Robert Lewandowski scored twice as Barcelona thrashed Younger Boys 5-0 on Tuesday, bouncing again from their opening Champions League defeat at Monaco.
Hansi Flick’s crew had been overwhelmed 2-1 by Monaco of their first sport within the competitors’s new-look league part, however there have been no surprises when Younger Boys visited Montjuic on matchday two.
Lewandowski gave the hosts the lead within the eighth minute by tapping in a low Raphinha cross, following good mixture play between the Brazilian and teenage sensation Lamine Yamal.
After the hosts squandered some respectable possibilities, a quickfire double from Raphinha and Inigo Martinez gave Barca a 3-0 lead, the Brazilian netting a rebound within the thirty fourth minute and Martinez scoring with a towering header lower than three minutes later.
Lewandowski acquired his second and Barca’s fourth shortly after half-time, nodding a Martinez nook residence from contained in the six-yard field, then Younger Boys defender Mohamed Camara bundled the ball into his personal web whereas attempting to clear Alejandro Balde’s cross late on.
FIRST WIN SECURED! pic.twitter.com/01rHWcnMF9
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) October 1, 2024
Information Debrief: Lewandowski stage with Messi
In addition to serving to Barca to an important victory following their matchday one defeat, Lewandowski’s double noticed him draw stage with Lionel Messi as essentially the most ruthless finishers in Champions League historical past.
He now averages 0.79 objectives per 90 minutes within the competitors, a determine solely matched by Blaugrana nice Messi amongst all gamers to play a minimal of fifty matches.
Cristiano Ronaldo (0.77 objectives per 90), Ruud van Nistelrooy (0.77) and Karim Benzema (0.59) path Lewandowski and Messi for that metric.
The Poland star has additionally now scored 51 Champions League objectives after turning 30 years outdated, turning into simply the second participant to perform that feat after Ronaldo (68).
0.79 – Gamers with the perfect aim ratio in @ChampionsLeague (no less than 50 objectives scored):
0.79 – ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI
0.79 – Lionel Messi
0.77 – Cristiano Ronaldo
0.77 – Ruud van Nistelrooy
0.59 – Karim BenzemaClassics. pic.twitter.com/j3Bz5k11R8
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) October 1, 2024
