2024-25 season, UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, Barcelona vs Borussia Dortmund first leg

The first leg of the quarter finals of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League between Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund kicked off on April 9th Levan, Yamal, and Rafinha's tridents joined forces to fight. Flick faced Dortmund for the 7th time in his coaching career, having won 6 of his previous 6 games.

Barcelona had the upper hand at the beginning, with Yamal and Lewandowski both having excellent scoring opportunities. In the 25th minute, Barcelona broke the deadlock: Conte made a free kick, Fermin's free kick hung into the penalty area, Inigo Martinez headed the ball, Kubashi fell to the ground and stabbed, and just before the ball crossed the goal line, Rafinha stabbed. VAR intervention confirms that Rafinha is not offside and Barcelona leads 1-0!

Rafinha took away the goal from Kubasi and continued to lead the top scorer list in the Champions League with 12 goals. At the age of 18, Kubasi also set a Champions League record: the youngest defender to assist in Champions League history. In the first half, Barcelona's attack was unstoppable, with 11 shots and 6 on target, with an expected goal value of 2.12 and a possession rate of 68%, giving them an absolute advantage.

Yi Bian fought again, and in the 48th minute, Barcelona scored one more goal: Yamal on the right crossed with his left foot, Rafinha headed the ball with great effort, and from less than 1 meter away from

the goal, Lewandowski jumped high and easily headed the ball into the empty goal, giving Barcelona a 2-0 lead. 50000 Barcelona fans on site are celebrating wildly! Barcelona's attack this time was

extremely brilliant.

At 47 minutes and 15 seconds, Pedri broke the ball to organize the attack, and Barcelona's formation quickly spread out. Yamal's left footed pass was reminiscent of Ronaldinho's style. After Rafinha's header and Lewandowski's relay, the four superstars connected in just 10 seconds, making it a masterpiece counterattack.

In the 68th minute, Barcelona scored another goal: this was another quick counterattack from Barcelona. Firming passed horizontally, Lewandowski pushed and scored, and Barcelona took a 3-0 lead!

In just 18 minutes, Lewandowski scored twice! Barcelona's number 9 kneels down to celebrate, continuing to play the role of Dortmund: in 29 matches against Dortmund, Lewandowski scored 29 goals! On the Champions League top scorers list, two Barcelona players scored 10+goals: Rafinha scored 12 goals and Lewandowski scored 11 goals.

In the 77th minute, Lewandowski broke the ball in midfield and launched a counterattack. Rafinha pushed forward to follow Yamal on the diagonal right flank. Yamal received a cross from his teammate to get a one-on-one opportunity, and then scored a goal. Barcelona extended the score to 4-0. In the end, Barcelona won 4-0 against Borussia Dortmund.In this game, Lewandowski scored twice with his head and foot kick, scoring 11 goals in the Champions League this season and a total of 40 goals in all competitions!