Barcelona began the new La Liga season with the same attacking force that they displayed throughout the last one, comfortably seeing off Alaves 3-0 with the help of a brace from Lionel Messi and a goal from Philippe Coutinho.
The next step on Barcelona's title defence is a trip to newly-promoted Real Valladolid, who drew 0-0 with Girona in their opening game of the season to get their first point on the board.
Though it took Barca until well into the second half to break the deadlock against Alaves, the players will slowly but surely be shaking off their pre-season cobwebs and will almost certainly have too much firepower for Valladolid to handle this weekend.