Applauded by the Camp Nou before kick-off for his first in an official match, the French defender quickly ceded the light to Lewandowski: the Polish center-forward opened the scoring by extending his foot at the far post to take a cross from Raphinha (24th), then doubled the bet on a lucky heel after a pass from Ousmane Dembélé in the 65th.

Meanwhile, the young Pedri had scored the 2-0 goal in the 43rd, at the conclusion, already, of a clever pass from Dembélé to the penalty spot.

And at the very end of the match, Sergi Roberto sealed the result, after a shot from "Lewy" was repelled by the opposing goalkeeper.

"RL9" has adapted perfectly to La Liga: it is the fourth goal in three league games for the Polish goleador of Barça, who scored an express double last weekend in San Sebastian.

But on Sunday, for his first goal at Camp Nou in an official match, the large Catalan public (83,972 people) was finally able to chant his name.... As he chanted that of Pedri to the rhythm of "Me-ssi!"

of yesteryear just before the break.

Koundé, first rescue

After their inaugural draw against Rayo Vallecano on the first day, Barça caught up in front of their home crowd against Valladolid, a promoted club owned by the Brazilian Ronaldo, present at the stadium on Sunday evening.

Jules Koundé, registered the day before with LaLiga, was finally able to play his first official match in the Blaugrana jersey, almost a month after his arrival.

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And for his first, in the absence of Andreas Christensen (fever), Jules Koundé was aligned at right-back, with Eric Garcia and Ronald Araujo in central defense.

In the absence of defensive duties, he offered a rather low-key first game in an unusual position, although he sometimes found himself well with Raphinha or Dembélé in the right lane.

He returned to central defense when Sergi Roberto came on in the 62nd, and saved a ball on his line in the 69th to avoid the 3-1.

Real Madrid, reigning Spanish champions, travel a few kilometers away in the evening (10:00 p.m.), to Espanyol Barcelona, ​​to try to extend their perfect start to the season.

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