Barcelona v Feyenoord

If you were to adhere to the old adage, 'start as you mean to go on', it'd be a worthy shout to crown Barcelona Champions of Europe already. The final whistle sounds, and an imposing Blaugrana performance comes to a close as Hansi Flick's side thrash Feyenoord 5-1 at the Spotify Camp Nou. No doubt sending warning shots to the other competition favourites, the Catalans dominated their visitors from Rotterdam tonight and took the lead with just 2:50 on the clock. Setting down the marker for this season's quickest European goal, Raphinha drove through the rain onto a Lamine Yamal pass before jinking back inside soon-to-be iconic, synchronised sliding markers and burying his effort with aplomb. In the 22nd minute, it was 2-0 as more domineering possession was capped by a fine finish, with Karim Adeyemi wrapping a right-footed belter from range past compatriot Tjark Ernst. The scoring continued after the interval, as Pedri cut open the away centre-back pairing for Raphinha to double his tally and mark eight all-competition goals already. Yamal powered home a free-kick approaching the dying embers to get himself off and running in the UCL. However, after this strike, Feyenoord would turn the frustration of two disallowed goals for offside into a consolation as substitutes Goncalo Borges and Sem Steijn combined for the latter's back-post finish. Ultimately though, a Barcelona substitute rounded off the day, as Gabriel Jesus flicked on a perfect Yamal cross to nestle the ball into the bottom-left corner with five minutes of normal time remaining. Barcelona asserted themselves well tonight while flying high above their 1.63 xG. On the other hand, this was always going to be difficult for the 0.52 xG-battling Feyenoord, but will stand as a game with elite-level lessons. Thanks for joining us tonight, goodbye!

FULL-TIME: BARCELONA 5-1 FEYENOORD.

OFF THE BAR! Fermin wins his side a late free-kick now as a Targhalline lunge is just mistimed. Can Yamal score this one too? No, he lasers a ball low to Gordon on the left and his cross is headed against the top of the crossbar by Jesus.

There'll be a minimum of three minutes of added time here.

STEIJN! Borges sees a shot blocked and ricochet upward. Steijn touches it down well and swivels a shot on target that Garcia has to parry away!

The hosts must be looking VERY menacing to the other big teams in the competition. Yamal shapes a shot akin to Ronaldinho on goal with a Trivela-like motion. However, Ernst is behind it this time.