FC Barcelona added a new victory on its visit to Red Star (2-5), again with Raphinha in a starring role. The Brazilian assisted Iñigo Martínez for the first culé goal and scored another goal in the second half to extend his spectacular streak with Barça. In total, the ’11’ has four games scoring at least one goal.
In the 13th minute, Barça took the lead thanks to a free kick served by the Porto Alegre player. The winger served a perfect cross for Iñigo who, masterfully anticipating the Serbian team’s defenders, was able to finish with a header to seal his second goal in the tournament.
In the second half, with Red Star fully committed, it was the Brazilian’s turn to score on the scoreboard. In the 55th minute, Jules Koundé completed the second of his three assists of the night with a good pass from the right and a ‘pass of death’ backwards, right where Rapha appeared completely alone to shoot from the edge of the area.
Raphinha equals Lewandowski as top scorer in the Champions League
The goal in Belgrade was the fifth in the tournament for the 27-year-old forwardwhich equals the lead in the Champions League’s top scorers. Along with Raphinha is Barça’s other scorer during their visit to Belgrade, Robert Lewandowski, who also reached 5 goals thanks to his double against the Serbians.
The Barça Pichichis matched the line of Harry Kane and Viktor Gyökeresthe latter the great figure of matchday 4 of the Champions League thanks to his hat-trick against Manchester City. The ‘9’ of Bayern Munich, for his part, could not ‘get wet’ in the Bavarian victory by the minimum at home, against Benfica (1-0).
For Raphinha, the night against Red Star included 25 completed passes in 32 attempts (78% correct), with a couple of opportunities created and 4 total shots (one on the post, which led to Lewandowski’s 1-2). For the one from Porto Alegre, there are already 12 goals scored in 2024/25 (7 in 12 League games) in just 16 games in which he has also provided 9 assists.
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