Barcelona broke down a steely Cadiz side to run out 4-0 winners during the Saturday evening La Liga contest that was marred by a medical emergency in the crowd.
Xavi Hernandez took his Barcelona tropps to Cadiz’s Nuevo Mirandilla knowing that a win would at least briefly take them to the top of the table. The Blaugrana boss clearly had one eye on the trip to Bayern Munich in the Champions League mid-week and named a starting XI that reflected that.
Former Leeds man Raphinha came the closest early on with a left-footed strike just inside the area that rattled the frame of the goal. The Brazilian international can consider himself fortunate that he wasn’t sent off after one particularly ugly challenge on ex- Arsenal striker Lucas Perez shortly after.
