Barcelona's best players in 4-1 win over Girona | OneFootball

Barcelona's stunning start to the 2024/25 La Liga campaign continued on Sunday as they brushed aside Girona with consummate ease at Estadi Montilivi.

La Blaugrana made it five wins from five in La Liga thanks to the 4-1 thumping of Girona, with a brace from superstar Lamine Yamal and goals from Dani Olmo and Pedri proving to be the difference between the two sides.

Here's Barca's best-performing players in the win according to 90min's esteemed player ratings. Enjoy.

Barcelona best player vs Girona

Lamine Yamal: 8/10

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After a stunning Euro 2024, it seems that Yamal has taken his game to another level entirely at the start of the new season.

The youngster was, once again, extraordinarily good at the weekend, bagging a first-half brace to essentially seal yet another three points for Barca.

His first goal showed off his work ethic, with the wide forward pressing to win the ball off of David Lopez before firing high into the back of the net. And his second goal showed off his Lionel Messi-esque finishing technique, as he opened up his left foot to curl the ball powerfully into the bottom corner of the net from just outside the box.

He's a genuine footballing superstar already - and he's only bloody 17. Ridiculous.

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Dani Olmo: 8/10

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After an injury scare during the September international break, many Barca fans feared that Dani Olmo's fantastic start to life in Catalunya would be cut short by a lengthy spell on the sidelines.

Thankfully, the injury was only minor and Olmo was fit, available, and absolutely brilliant, in the game against Girona.

With his thumping finish into the far corner to make it 3-0 early in the second half, Olmo became just the third player this century to score in his first three games for Barca. Nice one.

Unfortunately, he did pick up another injury which will bring his momentum to an abrupt halt.

Jules Kounde: 8/10

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Hansi Flick's decision to utilise Jules Kounde as essentially a right wing-back on Sunday proved to be a bit of a tactical masterstroke.

From this high and wide position, Kounde caused havoc, regularly bursting beyond Yamal on the right flank to create overloads.

Kounde showed off his passing range in the second half of the game too by dinking a lovely through-ball over the top of the Girona defence to set up Olmo's goal.