Raphinha and Lewandowski destroy Messi and Neymar’s record with new Barcelona UCL benchmark
Barcelona delivered a performance Tuesday night that felt like a throwback to their most dominant Champions League days-and at the heart of it was a Brazilian winger doing his best Lionel Messiimpression.Raphinha lit up the Estadi Olímpic with two goals and two assists in a 4-0 dismantling of Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their quarter-final tie. His explosive showing brought his total goal involvements in this season's Champions League to 19, matching a record Messi set in the 2011-12 campaign.Raphinha's goal (1-0) in Barcelona 4-0 Borussia DortmundIt wasn't just a one-man show, either. Robert Lewandowski scored twice, Lamine Yamal added a fourth, and the entire front three looked in sync in a way Barcelona fans haven't seen since the MSN era. In fact, Raphinha and Lewandowski became the first Barça duo to hit double digits in a UCL […]