Not the game that might have been wished after having lost at home to the bottom club, Mallorca took themselves off to the Nou Camp. Not the start that might have been hoped either, Nsue handling in the area and Messi converting the penalty before a quarter of an hour was up and then adding a second eight minutes later. Eight minutes on, and guess who? Messi with his hat-trick goal, left-footed this time, just for a change. Second half, four minutes in and ... number four, the surprise being that it wasn't Messi but Cuenca. Barça basically relaxed then, but even so still managed a fifth in time added on, Dani Alves joining in the goal-scoring fun from full-back, he and Adriano having been main sources of supply to the Barça front line.
A not unexpected defeat for Mallorca. The question was always going to be how many goals they conceded. And here's a match stat for you: total passes by Mallorca, 388; total passes by Barcelona, 769. Enough said.
Barcelona:
Valdés; Alves, Mascherano, Abidal (Piqué 46), Adriano; Thiago, Busquets (Puyol 58), Keita; Cuenca, Messi, Villa (Deulofeu 63)
Goals: Messi (13 - penalty; 21; 29); Cuenca (49); Alves (90+)
Yellow: Alves (73)
Mallorca:
Aouate; Cendrós, Chico, Ramis (Martí Crespí 47), Bigas; Joao Victor, Martí (Victor 74), Tissone (Zuiverloon 47); Nsue, Alvaro, Castro
Yellows: Nsue (13); Bigas (90+)
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