Aubameyang debuts in a big way as a scorer in Valencia

Aubameyang continues to have Mestalla as its talisman stadium. After scoring a ‘hat-trick’ with the Arsenal in the semifinals of the Europa League in 2019, the Gabonese striker made his debut this afternoon as a Barça striker on the same stage. At minute 23, ‘Auba‘ put Barça ahead on the scoreboard after taking advantage of a long pass from Jordi Alba.

The Barcelona lateral spotted Aubameyang alone and threw the ball with power for the Gabonese to control with a touch and then shoot Mamardashvili with the right. The Gabonese had not scored since last October 22, when he managed to score with the Arsenal before him Aston Villa on the Premier League.

Jumping celebration

In his fourth game with the shirt of Barçathe first as a starter in LaLiga after making his debut last Thursday against Napoli -before he played in the league for a few minutes against Athletic and then before him Spanish-, Aubameyang he scored his first goal as a blaugrana and put his team ahead in search of a vital victory to be in the Champions League. The Gabonese, after thanking Alba for his assistance, he celebrated the goal by doing a somersault in the air mountebank style.

Double before the break

Not satisfied with a goal, Aubameyang He put land in between on the scoreboard scoring the third goal. In his second shot on goal, the Gabonese signed his first brace as a Barça player, this time pushing the ball after an assist from Gavi. The referee resorted to WHERE to rule out that the former Arsenal was not offside when he receives the ball.

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