Barcelona 8-2 Huesca: 3 reasons for Blaugrana's win

#2 Barcelona crush Huesca's resilience after the break

Barcelona trampled over Huesca in the second stanza

Given the way the first-half panned out, the second stanza was always going to be interesting. Except, it all happened at one end of the pitch as the reigning champions came back much stronger and knocked all winds out of Huesca's sails. All the talks of a shock draw (or even a defeat) were quashed within 10 minutes of the restart when Dembele and Rakitic added two more to the scoreline.

Barcelona were now clearly in the fourth gear and there was no way the LaLiga newcomers were coming back from this. They cut a swath through the latter with long diagonal balls or crosses from either flank, especially from the left from where Alba ran the rings around the hapless minnows. Two more goals followed before Barcelona forced a defensive error in the box that resulted in a penalty. Suarez duly stepped up and rounded off the rout in the final minute of extra-time.

As much resilient Huesca were in the opening 45 minutes, it all fell apart in the second stanza. The vast gulf in quality came to the fore. They spent almost the entirety of the next 45 in their own half, subject to an avalanche of attacks and Barcelona blew the minnows away with the attritional play.