Rampant Raphinha nets two goals as Barcelona rout Feyenoord

Spanish giants Barcelona open their Champions League campaign with 5-1 against Dutch side Feyenoord.Raphinha continued his superb goalscoring form with a brace as Barcelona demolished Feyenoord 5-1 to begin their Champions League campaign in perfect fashion on Wednesday.Karim Adeyemi curled home brilliantly from long range in between Raphinha’s strikes and Lamine Yamal bent in a free-kick as Hansi Flick’s team made light work of their Dutch visitors.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Lionel Messi agrees deal to buy second-tier Spanish club Eldenselist 2 of 4What to know about US Republican ‘midterm convention’ in Dallas, Texaslist 3 of 4Dembele, Mbappe, Kane and Yamal top Ballon d’Or shortlistlist 4 of 4Spain’s FA to fund IVF, egg freezing for female football players, refereesend of listAfter Sem Steijn pulled one back, Barca substitute Gabriel Jesus netted a fifth, the forward’s first goal since joining from Arsenal this season.The Catalan giants, who last won the competition in 2015, have triumphed in all five of their matches across all competitions this season – and scored five goals in four of them.Brazilian winger Raphinha has been playing up front after Barca sold Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres, and has rapidly taken to his new position, plundering eight goals in five games.Flick made five changes to the team that thrashed Valencia on Sunday in La Liga, although he maintained star attackers Yamal and Raphinha, as well as new arrival Rodri in his lineup.After days of baking weather in Barcelona, a storm broke before the game, lashing rain down on the Camp Nou pitch and sending supporters scurrying for shelter.By the time it stopped pouring early in the first half, Barcelona were already ahead.Raphinha, retaining his role as the team’s central striker, netted the opener after three minutes.The Brazilian was razor sharp to break into the box and cut inside, sending two defenders sliding the wrong way on the slick turf, before slotting home.