Covering Barcelona so far this season has been just like covering Bayern Munich in Bundesliga. The win is all but guaranteed, goals are guaranteed, the question is only how big and easy the win will be. It’s no secret that the absolute goal for Barcelona this season is to win the Champions League and they started that quest in the best possible manner, by crushing Feyenoord 5-1. In five games so far (in all competition), Barcelona scored five goals in the four of them. Their attack is looking fearsome, although it has to be noticed, the only real tough opponent among those five teams was Athletic Bilbao and they only scored two goals against them. Elche, Rayo and Valencia are certainly not top Spanish teams, while Feyenoord is not even the leader in the Netherlands.No Dutch team has ever won away from home against Barcelona in European competition, and Feyenoord’s coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst has a terrible record in the Champions League – 12 games with two teams, 11 losses. So, if we want to downplay Barcelona’s victories, those numbers are clear. But when you look at the actual goals they scored tonight, three of them were beauties and not even stronger teams wouldn’t be able to defend it. Raphinha’s first, Adeyemi’s debut goal and Yamal’s free-kick were a joy to behold. It is also interesting that Barca were experiencing their longest streak without a clean sheet in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League (15 matches) and that terrible streak (which goes on since 2015) continued tonight as Feyernood scored one, and was denied the second one due to a suspicion offside. Hansi Flick even had the commodity to rest some of his starters, so Adeyemi scored his first goal for Barca in Europe, while Gabriel Jesus also found a way to the net in his debut. This Barca is so strong upfront that they don’t rely so much on Lamine Yamal as last season, but the Spanish start still found a way to score and assist twice in this match.The conditions at the start of the game were horrible, as it was pouring down with rain and the pitch conditions were getting worse by the minute. But, Barcelona still scored after only four minutes, and it was Raphinha’s magic. The Brazilian anticipated the play on the edge of the box, controlled the ball but two defenders rushed in desperately to block his easy shot. Raphinha made his move, leaving both of them on the grass before slotting past Ernst to score the first goal of the afternoon. The rain eventually stopped, just in time for Karim Adeyemi to score a screamer on his debut for Barca in the Champions League. He started the run in the attacking third, cut inside, and unleashed a right-footed shot that beat Ernst's outstretched arm in the 22nd minute. Yamal took a shot in the 33rd minute, but was just wide and Cancelo hit the post in the 38rd minute. On the other side, Feyenoord had one opportunity in the 37th minute but Moussa’s shot was well saved by Joan García.Adeyemi nearly scored a brace in the 49th minute, but the ball went just wide. However, Raphinha got his second goal in the 57th minute, after a good assist from Pedri. But Feyenoord managed to sneak one in just three minutes later, only to see VAR nullifying it due to an offside. It was a spectacular pass from Valente to Targhaline, whose’ shot was saved by Joan García, but the ball was not cleared properly and Nacho Ferri scored it. It was not clear who was actually offside when the replay was shown, but it remained 3-0. Fermin Lopez came in and unleashed a beauty but Ernst made a panther jump. Feyenoord keeper basically defended all he could, but when Yamal took a free kick in the 77th minute, he was helpless. The Spanish gem recorded his second assist five minutes from time when he allowed Gabriel Jesus’s maiden goal for a perfect night.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUEROUND 1WednesdayBarcelona – Feyenoord 5-1 (2-0)/Raphinha 3, 57, Aeyemi 22, Yamal 77, Jesus 85 – Steijn 82/Stuttgart – Viking 3-1 (3-1)/Demirovic 20, 26, 32 – Tripic 22/22.00: (1.75) Liverpool (3.90) Atl.Madrid (4.50) 22.00: (4.90) Napoli (3.60) Arsenal (1.75) 22.00: (1.05) PSG (14.0) Slovan B. (35.0) 22.00: (1.90) Sporting (3.50) Galatasaray (4.10) Thursday19.45: (3.15) Fenerbahce (3.45) Roma (2.25)19.45: (1.43) PSV (4.60) Shakhtar (7.25)22.00: (1.10) Bayern (10.0) Bodo (16.0)22.00: (1.95) Como (3.50) RB Leipzig (3.90) 22.00: (1.10) Man.Utd. (11.0) Sabah (18.0) 22.00: (2.60) Slavia Praha (3.35) Lens (2.70)***odds are subject to change***