FC Barcelona made a winning start to the new LaLiga season after coming from behind to defeat Valencia 2-1 on Saturday night.
Hansi Flick's reign at the Blaugrana saw goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen installed as captain after Sergi Roberto's exit, with Pedri back from injury and on the bench.
Los Che were eager to hit the ground running when Andre Almeida raced down the wing to get in-field and deliver a cross but it yielded no fruitful outcome.
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More danger signs were thrown the way of the visiting team a little later as a surging move in the area brought Hugo Duro in on strike, who he was safely courted in the end.
Duro did atone in the final minute of the first half when he rose unchallenged in the box to head in a perfect delivery from Dario Lopez, with the effort awarded on consultation from the pitch-side team.
In less than a minute, Barca responded after the exciting Lamine Yamal played in a surging cross in the area for Robert Lewandowski to stab in and levelled it up.
Barcelona earned a spot-kick five minutes following halftime when Yerson Mosquera upended Raphinha in the area and left Lewandowski to fire in the subsequent effort.
Former Manchester City striker Ferran Torres should've made it all more comfortable for the Blaugrana a little later with a close-range chance, but he squandered it.
Gerard Martin, Andreas Christensen and Pedri came on in the latter exchanges on the side of the visitors who looked to consolidate their ascendancy.
Los Che struggled to penetrate a way back as the Blaugrana keenly managed to steer the ship on relatively all fronts of the spectrum.
There were no lapses or any of the sort for Barca in the latter stages of the second period, handing Flick and Barcelona their first win of the campaign.