"While the game was between the league's top-placed and bottom-placed teams on paper, the first half felt far from such a disparity as the visitors fought neck-to-neck with Barcelona throughout the 45 minutes. The second half resumed with the scoreline goalless, but Barcelona soon capitalised on two Real Oviedo errors in quick succession to make it 2-0 and put themselves in a comfortable position. Lamine Yamal then scored a golazo to extend the team's lead and virtually sealed the game and all three points."
"The Barcelona goalkeeper was surprisingly the busier of the two shot-stoppers on the field in the first half and made two saves in just the opening period to keep his side in the game. Was far less busy after the break. Making his first start since his return to Barcelona, the Portuguese international stuck wide on the left-flank and looked to cut in whenever given freedom in attack. However, he still looked fragmented from the rest of the team and relatively isolated in the buildup. Further, he was given serious problems by Real Oviedo's Haissem Hassan."
"The youngster was unfortunate to receive a yellow card early in the game for a challenge where he really made no contact, but he had a busy evening as he constantly had to defend against a brave Real Oviedo attack. He was sloppy with his distribution at times and contributed to the team's overall poor first-half performance with some poor decisions as well. Was hooked off at half-time. Cubarsi started alongside Martin and did well in defence as he was calm, collected, and did not hurry into any hasty tackles. He held his line with composure and ensured that Oviedo did not get behind him oft"
Barcelona returned to the Spotify Camp Nou and secured a 3-0 victory over Real Oviedo after a goalless first half that saw the visitors match the hosts. Early in the second half Barcelona profited from two quick Oviedo errors to move 2-0 up, and Lamine Yamal added a spectacular third to seal the result and all three points. Player ratings noted Joan Garcia's important first-half saves and reduced activity after the break, Joao Cancelo's isolated attacking presence, Gerard Martin's busy defensive evening with distribution issues, and Pau Cubarsi's composed defensive display.
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