Raphinha and Lewandowski make history for Blaugrana in Champions League.
A remarkable statistic, which highlights the continued excellence of Barcelona players Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski in this season’s Champions League, has been making headlines on social media. Barcelona are currently involved in a series of clashes on the European continent. Access the leading football results at latest soccer scores.
The team, under the guidance of Hansi Flick, travelled to Lisbon to face Portuguese football giants Benfica in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie. Within the first 25 minutes of the game, the Blaugrana’s hopes of securing an advantage to take back to Catalonia were dealt a severe blow.
Pau Cubarsí received a straight red card, leaving the team with ten men. Despite this initial setback, the visitors managed to surprisingly open the scoring in the match. Raphinha intercepted the ball in the Benfica half in a moment of pure individual skill. With a powerful left-footed shot from outside the area, he scored a spectacular goal.
Raphinha and Lewandowski repeat historic feat in the Champions League
Raphinha’s feat not only brought immediate joy to the fans, but also revealed a remarkable statistic, as highlighted by MisterChip, a well-known sports statistician. According to MisterChip, Raphinha and Lewandowski became only the second Barcelona duo to score 9 or more goals each in a single Champions League season.
They followed in the footsteps of Lionel Messi and Neymar in the 2014/15 season. This milestone achieved by Raphinha and Lewandowski not only underlines their technical ability and effectiveness on the pitch, but also places them in a prominent position in the club’s history. Be ahead of the game with BB Score.
