{
  "id": 7890109,
  "title": "Barcelona hit seven in Racing Santander rout",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/barcelona-hit-seven-in-racing-santander-rout-7890109",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T21:56:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/sports/2026/09/17/barcelona-hit-seven-in-racing-santander-rout"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Barcelona's Raphinha scored a hat-trick as the Catalan giants demolished Racing Santander 7-2 in La Liga on Wednesday, preserving their perfect record with a commanding victory that widened their lead to three points over Real Madrid. Joao Cancelo, Gabriel Jesus, and Lamine Yamal also netted for Barcelona, who have now scored 33 goals in seven games across all competitions. The match kicked off at a blistering pace, with Cancelo opening the scoring from long range just eight minutes into the game. Dani Olmo came close twice before Raphinha converted a penalty to make it 2-0. Racing rallied with a goal from Maguette Gueye, but Barcelona quickly regained the lead through Cancelo once more. Raphinha added a fourth goal, but Yamal missed a penalty and a potential fifth. The second half saw Zabiri pull another back for Racing, but Szczesny's error led to another penalty for Barcelona, with Raphinha sealing his third consecutive hat-trick and completing his league-leading goal tally.",
  "summary": "Raphinha scored a hattrick in the 7-2 win as Hansi Flick’s league leaders preserved their 100% record, moving three points clear of Real Madrid.",
  "key_points": [],
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Barcelona hit seven in Racing Santander rout",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/barcelona-hit-seven-in-racing-santander-rout",
        "published": "2026-09-16T21:56:06.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}