The brutal 'jinx' that has finally made FC Barcelona disappear

FC Barcelona made their debut in the 2024/25 LaLiga season with a hard-fought victory 1-2 against Valencia. The Blaugrana team managed to win at Mestalla with a double from Robert Lewandowski, who once again offered his best version by turning the game around and gave Hansi Flick's team their first three points of the campaign.

The home team scored first thanks to a goal from Hugo Duro in the 44th minute, in a first half in which Flick's men did not know how to get into the game and made mistakes that almost cost them the result. But the emergence of the Pole put things in order, leading the team and leading it to its first victory on the first matchday since 2021.

The streak that Barça put together at Mestalla

Although the German coach made it clear at the end of the match that "there are many things to improve", this is a fairly favorable result for the culé team. Winning at Mestalla is not easy and these three points are highly appreciated, especially as the team had not managed to win in the first matchday of the league since 2021, when they beat Real Sociedad 4-2 at Camp Nou.

This victory thus breaks a bad streak as a visitor, because they had also not been able to win in their debut in LaLiga away from home since the 2015/16 season. At that time the coach was Luis Enrique and the Blaugrana team beat Athletic Club at San Mamés by 0-1, the result of a goal from Luis Suárez.

Although it must also be remembered that it is not usual for Barça to play the first matchday of the league away from home, but when they have done so in recent years, the results have not been good. In the 2019/20 campaign they fell at San Mamés to Athletic and in the 2023/24 campaign they drew at Getafe. In 2024, the negative streak has been broken and the club has been able to get off to a good start in Valencia, thus sending a positive message about what the rest of the campaign could be like.