Barcelona 3-0 Mallorca: Blaugrana Stretch Lead at the Top with Commanding Second-Half Display

Barcelona moved four points clear at the summit of La Liga after a dominant 3-0 victory over Mallorca at Camp Nou on Saturday. A sluggish opening half-hour gave way to an emphatic final hour in which Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal and teenage debutant Marc Bernal all found the net, sending the home crowd home buoyant and the Catalans into sole possession of first place.

The contest’s early narrative belonged to Jan Virgili, the former Barça winger who tormented his old club with pace and trickery. Virgili won nearly every duel down the flank and engineered three clear chances, yet Mallorca’s proflicacy kept the scoreline intact.

Barça stirred courtesy of Marcus Rashford, their liveliest attacker. The Englishman twice went close before a driven effort from distance was parried into Lewandowski’s path, the Polish striker calmly slotting the rebound to break the deadlock in the 34th minute. Rashford remained central as the half waned, seeing a free-kick pushed away by Leo Román and then watching Jules Kounde pick out an unmarked Yamal, who surprisingly steered wide from point-blank range.

Any anxiety evaporated after the restart. Barcelona monopolised possession and territory, and were aggrieved not to earn a penalty when Yamal was felled by Johan Mojica in plain sight of both the referee and VAR. Marc Casadó came within inches of a second goal when his curling effort clipped the crossbar, yet Yamal atoned on the hour, arrowing a sensational strike into the top corner from long range.

The day’s crowning moment arrived 13 minutes from time. A sweeping, 12-pass move beginning inside Barça’s own half dismantled Mallorca’s press, culminating in Marc Bernal—on for his maiden senior appearance—gliding past a defender and finishing with ice-cool precision to seal a goal worthy of any highlight reel.

Teenage midfielder Tommy Marqués, another La Masia graduate, earned his own first-team bow in the closing stages, greeted by a roar usually reserved for seasoned stars. Joan Garcia ensured the clean sheet with a pair of smart stops after careless giveaways, but otherwise the second half belonged entirely to the hosts.

The result, Barça’s sixth league win on the spin, keeps them top ahead of a midweek Copa del Rey clash with Atlético Madrid and leaves Mallorca mired in mid-table ahead of a busy festive schedule.