HIGHLIGHTS ｜ FC Barcelona vs. Borussia Dortmund (Champions League 2024-25

This match is brought to you by Heineken and Follow Scores, UEFA Champions League official sponsors. Ferenc Torres scored twice coming off the bench. All the goals came in a 33-minute brilliant passage of play. Guirassi scored two for Dortmund that night. Pax Crao, it holds 55,000. Two changes from the round of 16, second leg win over Benfica then Koubasi missed that game, suspended for Raulco and Lopez for Olmo who's injured. Eight of that side started the weekend draw with Real Betis that extended their lead at the top of La Liga. The competition also sidelined, four changes in all from the round of 16, second leg win at in. Chan drops the centre-back from midfield that night. Eight of this side started the 4-1 win at Freiburg at the weekend. Guirassi, by the way, was only used for the last half hour. Do you think that was with this in mind? Yeah, I would imagine so. This match is brought to you by Heineken, UEFA Champions League official sponsor. A couple of players in the Dortmund lineup on yellow cards, Ben Sabani and Raisson Inigo Martinez also will miss the second leg should he be suspended. Barca in the red and blue striped shirts will defend the goal away to your left-hand side. The camera position a long, long way away from the pitch. If you're behind one of the goals here, you are miles away from the other end. Off we go. Christian Dortmund all in yellow against Barcelona, starting as the rank outsiders for this. And immediately it'll be Barcelona. At the age of 36, you look at his record, absolutely star-studded, but he's so hungry to score more goals every day of the week. 639 club career goals, that's a lovely touch by him. And now it comes here to Yamal, he's got a couple of yards of space, wonders inside, good stop by Kovac. They're creating chances already. It's a brilliant piece of skill. As the cash problems, Barcelona still going on at the moment, only about coming forward, Dani Olmo, who's not sidelined at the moment. And here's Yamal. Oh, brilliantly done, that's brilliant. Oh, goodness me. Is he a confident youngster, do you think? Yeah, Ben Sabani did not... He's absolutely had him on toast. A little fortunate break of the ball, but that's going to be a key battle. And Ben Sabani needs help out there. Trying to bend it into this, and he played in that bizarre 3-3 against the Netherlands for Spain, scored in that game. Here's Raphinha, everywhere you look they've got dangerous players. Pedri, never mentioned him yet, Raphinha off and running, Dortmund are being tortured here. Lewandowski! And Gregor Koval is keeping Borussia Dortmund in the game. Dortmund, these first few minutes, it's one-way traffic. Fairly simple for Koval, but yeah, he's getting exposed, isn't he? Lewandowski had all sorts of space there. Free kick swung deep from Firmin. Martinez back across, it's in! Now there's a question here, whether there was a touch on the line and would he have been offside for Barcelona lead after 24 minutes? Could Barca be with a brilliant... ...retirement when you get that phone call from Barcelona. A couple of FA Cups with the Arsenal, Community Shield. Sent off a couple of times in this competition, I seem to remember. Xhiku Mecca. Swung into with thicker legs and Barca will clear it away. The young has been excellent. Firmin looking to set Raphinha away outside of Ryerson. Lewandowski in the middle, guarded by two. Can he get away from Anton and Raphinha to Lewandowski? Quite the same. 25 major club honours in his career. Remarkable player. Oh, that's a poor clearance. Xhiku Mecca's shot was blocked. It wasn't a great clearance initially by Kovacic. And the follow-up shot, it's by Gittens, easily dealt with. Again, De Jong can move into space. Here's De Jong approaching 250 games for the club. It wasn't the best of parties. That's decent though and Yamal's got him behind here. Raphinha had to stretch. Pass might have been attempted for Firmin. Yeah, most space that Yamal has seen all half, really. Just on the side, I think. Thought he might have got it alone then. Shot easily picked up by Gregor Cobalt. Having a very good season at Swiss international. He should be coming back to the international team against Northern Ireland. Having, I think, the best ever season of his career. He's disappointed so far tonight, Geraci. Yemi's not really got into it. Gittens hasn't got into it. Here's Geraci this time. Oh, that's brilliantly done! Signetic. De