Barcelona received 4-0 towards Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday within the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie, and undoubtedly probably the most talked-about purpose was the one scored by Raphinha.
The Brazilian famous person moved on to 12 Champions League objectives for the season with the opener on the Estadi Olimpic, and it was a moderately comical effort. Pau Cubarsi’s flick was destined to achieve the again of the web, however Raphinha stretched to get a contact earlier than it went over the road.
Luckily for Barcelona and Raphinha, he was additionally simply behind the final Dortmund defender. And as per MD, he revealed that he did apologise to Cubarsi for “stealing” the 18-year-old’s first Champions League purpose.
“I used to be fairly fearful about whether or not I used to be offside or not. I had the doubt. I instructed Cubarsi that I had touched the ball earlier than the ball went over the road and that the purpose might be mine. I apologised to him, however he instructed me that he’s superb. It was a fast second, I assumed the ball may exit or not. It was additionally as a result of I wished to attain objectives.”
Raphinha additionally spoke on the partnership that he has with Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski, whereas he additionally echoed the emotions of head coach Hansi Flick that Barcelona are usually not but by means of to the final 4, regardless of their vital benefit.
“I really like taking part in with gamers of a really excessive stage. We’re managing to make spectacular numbers and I hope we proceed like this. However I’m not going to acknowledge that we’re within the semi-finals. There’s one other sport and taking part in there’s all the time difficult. In entrance of their followers, they’re a crew that has high quality and it’s all the time troublesome to beat them. We received consequence and we have now to stick with it.”