Barcelona qualify for 2024/25 Champions League knockout rounds with Borussia Dortmund win
11 December 2024, 22:00
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Barcelona picked up a hard-fought 3-2 win over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League at the Signal Iduna Park.
The Blaugrana withstood a lot of resistance from the hosts, but a goal from Raphinha and a Ferran Torres brace helped them get the win.
In doing so, Barca are now guaranteed to finish in the top-24 teams at the end of the league stages. They need a point to secure a top-8 place and directly qualify for the knockout rounds.
They have also moved into second place in the Champions League table, having won five of their six league games so far.
Dortmund – Barcelona 2:3 (0:0, 2:3)11 December 2024, 20:00, Signal Iduna Park
Starting lineupsGoalsCards
Dortmund
Kobel, Bensebaini, Schlotterbeck, Ryerson (Bueno Couto 46), Can, Reyna (Groß 73), Nmecha, Sabitzer, Gittens, Guirassy, Dienda Duranville (Malen 73)
Barcelona
Pena, Balde Martínez, Martínez, Cubarsí, Koundé, González López (García Martret 90+3), Casadó Torras, Olmo (Fermín 71), Dias Belloli (de Jong 71), Yamal (Victor Delgado 90), Lewandowski (Torres García 71)
1:2 - 75 Ferran Torres,
Marcel Sabitzer (42),
Felix Nmecha (51),
Yan Yan Couto (57),
Pau Cubarsí (58),
Ramy Bensebaini (61),
Ferran Torres (90+2)
