Barcelona rout Athletic Bilbao 5-0 to reach Spanish Super Cup final

Fermin Lopez and Raphinha prima for Barca arsenic Yamal comes connected arsenic a precocious sub successful the Super Coppa semifinal successful Jeddah.

Fermin Lopez scored ‌one extremity and laid connected 2 much arsenic Barcelona tore ‍through Athletic ‍Bilbao to grounds a 5-0 triumph successful their Spanish Super Cup semifinal played successful Jeddah.

Raphinha scored doubly portion ⁠Ferran Torres and Roony Bardghji were besides connected people successful a ascendant ​display, extending their team’s winning tally to 9 matches connected Wednesday.

Hansi Flick’s squad overpowered their Basque rivals by scoring 4 times successful the archetypal fractional portion prima guardant Lamine Yamal watched from the bench.

Barcelona present ‍await the victor of Thursday’s 2nd semifinal betwixt Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, besides to beryllium played successful the Saudi Arabian city.

The Catalans were up successful the 22nd infinitesimal done Torres, ‍taking an ⁠awkward walk that appeared to beryllium a changeable gone incorrect from Fermin, and his good archetypal interaction allowed him to occurrence into the backmost of the nett from adjacent range.

It was 2-0 connected the half-hour people erstwhile Raphinha reached the byline and his debased transverse to the mediate of the punishment container ​was brilliantly turned into the nett by Fermin.

Fermin ‌then made it a hat-trick of extremity contributions erstwhile helium turned supplier again for Bardghji connected 34 minutes, though it was a elemental walk into the latter, who ‌twisted and turned successful the container earlier firing debased into the net.

Barcelona were rampant astatine this ‌stage and they added a 4th done ⁠Raphinha erstwhile helium burst into the container and blasted into the extortion of the net.

The Brazilian netted his 2nd extremity connected the 52nd infinitesimal arsenic Bilbao failed to wide a shot into the punishment area, and Raphinha fired location a left-footed shot.

Yamal went connected against Athletic arsenic a precocious substitute and should beryllium disposable to commencement for Sunday’s final, to beryllium played astatine the aforesaid venue.

Barcelona are looking to support the Super Cup rubric they won past season, extending ‍their grounds fig of victories successful the contention to 15.

Lamine Yamal came connected for Barcelona arsenic a substitute successful the 2nd fractional [Fadel Senna/AFP]