US EditionTorres Bags Hat-Trick as Barcelona Batter Betis 5-3
Torres scored 13 league goals this season as Barcelona extended their lead over Real Madrid to four points, with tactical changes boosting their comeback win.
- On Saturday, Barcelona recovered from an early Anthony goal to win 5-3 at Real Betis in Seville, with Torres scoring a hat trick.
- Ferran Torres has emerged as Barcelona's primary striker under Hansi Flick, leading with 13 goals while Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha stayed on the bench and Fermín López returned as a substitute.
- Torres struck three times, completing a treble with a tap-in, a volley, and a deflected shot, while Bardghji provided the cross and scored in his third start.
- The win moved Barcelona four points clear of Real Madrid ahead of their next fixtures, boosting momentum before hosting Celta Vigo on Sunday and Eintracht Frankfurt on Tuesday.
- Despite their form, Manuel Pellegrini's Betis, unbeaten in eight games after beating Sevilla, face being overtaken by Espanyol on Sunday if they draw with Rayo Vallecano.
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Barcelona beat Betis 5-3 away in the 15th round of the Spanish league and temporarily increased their lead over Real to four points at the top of the table. Real will play on Sunday, while Jan Oblak's Atletico Madrid played in Bilbao this evening and lost 0-1.
Ferran Torres signed a triplet in a decisive first half
The Barça de Flick, now and last season, is explained for good and for bad by the goals, excellent when it has the ball and attacks and vulnerable at the moment when it does not have it and defends, able to grant a goal at the beginning and two more in the last minutes. The scoreboard was a relief for the Betis, submitted during the bulk of the encounter, after fitting four so many in half an hour, three of Ferran Torres and one of Roony, a 19-y…
FC Barcelona puts pressure on Real Madrid thanks to the match of Ferran Torres, who scored three goals for Barça to go back to Betis.
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