Raphinha hat-trick helps Barcelona beat Sevilla and remain top
Several European outlets report that Raphinha scored a hat-trick in Barcelona's 3-1 win at Sevilla, helping the Catalan club retain top spot in the Liga.
Barcelona beat Sevilla 3-1 thanks to a hat-trick from Raphinha, according to reports including AS, Mundo Deportivo, RMC Sport and the BBC. The performance allowed the Barça to remain top of the championship, as reported in particular by the Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo.
A performance praised by European press
According to RMC Sport, Spanish media are "captivated" by Raphinha's start to the season, describing him as "the best player in the world" and talking about "pure gold". The Spanish newspaper AS, for its part, refers to an "unprecedented problem" solved by the Brazilian, while the Dutch newspaper AD says Raphinha scored "a hat-trick" on the same day as his counterpart at Liverpool, Mohamed Salah.
According to Dutch outlet Voetbal International, Raphinha would have "led Sevilla to despair" with his second hat-trick of the week. According to the same Italian outlet, the Brazilian would already have 12 goals in Liga this season. The German newspaper Kicker, for its part, headlines a "Raphinha hat-trick" that would have handed the win to Barça, while Spanish outlet Europa Press talks about a "hat-trick" that would have "turned the match around" for Sevilla.
A match controlled despite a particular storyline
The Andalusian club would nevertheless have opened the scoring, but would not have known how to respond to Raphinha's class, as Voetbal International reports. The player developed in Barcelona would have helped his team secure a seventh consecutive league win, as Corriere dello Sport points out.
The next meeting for the men of the Catalan coach is not specified in the available sources, but the club's current momentum seems impressive, as evidenced by the praise from European press.
