Fermín López, always timely: brace to rescue Barça in Prague

Fermín López continues to add to his tally with FC Barcelona in the 2025/26 season. The Huelva-born player, against Slavia Prague, remained the team's starting attacking midfielder and, with two goals in the first half, orchestrated Barça's comeback on a very cold night in Czechia.

Hansi Flick's team started losing by a goal from Vasil Kusej in the 10th minute. However, after a very weak first half-hour for the blaugrana side, a good collective play led to a through ball from Frenkie de Jong that Fermín took advantage of to equalize the match.

Barça's comeback without reward before halftime

The '16' broke free down the right and fired past goalkeeper **Stanek** with a powerful shot at the near post. Then, in the 42nd minute, the player from El Campillo completed the comeback with a spectacular goal from outside the box, receiving the ball from **Pedri** to set himself up for his left foot with the passivity of a Slavia defense that had retreated close to their area.

Barça had already done the hardest part: coming back against a very defensive opponent on a difficult pitch, but another corner from the right caught the defense off guard and **Robert Lewandowski** deflected a header from the near post to seal the 2-2 before halftime

Fermín López reaches 10 goals in 25/26

With his brace in Prague, Fermín López now has 10 goals on the season, 5 of them in the Champions League. The player from Huelva had already scored a hat-trick against Olympiacos (6-1) and has already produced 20 goals in 25/26, as he also has 10 assists with Barça

The Huelva native has won the direct duel against Dani Olmo for the attacking midfielder position and continues to respond to Flick's trust, now as a regular starter. Indeed, he has only been a substitute in 6 of the 24 matches he has played so far.