Tag: rayo vallecano

Despite the fact that the stage was set at the Camp Nou for Barcelona to start the season on fire and forget both the losses which they suffered against Rayo Vallecano in last season. But in reality what the Blaugrana team found was very different from what was imagined. Rayo is not the Mexican Pumas and LaLiga is not Gamper . This obviousness was reflected in a match in which Iraola's team, a regular in making life difficult for the Blaugrana, went to the Camp Nou very brave. Barça was in a hurry and lacked pause. The urge to build from behind ended too many times at the feet of Araújo, right back. Xavi used three of his new players: Christensen, who seemed more tense than in the preseason; Raphina, who surprisingly started on the right after playing the entire preseason on the left...