Raphinha, named MVP, Lamine Yamal and Lewandowski shine against Madrid.
Facing possibly the best goalkeeper in the world. Against a shot-stopper capable of saving the unthinkable. Up against a wall like Courtois. Without faltering. Without discouragement. With perseverance. With supreme quality. With aggression. With a velvet touch. With an iron cannon. With everything. With a battering-ram attacking line. With an offensive force that repeated their autumn display at the Bernabéu. Lamine Yamal, Lewandowski, and Raphinha, who was chosen as the best player of the final, recovered their best individual and collective form. Four goals were scored at the Santiago Bernabéu on October 26, and the same number were achieved in Yida.
The Polish striker and the Brazilian had missed the contributions of the young prodigy from Rocafonda during his injury, and the team had suffered as a result. But they are back now. Lurking. Attacking. Engaging. Unleashed.
Raphinha showcased his skills once again against Lucas Vázquez, just as he did in Chamartín. Lamine Yamal toyed with Mendy. And Lewandowski did not miss a beat against Rüdiger.
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Between the three of them, they netted all four goals at the Bernabéu, although on that day it was Lunin defending the white goal. Together they capitalized on Barcelona’s global play to turn the scoreline around in Yida.
Starting with Lamine, who took advantage of a pass from Lewandowski, evaded Tchouaméni, shifted to the center, and delicately placed the ball in the net with Messi-like finesse. That was his eighth goal of the campaign, one more than all of last season. A crucial strike, dedicated to the stands, mostly populated by Madrid fans, and just the prelude to the storm. Because Lewandowski did not hesitate, firing the penalty with power and without any hesitation. The center-forward has now scored the same number of goals as he did in the entire previous campaign.
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All that was left was for Raphinha to join the party with a stratospheric leap and a header that was both acrobatic and unstoppable. Then the winger assisted Balde for Barcelona’s fourth goal, culminating a counterattack led by Lamine Yamal.
A reflection of the team, Raphinha was not satisfied and crowned himself with a fifth goal, his second of the match, after performing an orbit around Tchouaméni, easily evading Rüdiger to beat Courtois. 19 goals for the Brazilian in what could be the season of his life.
From above, below, through the center, from the flanks, with five goals in 36 minutes. A symphony interrupted by the red card shown to Wojciech Szczesny, who put his foot in it, quite literally. The red resulted in the substitution of Lamine Yamal, and with one man down, Barcelona’s offensive threat was stifled. They now had to run even more, without the ball, and Raphinha, cramping in both legs, was also substituted.
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By that time, the Barcelona captain had already made his mark. In the Olmo case, he clearly questioned whether any player would want to come to Barça in these conditions on the pitch. Raphinha proved, as usual, that he is a player fully committed to the cause. The first to row forward and backward. A forward who wears the armband as if it were his own and who received a yellow card for protesting while seated on the bench.
At the start of the season, only Lamine Yamal was not under suspicion. At this point in the campaign, Raphinha and Lewandowski have catapulted themselves as pivotal players. The three of them led a cinematic 36 minutes. A legendary hand.
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