{"id":4016,"date":"2026-09-17T09:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T09:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=4016"},"modified":"2026-09-17T09:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T09:14:07","slug":"hansi-flicks-goal-machine-barcelona-shatter-scoring-records-in-7-2-rout-as-raphinha-equals-lionel-messi-milestones-in-historic-start-to-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=4016","title":{"rendered":"Hansi Flick&#8217;s goal machine! Barcelona shatter scoring records in 7-2 rout as Raphinha equals Lionel Messi milestones in historic start to the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p><span>While the squad let their football do the talking on the pitch, the staggering statistics highlight a dramatic tactical shift. Raphinha has been the catalyst for this attacking explosion, thriving in a new role as a false nine under Flick. The Brazilian netted a hat-trick against Racing Santander, including two penalties, to elevate his total to 11 goals across all competitions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This blistering form places the 29-year-old alongside club royalty. He is the first player to register nine goals in his opening six La Liga appearances since Messi managed the feat during the 2017-18 season, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ESPNFC\/status\/2100347466872770808\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>ESPN<\/span><\/a><span>. Furthermore, Raphinha now leads Real Madrid&#8217;s Kylian Mbappe by two goals in the early race for the Pichichi Trophy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Looking back over the past 60 years, only Messi and Ronaldo Nazario have scored at least nine goals in Barcelona&#8217;s first seven fixtures. The Brazilian winger has firmly cemented his status as the primary attacking threat in Catalonia, scoring in six of his seven outings.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the squad let their football do the talking on the pitch, the staggering statistics&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laliga"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2295064945.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}