is on fire. “The rain fell harder again at the Spotify Camp Nou and, with it, came a new football recital under the storm of a raging Barça.” The newspaper also cites the unequivocal reaction of the opposing coach at a press conference, disappointed by the Catalan superiority. “Barça demolished us”, said the Racing coach after the match.
On the Madrid side, Marca And A.S. also bow to the blaugrana firepower while analyzing the impact of this result on the championship. Hailing the leader’s ability to not let up any effort, the capital’s press warns the pursuers: with this perfect record of 18 points out of 18 and an already impressive goal difference, Barça is setting an infernal pace which is already forcing Real Madrid to perform against Atletico Madrid this Sunday so as not to be left behind at the start of the fall.
