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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Simon Burnton

Barcelona 4-0 Dortmund: Champions League quarter-final, first leg – as it happened

Lamine Yamal (left) celebrates with fellow goalscorer Raphinha after scoring Barcelona’s fourth in their Champions League quarter-final first leg match against Borussia Dortmund.
Lamine Yamal (left) celebrates with fellow goalscorer Raphinha after scoring Barcelona’s fourth. Photograph: Pedro Salado/Getty Images

And that’s all from me! Bye!

Meanwhile Sid Lowe was in Barcelona to watch the home side’s front three ooze through Borussia:

There is another game to be played but on this evidence, Barcelona will do so for just the fun of it, and there may be no one having as much fun as they are right now. A semi-final place is virtually secure with a second leg to spare after all three of their fantastic forward line scored en route to a 4-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund at Montjuic, the last of them scored by a kid who even at 17 may have a case to be considered the best player on the continent.

Robert Lewandowski, with two, and Raphinha got the others, taking Barcelona to 144 goals this season and almost certainly to the next round. They will take some stopping; Dortmund couldn’t do it, certainly. only momentarily did they even get close on a night that began and ended with Barcelona.

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