International football
With goals from Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal, Barcelona crushed 4-0 to Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League and is one step away from the semifinals for the first time since 2019.
Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring the third goal against Dortmund. (Free Press Photo: EFE)
Barcelona ended with more than positive balance the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League After winning for a score of 4 goals to 0 to Borussia Dortmund in Montjuic and with this it is only 90 minutes from returning to European semifinals.
The culé team was widely higher than its rival, which is current runner -up of the competition, and began winning in the first part thanks to a raphinha goal that occurred with suspense, since the VAR intervened to analyze the play since it seemed that the Brazilian was in an advanced position.
However, the goal ended up being validated and with that Raphinha reached 12 scores in the current Champions Leaguea figure that places him as the best scorer the contest, ahead of his partner Lewandowski, who signed two goals in his name against Dortmund.
They were precisely the goals of the Polish the following to join the scoreboard: first in minute 48 and the other in 66, so the series seemed already liquidated.
Barcelona for its first semifinal in six years
The win closed Lamine Yamal at 77 when Robert Lewandowski recovered a ball near the midfield and gave the ball to Raphinha, who found the 17-year-old who put the final 4-0-
The result leaves the second leg for relatively affordable Barcelona, since with a 4-0 in favor, few are the options that Dortmund has to trace.
For the culé painting and its fans this could be a reason for double celebration, since it not only means to continue options to get the Champions League, but also that It would be the first semifinal that would reach since 2019.
The last time Barcelona got so far in the European Cup was in the 2018-2019 season, just when it was eliminated by Liverpool by a 4-3 global.
Since then, Barcelona had failed to overcome the quarterfinal barrier, where it was eliminated in the 2020 and 2024 editions.
In addition, in 2021 it fell in the round of 16 and Between 2022 and 2023 did not advance the group stage.