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Barcelona as soon as once more showcased their attacking firepower of their most up-to-date encounter in opposition to Sevilla, with the Catalans securing a cushty 4-1 victory.
Whereas Barcelona largely relied on targets from comparatively lesser-used gamers similar to Fermin Lopez and Eric Garcia, the membership’s star performer Raphinha managed to attain nonetheless.
Barcelona’s efficient attacking trident
Raphinha, who is part of Barcelona’s much-appreciated attacking trifecta involving the Brazilian, Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal, has certainly raised many eyebrows along with his performances.
In truth, it’s the complete Barcelona attacking trifecta which has brought about terror to opposition defences this season.
Due to Raphinha’s newest aim in opposition to Sevilla, their collective tally has soared to an unimaginable 65 targets out of the 113 scored by the staff this season throughout 4 official competitions.
Barcelona’s dream trifecta (Picture by David Ramos/Getty Photographs)
That is primarily based solely on pure aim metrics. When factoring in assists, their direct involvement in Barça’s targets rises to 78, accounting for a staggering 69% of the staff’s offensive output.
Maybe an much more spectacular statistic is that out of the 36 matches performed this season, a minimum of considered one of Lewandowski, Raphinha, or Lamine has both scored or supplied an help in 32 of them.
No different trio throughout Europe’s high 5 leagues boasts such a stage of contribution, underscoring their important function in Barcelona’s attacking success.
The one 4 matches by which not one of the three have been in a position to both rating or help have been the defeats to Actual Sociedad (1-0), Leganés (0-1), and Atlético Madrid (1-2), in addition to a 1-1 draw in opposition to Getafe.
Nonetheless, their 94% participation price is a reminder of how Hansi Flick has constructed arguably Barcelona’s best attacking trifecta since Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez.
