Barça 4–0 Noia Freixenet: Great start

Barça are off to the right start in the league final after beating Noia 4-0 in what was a very tight game in the first half but where the blaugrana engine clicked into perfect gear in the second.

Ignacio Alabart scored the only goal of the first act. After Barça had hit the crossbar three times, it was just before the break that the opening goal finally came.

But while fortune had ignored them in the first half, the second was a near-perfect display of attacking hockey, with Pau Bargalló, Marc Grau and João Rodrigues all finding the net and ensuring a surprisingly comfortable start to a final series that may yet produce the kind of twists and turns that this one was pleasantly lacking.

MATCH STATS

BARÇA, 4
NOIA, 0

Barça: Carles Grau, Alabart, Bargalló, Barroso, J. Rodrigues, Sergi Panadero, Marc Grau, Sergi Llorca, Eloi Cervera.

Noia: Blai Roca, Aleix Esteller, Antoni Salvadó, Jordi Bargalló, Ivan Morales, Xavi Costa, Martí Gabarró, Mendes, Xavi Rovira.

Goals: 1-0, Ignacio Alabart (min. 19); 2-0, Pau Bargalló (min. 32); 3-0, Marc Grau (min. 38); 4-0, Joao Rodrigues (min. 47)