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Raphinha, the MVP of Barça-Bayern

RAPHINHA REACHED 4 GOALS IN THE CHAMPIONS

Raphinha, unstoppable! Hat-trick and historic display against Bayern (4-1)

Published:23/10/2024 - 23:23h

Updated:25/10/2024 - 15:45h

FC Barcelona crushed Bayern Munich (4-1) on a historic night for Raphinha. The Brazilian scored a hat-trick and destroyed the Bavarian defense in Montjuïc

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Raphinha added a new 'MVP' to his personal showcase this Wednesday with a historic display against Bayern Munich. The winger led FC Barcelona's victory (4-1) with a hat-trick that also allowed him to celebrate his 100th official match with the club in the sweetest way.

The one from Porto Alegre had a great day, scoring three goals in 56 minutes. The first came as soon as the match began, at 54 seconds, with a great run into space and a remarkable definition in the one-on-one against Neuer, leaving the German goalkeeper stranded.

The '11' disappeared from the game for a long time, as a result of the Bavarian dominance in the first 20 minutes, until, just before half-time, he got 'wet' again to lead the Barça victory. The winger received a long ball from Marc Casadó and got rid of Guerreiro's mark with a double dribble to his right. Upamecano wanted to give the Portuguese a hand, but he couldn't prevent the Brazilian's shot, straight into the corner, to make it 3-1.

In the 56th minute, the former Leeds United striker completed his masterpiece with another brutal finish. This time, it was Lamine Yamal who caught Rapha's diagonal, who controlled the long pass on the run to leave Kim Min-Jae and Upamecano scattered. Neuer tried to bail, but the South American attacker finished with a left-footed cross.

Raphinha values ​​victory and is already thinking about the Classic

After the match, the man from Porto Alegre valued the great Barça victory and set his sights on Saturday's Clásico, where Barça hopes to complete a great week that began on Sunday with the 'little hand' against Sevilla.

"A very happy night, I left very happy for the game, for what we did; a good game as a team, the second victory in the Champions League and I'm already thinking about the next game," he began by saying in his talk with 'Movistar'.

In that sense, he added: "I'll stick with the three goals, also with Robert's. El Clásico looks very good watching Madrid's game and ours," he pointed out, in addition to getting wet about his chances of breaking his record. of goals in a season at this point in the calendar.

"Finally surpass 10 goals? I think so. I will work for it," said the Brazilian. With his hat-trick on Wednesday, Raphinha now has 4 goals in 3 Champions League games, which adds to the 5 in 10 LaLiga games. In his first two campaigns in Barcelona, ​​the '11' scored 10 goals per season. In 2024/25 it is already at 9.

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