On Tuesday’s evening, FC Barcelona suffered a painful elimination from the UEFA Champions League after losing to Paris Saint-Germain in the quarterfinals of Europe’s top continental competition.
The Catalan club, which suffered the painful expulsion of Araujo in the first half, played with ten for almost the entire match and was surpassed by a PSG led by Dembélé and Mbappé. In this event, Raphinha scored again, but it was not enough to achieve the dreamed qualification to the semifinals.
Final del partido. pic.twitter.com/i9n1TZf9Xi
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) April 16, 2024
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Despite scoring three goals in two games, Raphinha’s contribution was not enough for Barça
The match started in the best way for FC Barcelona, since after a spectacular ride by Lamine Yamal, Raphinha managed to finish at will in front of Donnarumma’s goal, scoring what was his third personal goal in this direct elimination bracket and also the third of his UCL career.
Although PSG ended up coming back and Raphinha’s goal did not serve to tie the ticket to the semi-finals, his participation during both games was more than decisive, scoring three goals in two games and, the last of them, was simply a sexcentenary for the culés, nothing more, nothing less.
Raphinha, autor del gol 6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ del Barça en la Champions pic.twitter.com/n91r2cocFi
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) April 16, 2024
The goal scored by Raphinha was nothing more and nothing less than FC Barcelona’s 600th goal in the history of the UEFA Champions League in its long and rich history in the continental competition.
Unfortunately, this six hundredth culé goal was not a premonitory of the sixth Champions League for the team led by Barcelona City.
“El fútbol siempre da revancha, volveremos.” pic.twitter.com/noig25kAE1
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) April 17, 2024
Remembering Zagallo
Sambafoot Series launched a new documentary about the football legend Zagallo. Known as ‘Velho Lobo‘ and as superstitious as it gets, Zagallo helped shape what Brazilian football is nowadays — as a player and as a coach.
The first episode is available on Sambafoot’s Youtube channel and the series will receive weekly releases to tell this legend’s life story.