Jong, with those previous chances, created this one all on his own. Nice footwork. And knows Dortmund laddies, Brandt. Everyone always looks at the quarter-final line-up and plots their winners through. But Arsenal have already shown at this stage of the competition there can be surprises. And that's a shot that just beats the far post. And it was a good effort from Gittens, who switched away to the left-hand side at the start of this first half. Yeah, I'm sure. Niko Kovac had plenty to say in that dressing room. And half-time, to value the troops, just demand a bit more. Only 20 years of age. Just completed 100 matches for the club. And I believe that Barcelona, Rafinha, has to give him the return. And Bayer gets back and does his defensive duty. German at the start of the season from Hoffenheim, matched by a German international. Came through in the autumn to make his full debut for his country. Yamal with the cross for Rafinha. And Lewandowski makes it two. Two minutes into the second half. And there, three stars all had a role to play. At the end of it was Robert Lewandowski. With his 39th goal of the season. And remarkably, his 104th in this competition in all. Great opportunity this, though, to get the third for Barcelona. And it's on her way, helped by Ben Sivani. Shares the great roars from the crowd. And enjoying this night from Montjuic. A great place to visit, not just for the Olympic Stadium, there's an old fort just around the corner. Chance just got away with the clearance. Might not be for long for him. And that would have put the title back. It would have justified his selection. A nook out on the feet, really, Dortmund. A lot of fighters drained out of them. Barcelona, at the moment, justifying their tag as Champions League favourites. Just left the bottom of the wood. Powerful drive by Lewandowski. Parry. The block stopped it going inside. Neymar, up to the gears. Here we go again. He does, pops a lovely cross. Lewandowski might have got a shout there for him in. And again. They're four points clear at the top of La Liga. Going so well. Here's Brandt. Touch on in there from Guirassi. He's had a miserable night. And Barca look to break again with Chemin, the ball carrier. Yamao. Oh, brilliant. Brilliant pass. Chemin. Lewandowski. It's a sensational goal. Barca earn a three. Borussia Dortmund nil. A wonderful, wonderful third goal. Absolutely exquisite. Well, it was coming, wasn't it? Everybody in this stadium could see it. The Barcelona players knew it. And I think the Dortmund lads did as well. This could end up 5-6. If it keeps going like this. And they won't want to slow down. Certainly Lewandowski won't want to. He's got 40 goals at the age of 36 this season. But some beautiful football played. Including this pass from Yamao. Lewandowski wins it back against a hesitant Anton Rafinha. Looks for Yamao. Is this another one? Yamao. It's simply sublime from Barcelona on the counter. Lewandowski won it to Rafinha and to Yamao. And the great Barcelona trio cut through Dortmund as if they weren't there. 4-0 to Barcelona. Sheer class. Absolute quality. Dortmund out on the feet. There for the take in. How much are they enjoying tonight? Those Barcelona players. Yamao finish it off. But look for the hunger of Lewandowski right at the start of the move. Yeah, just gets a toe in. Anton misjudges it. Clearly onside. Well, that's well played. That's another block. To deny Reyna. A curious season. Gio Reyna is only at the five starts. A couple in this competition hasn't played since March the 12th. He's got some skill. Anton making the run to the near post. Beyond him. And it needed a good save. From Wojciech Szczesny. Oh, you have to feel. They need a couple of goals in these clubs. Ben Sabani. Bayer. Ben Sabani. A little bit of space. And a good sliding challenge to deny them there. By Ferran Torres all the way back defending. Reyna. The front has come out wide. It's gone all the way through. There's an opportunity. Bournemouth didn't pull the ball back. And Gerard Bale. Bayern's pulled one back. Oh, he hasn't. It's offside. A fleeting moment of joy. In an otherwise tortured evening for them. Rafinha there with him. Rafinha still foraging. Put Ben Sabani under pressure. And Zoula Oscar across there. And the full-time whistle goes at the end of a memorable night for Barcelona. They have beaten Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of this Champions League quarterfinal. By four goals to nil. Rafinha put them.