If FC Barcelona is the best team in Spain (and has four points ahead of its runner -up, Real Madrid) and finished second in the first phase of the Champions League behind Liverpool (with six wins in eight matches), Hansi Flick's training did not hold its rank on Tuesday evening. The Blaugranas certainly won 4-0 the first leg of the C1 quarter-finals against Borussia Dortmund, but with their typical team, they took the broth in Westfalenstation to bow 3-1.
Barça is qualified for the last square and awaits the winner of Inter-Bayern, but the rout in the west of Germany will be talked about. Defensively, the Catalans did not manage to manage the hot blows of the formation of Niko Kovac. And, once is not customary, Lamine Yamal and Raphinha lacked inspiration (even intelligence of play for the Brazilian winger) and could not carry their team. The Blaugranas did not manage to set foot on the ball or kill the suspense.
On the Dortmundian side, it is Serhou Guirassy who is the big man of the evening. The former Stade Rennais striker offered himself a huge hat -trick! The Guinean international first opened the scoring on a penalty spot, with a superb Panenka (11th), after a very astonishing fault by Wojciech Szczesny. The locals did not know how to double the bet during this starting start start, but Guirassy pushed the ball into the back of the head nets on the return from the locker room (49th).
Barça not helped by his defense
A CSC of Ramy Bensebaini, on a center of Fermin Lopez, somewhat relieved the FCB (54th). Dortmund scored his third goal a quarter of an hour from the end, on a failed release of Ronald Araujo who therefore took advantage of Serhou Guirassy (76th). The Barcelonais never showed serenity and, fortunately for them, the BVB lacked a second breath at the end of the game.
Guirassy, he will be satisfied with several records … The player trained in Laval becomes the best African scorer in a LDC season, with his 13 achievements, two more than Sébastien Haller in 2021-2022 with Ajax. He is now the most decisive African player in a C1 season ahead of Mohamed Salah, since, in addition to his 13 goals, he also gave four assists. Well done !
