It there were two games among all quarterfinal pairs who could be called ‘safe bets‘, one was certainly Barcelona – Dortmund. And while the other one, Arsenal – Real ended with a surprise and big win for the Gunners, tonight there was not even a chance that Barcelona will allow something like that. To be fair, Arsenal is a much stronger opponent than Borussia and the Gunners played at home while BVB came to Spain, but still, a final 4-0 score was somehow expected. Nobody gave chance to last year‘s Champions League finalists and for a reason – the Catalans are just playing the best football in Spain and only (maybe) PSG could match them, certainly not the out-of-form German team.3 – Robert Lewandowski has become the first player in Champions League history to score 10 goals in a single season for three different teams: Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona. Lethal. pic.twitter.com/KZ91RMLHRm— OptaJose (@OptaJose) April 9, 2025 If there were two games among all quarterfinal pairs who could be called ‘safe bets‘, one was certainly Barcelona – Dortmund. And while the other one, Arsenal – Real ended with a surprise and big win for the Gunners, tonight there was not even a chance that Barcelona will alow somehting like that. To be fair, Arsenal is a much stronger opponent than Borussia and the Gunners played at home while BVB came to Spain, but still, a final 4-0 score was somehow expected. Nobody gave chance to last year‘s Champions League finalists and for a reason – the Catalans are just playing the best football in Europe and only (maybe) PSG could match them, certainly not the out-of-form German team.Lamine Yamal is the youngest EVER player to reach 20 UCL appearances, with his 20th appearance coming aged just 17 years and 270 days. 💫 pic.twitter.com/bOjXBwhEDP— Squawka (@Squawka) April 9, 2025 Nothing is ever sure in the game of football (that‘s why is so popular), but it‘s hard to imagine Barcelona not getting into the semi-final next Tuesday in Dortmund. After all, this young team is playing modern football and their hunger for trophies, along with their blazing speed is something Dortmund couldn‘t coupe up with. The score was only 4-0 as Kobel made some saves, and some Barca players missed their chances, and it could have been 6-0 easily. Only Barcelona, with 32, have scored more goals than Dortmund’s 28 in this term’s Champions League, but Barca added four more, while the Germans scored none. Lewandowski continued to score against his old team (two tonight), while Hansi Flick continued his perfect record againts BVB – seven games, seven wins.🚨🇪🇺 GOAL | Barcelona 1-0 Dortmund | RaphinhaRAPHINHA OPENS THE SCORING FOR BARCELONA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!pic.twitter.com/n6F25z66ZM— Tekkers Foot (@tekkersfoot) April 9, 2025 The first half ended with ‘only‘ one goal in Dortmund‘s net. We say ‘only‘ mainly because after only eight minutes, Barca already had three excellent chances and the goal was just a matter of time. Yamal was in on two out of those three chances, but in both cases, he was not on target, while Robert Lewandowski made the shot after an assist from Raphinha, but Kobel was there to save it. After the first wave of attacks, Borussia finally managed to get to the opponents‘ part of the field and open up a bit, but the hosts scored in the 25th minute. After a free kick, Martinez headed the ball to Cubarsí, who poked it towards goal and just before it came into the goal, Raphinha came running and smashed it into the net. Therefore, it was counted as the goal for the Brazilian, his 12th in the Champions League, and he leads the competition at the moment. Only then did Borussia really started to play and even had some decent chances through their best striker Guirassy, who embarrassed himself in the 36th minute when he tripped just as he was about to score from six meters away. The Guinean striker created a chance for himself in injury time, but his shot went just over the bar.What A Goal From Lewandowski 🔥 Superb Run from Fermin 🤩#BarcaDortmund #ChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/K3QFYpABQs— Rosario FCB❤️💙 (@gaming0607) April 9, 2025 🚨🇪🇺 GOAL! BARCELONA 4-0 DORTMUND🔥 LAMINE YAMAL strikes again!The WONDERKID is unstoppable!Camp Nou is rocking, Dortmund is shocked 😱#Barça #UCL #Yamal #BARBVBpic.twitter.com/Vn7gnEAbYh— IndiaPulse: News & Trends (@IndiaPulseNow) April 9, 2025 But soon it was all over. Former Borussia‘s striker Robert Lewandowski headed the ball from one meter in the 48th minute, after an action which was started by Lamine Yamal and continued by Raphinha. It was just Barca from that point on while the guests couldn‘t organize anything. Fermin Lopez, who surprisingly started instead of Gavi had two big chances in the space of five minutes, but failed to materialize them. Still, he redeemed himself in the 66th minute, when he burst from the left and passed the ball for Lewandowski, whose simple tap-in gave Barcelona a big 3-0 lead, but it was not over. Barca‘s kids didn‘t want to stop and after a lighting fast counter attack in the 77th minute, the lethal trio Lewandowski-Raphinha-Yamal combined for the fourth goal, which sealed Dortmund‘s fate.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – QUARTER-FINALSFirst legTuesdayArsenal – Real Madrid 3-0 (0-0)/Rice 58, 70, Merino 75/Bayern – Inter 1-2 (0-1)/Muller 85 – Lautaro 38, Frattesi 88/Wednesday Barcelona – Dortmund 4-0 (1-0)/Raphinha 25, Lewandowski 48,66, Yamal 77/PSG – Aston Villa 2-1 (1-1)/Doue 39, Khvicha 49 – Rogers 34/
