Barca were on track in the first half against Mallorca, the first after the pandemic, and did so thanks to an early goal from Arturo Vidal and Martin Braithwaite's first Barca goal.
The Dane got his first goal for the club in the 37th minute, in a passage of play in which he showed his eye for goal and his class, De Jong headed the ball to Messi and the Argentine gifted the ball to the ex-Leganés player with his head.
Braithwaite let the ball come down and, with a lot of class and with the inside of his foot, volleyed to beat Reina hands down and make it 2-0 to Barca.
Curiously, the attacker practically didn't celebrate his first goal for Barca, perhaps still thinking about the strange state that football finds itself in after the return.
Until his goal, which was checked by VAR for a possible handball, and after Vidal's goal, Mallorca had several chances from Kubo which could have made it 1-1.
June 13, 2020