Felix Opens Barca Account In Impressive Victory Over Real Betis

João Félix opened his goalscoring account for Barcelona after scoring on his full debut in Saturday’s impressive 5-0 win over Real Betis in La Liga on Saturday.

The 23 year old who joined Barça on a season-long loan from Atletico Madrid this month, scored the first goal at the Olympic Stadium and then dummied an Andreas Christensen pass to assist Robert Lewandowski’s goal.

Ferran Torres, Raphinha and João Cancelo were also on target as Barça temporarily moved top of LaLiga ahead of Real Madrid’s game against Real Sociedad on Sunday.

Joao Félix has been tipped to excel at Barçelona after four up-and-down seasons at Atletico following his €126 million move from Portuguese side Benfica in 2019.

Local media have suggested Barça’s style will suit him better, although coach Xavi Hernandez did not want to be drawn into making comparisons with Atletico, saying he has “a lot of respect” for their coach Diego Simeone.

“I’m very happy to be starting games again, the feelings are very good — it’s easy to play in this team,” said Félix, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Chelsea.

“When you have a good structure and circulate the ball rapidly, spaces appear and so do goals. I am happy, the change has done me good, me and my family, I am very happy here.” He said.