Barcelona vs Dortmund | Key Moments | UEFA Champions League | 10th April 2025
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00:00Rafinha equalled Lionel Messi's club record for goal involvements in a single Champions League campaign as Barcelona thrashed Borussia Dortmund to take command of their quarter-final tie.
00:10The Brazilian forward scored and assisted twice to reach 19 goal involvements in the competition this term, the same as Messi achieved in the 2011-12 campaign.
00:20Rafinha's 12th European goal of the season gave Barcelona a deserved first-half lead, before Robert Lewandowski struck twice after the break and La Mine Yamal added a fourth to put the Spanish side on course for the semi-finals.
00:31The hosts ran riot in the early stages and could have scored three times inside the opening seven minutes, with Yamal and Lewandowski forcing Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Koble into smart saves.
00:42Barka's pressure told in the 25th minute, although the goal was a touch fortuitous.
00:47Furman Lopez's free kick awarded when Kareem Adeyemi pulled the hair of Jules Kound found Inigo Martinez at the far post, who headed the ball across the six-yard box.
00:57Pau Cubarsi poked the ball towards the far corner past the dive of Koble, with Champions League top scorer Rafinha just about staying onside for a sliding finish on the line.
01:07Dortmund grew into the game as the half progressed, with Adeyemi and Serjo Garassi going close as the break approached.
01:13Lewandowski, though, doubled Barka's lead three minutes after the restart from a yard out, converting Rafinha's header across the face of goal following Yamal's cross to the far post.
01:24Dortmund began to struggle as mistakes on the ball gifted the La Liga leaders several more chances.
01:29Furman hit the outside of the post with a fizzing low strike from 16 yards out, before blazing over a rebound a minute later.
01:36Lewandowski put the first leg beyond doubt with his 99th goal for the club, finishing off a lightning counterattack in the 66th minute with a ruthless first-time strike under Koble.
01:47Rafinha matched Messi's record by sliding the ball across for Yamal to finish in the 77th minute following another ruthless break.
01:54Barcelona will travel to Germany for the second leg on Tuesday, April 15th.