By Sreejith
Copyright sports
“Ferran Torres scored a double as FC Barcelona thrashed Getafe 3-0 in La Liga 2025-26 at Estadi Johan Cruyff on Sunday. Dani Olmo found the back of the net mid-way through the second half as Hansi flick’s side secured all three points at make shift home venue. Advertisment The victory helped Blaugrana to 13 points from five matches, just two adrift of leaders Real Madrid. Los Blancos maintained their perfect start to the season with a comprehensive 2-0 win over Espanyol on Saturday. Torres nets double The home side found the back of the net inside the opeing 15 minutes courtesy of a brilliant team move, finished off by Torres. Raphinha cut inside from the right and played a brilliant through ball to find the run of Olmo, inside the box. The Spanish midfielder showed great presence of mind to find Torres with a cheeky back-heel and the 25-year-old made no mistake, aplying the finishing touches with a clean first-time strike. Torres doubled the advantage in the 34th-minute. The Spanish striker beat the off-side trap to get on the end of Raphinha’s assist before firing past David Soria inside the left post. It was the former Manchester City man’s fourth league goal of the campaign, placing him second in the scoring charts, just one behind Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe. He was close to completeing his hat-trick in the 43rd-minute but ended but striking the crossbar with the goal at his mercy. Olmo completes the drubbing Barcelona continued to dominate the proceedings in the second-half. Olmo completed the drubbing with a clean finish two minutes into the hour mark. Rashford chased down a brilliant through ball from Casado before cutting it back for Olmo to fire home. Fermin Lopez and Rashford tested Soria from the flanks but the visiting goalkeeper stood form to prevent further damage. It was Barcelona’s third successive win in all competitions and Flick’s side will next travel to Real Oviedo on Thursday. Getafe, on the other hand, are currently sitting at the eighth spot in the league table, having collected nine points from five matches. Azulons will next host Alaves on Wednesday. “