{"id":75299,"date":"2026-08-25T03:09:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/75299\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T03:09:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:09:49","slug":"anthony-gordon-instant-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/75299\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Gordon, instant impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bar\u00e7a\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelona.com\/en\/football\/first-team\/news\/4565259\/elche-0-5-fc-barcelona-statement-of-intent\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">memorable night in Elche<\/a> brought plenty of good news. As well as the emphatic 5-0 victory, the summer signings took much of the spotlight. One of them, Anthony Gordon, began the game on the bench and had to wait until the 65th minute to make his competitive debut, replacing Lamine Yamal.<\/p>\n<p>The English winger certainly made his presence felt. Within just four minutes of coming on, he had provided two assists, something no Bar\u00e7a debutant had managed in the last 15 years. The first was for Raphinha, who made it 3-0 and effectively put the game beyond Elche. Two minutes later, Gordon made an excellent run to find himself one-on-one with the goalkeeper. Despite having the chance to score his first goal as a Bar\u00e7a player, he unselfishly squared the ball for Ferm\u00edn to finish.<\/p>\n<p>It was a glimpse of precisely what the former Newcastle man can bring to the side: his ability to exploit space, create danger and bring his team-mates into play.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/_MGA4944.jpg\" alt=\"_MGA4944\" class=\"embeddable-photo__image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Feeling at home<\/p>\n<p>After the final whistle, Gordon was understandably delighted. Speaking to the club\u2019s media, the England international described it as a dream debut while insisting this was only the beginning: \u201cIt\u2019s the perfect start to the league season. It was a good debut for me. The club has made a huge effort to bring me here, so I have to give everything I\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gordon also spoke about how quickly he has settled in since his arrival: \u201cI feel at home. The city and my team-mates are incredible. They\u2019ve made me feel welcome from day one.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bar\u00e7a\u2019s memorable night in Elche brought plenty of good news. As well as the emphatic 5-0 victory, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,483],"class_list":["post-75299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}