Barcelona routs Valencia 6-0 with goals from Raphinha, Lewandowski and López

MADRID (AP) — Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Fermín López scored two goals each as Barcelona routed Valencia 6-0 in the Spanish league on Sunday.

The match was played at the team's training facility because the Catalan club doesn't yet have the proper permits to reopen the renovated Camp Nou stadium.

Barcelona got the victory despite playing without the injured Lamine Yamal.

It was the third win in four matches to open the season for Barcelona, which moved within two points of early league leader Real Madrid, which won 2-1 at Real Sociedad on Saturday.

Barcelona had to play its first home league game of the season at the 6,000-capacity Estadi Johan Cruyff while it waits for the permits that will allow it to return to the Camp Nou, which will seat nearly 100,000 fans.

The Johan Cruyff facility typically hosts the Barcelona women’s team and men’s reserve and youth squads.

Barcelona played the last two seasons at the city’s publicly owned Olympic Stadium while renovation work at the Camp Nou took place.

Barcelona was in control from the start against Valencia. López scored his goals in the 29th and 56th minutes, Raphinha netted in the 53rd and 66th and Lewandowski got on the board in the 76th and 86th.

Both Raphinha and Lewandowski scored their goals after coming off the bench. Unconfirmed Spanish media reports said Raphinha did not get to start because he was late reporting to the team on Sunday, though Barcelona coach Hansi Flick later said it was a technical decision not to start him following his stint with Brazil during the international break.

Lewandowski, playing his 150th game with Barcelona, had not previously scored for the club in this league season.

“We were in control from the start. We knew what we had to do to get the victory,” Barcelona midfielder Marc Casadó said. “We played our game. The scoring chances and the goals came.”

Valencia, sitting near the bottom of the standings with two losses, had only two attempts with one of them on target.

Barcelona has outscored Valencia 18-1 in the last three matches between the clubs.

Real Betis rallied to draw 2-2 at Levante, which had built a two-goal lead in the first 10 minutes.

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Barcelona's Raphinha celebrates scoring his side's 4th goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Valencia at the Johan Cruyff stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring his side's 5th goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Valencia at the Johan Cruyff stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Barcelona's Fermin Lopez scores his side's opening goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Valencia at the Johan Cruyff stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Valencia's Copete, center, controls the ball during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Valencia at the Johan Cruyff stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Barcelona's Fermin Lopez celebrates scoring his side's 3rd goal with teammate Gerard Martin during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Valencia at the Johan Cruyff stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Madison Keys lost in the Adelaide International quarterfinals to rising Canadian talent Victoria Mboko on Thursday, less than a week away from the start of her Australian Open title defense.

The 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 loss to Mboko followed last week's quarterfinal loss in the Brisbane International to top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka, who she beat at Melbourne Park last year for her first Grand Slam singles title.

Keys was the defending champion at Adelaide.

No. 8-seeded Mboko broke Keys early en route to winning the first set, but couldn’t compete with Keys' big serve in the second. Keys, seeded second at the WTA 500 event, had eight aces in the match, including six in the second set.

Mboko won 75% of her first-serve points in the third set and converted the lone breakpoint available to her. She’ll now face Kimberly Birrell of Australia in the semifinals.

Mboko was named the WTA Newcomer of the Year after winning the National Bank Open in Montreal and raising her ranking from No. 333 at the start of the season to No. 18.

The Australian Open begins on Sunday. Keys has been drawn to face Oleksandra Oliynykova of Ukraine in the first round of the year's first major. Mboko will open against Emerson Jones of Australia.

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Victoria Mboko,right, and Cleeve Harper of Canada compete against Elise Mertens and Zizou Bergs of Belgium in their doubles match at the United Cup tennis tournament in Sydney, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)