UEFA Champions League

Red Star Belgrade vs Barcelona, 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

· UEFA Champions League
Red Star Belgrade
  • 27': Silas Katompa-Mvumpa
  • 84': Felicio Milson
FT
2 - 5
Barcelona
  • 13': Iñigo Martínez
  • 43': Robert Lewandowski
  • 53': Robert Lewandowski
  • 55': Raphinha
  • 76': Fermín López

Lewandowski double helps Barcelona to 5-2 win at Red Star

Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski scored a goal in each half to help them secure a comprehensive 5-2 win at Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Attempt blocked. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedri.
  • 1': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Uros Spajic.
  • 4': Offside, Red Star Belgrade. Timi Elsnik is caught offside.
  • 8': Attempt saved. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 10': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Uros Spajic.
  • 12': Foul by Rade Krunic (Red Star Belgrade).
  • 12': Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 13': Goal! Red Star Belgrade 0, Barcelona 1. Iñigo Martínez (Barcelona) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raphinha following a set piece situation.
  • 17': Attempt missed. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 19': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Guélor Kanga.
  • 19': (Red Star Belgrade) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Raphinha (Barcelona).
  • 21': Attempt missed. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gerard Martín with a cross.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.
  • 21': Foul by Lamine Yamal (Barcelona).
  • 21': Milan Rodic (Red Star Belgrade) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Delay in match because of an injury Milan Rodic (Red Star Belgrade).
  • 23': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 25': Attempt missed. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Lamine Yamal with a through ball.
  • 26': Foul by Marc Casadó (Barcelona).
  • 26': Guélor Kanga (Red Star Belgrade) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Goal! Red Star Belgrade 1, Barcelona 1. Silas Katompa Mvumpa (Red Star Belgrade) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rade Krunic with a through ball.
  • 29': Foul by Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona).
  • 29': Guélor Kanga (Red Star Belgrade) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Lamine Yamal (Barcelona).
  • 30': Guélor Kanga (Red Star Belgrade) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Offside, Red Star Belgrade. Cherif Ndiaye is caught offside.
  • 34': Offside, Red Star Belgrade. Cherif Ndiaye is caught offside.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marc Casadó.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jules Koundé.
  • 40': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Marko Ilic.
  • 43': Raphinha (Barcelona) hits the right post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Pedri.
  • 43': Goal! Red Star Belgrade 1, Barcelona 2. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  • 44': Offside, Red Star Belgrade. Timi Elsnik is caught offside.
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Guélor Kanga (Red Star Belgrade) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Silas Katompa Mvumpa.
  • 45'+1': Corner, Red Star Belgrade. Conceded by Iñigo Martínez.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Red Star Belgrade 1, Barcelona 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Red Star Belgrade 1, Barcelona 2.
  • 46': Foul by Silas Katompa Mvumpa (Red Star Belgrade).
  • 46': Iñigo Martínez (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Pedri (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high.
  • 48': Attempt saved. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pedri.
  • 50': Offside, Red Star Belgrade. Cherif Ndiaye is caught offside.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Raphinha.
  • 53': Goal! Red Star Belgrade 1, Barcelona 3. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Jules Koundé with a cross.
  • 55': Goal! Red Star Belgrade 1, Barcelona 4. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jules Koundé.
  • 58': Substitution, Barcelona. Fermín López replaces Raphinha.
  • 58': Substitution, Barcelona. Dani Olmo replaces Pedri.
  • 59': Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Milson replaces Milan Rodic.
  • 59': Cherif Ndiaye (Red Star Belgrade) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Foul by Marc Casadó (Barcelona).
  • 60': Cherif Ndiaye (Red Star Belgrade) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 60': Foul by Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona).
  • 61': Foul by Cherif Ndiaye (Red Star Belgrade).
  • 61': Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Cherif Ndiaye (Red Star Belgrade) is shown the yellow card.
  • 62': Cherif Ndiaye (Red Star Belgrade) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 62': Foul by Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona).
  • 63': Foul by Uros Spajic (Red Star Belgrade).
  • 63': Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Delay in match because of an injury Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona).
  • 64': Uros Spajic (Red Star Belgrade) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 65': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 67': Foul by Gerard Martín (Barcelona).
  • 67': Seol Young-Woo (Red Star Belgrade) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Domínguez replaces Pau Cubarsí because of an injury.
  • 68': Substitution, Barcelona. Gavi replaces Frenkie de Jong.
  • 72': Offside, Red Star Belgrade. Silas Katompa Mvumpa is caught offside.
  • 72': Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Luka Ilic replaces Andrija Maksimovic.
  • 72': Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Dálcio replaces Guélor Kanga.
  • 76': Goal! Red Star Belgrade 1, Barcelona 5. Fermín López (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jules Koundé.
  • 78': Substitution, Barcelona. Pau Víctor replaces Robert Lewandowski.
  • 79': Cherif Ndiaye (Red Star Belgrade) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Sergi Domínguez (Barcelona).
  • 80': Attempt blocked. Milson (Red Star Belgrade) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rade Krunic.
  • 82': Offside, Red Star Belgrade. Cherif Ndiaye is caught offside.
  • 82': Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Aleksandar Katai replaces Cherif Ndiaye.
  • 83': Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Egor Prutsev replaces Silas Katompa Mvumpa.
  • 83': Foul by Fermín López (Barcelona).
  • 83': Seol Young-Woo (Red Star Belgrade) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 84': Goal! Red Star Belgrade 2, Barcelona 5. Milson (Red Star Belgrade) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Seol Young-Woo.
  • 85': Fermín López (Barcelona) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Gavi.
  • 86': Delay in match because of an injury Marko Ilic (Red Star Belgrade).
  • 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 89': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Nasser Djiga.
  • 89': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Marko Ilic.
  • 90': Attempt saved. Fermín López (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pau Víctor.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Uros Spajic.
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Gavi (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dani Olmo with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+4': Dálcio (Red Star Belgrade) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Gavi (Barcelona).
  • 90'+5': Offside, Red Star Belgrade. Egor Prutsev is caught offside.
  • 90'+6': Offside, Red Star Belgrade. Seol Young-Woo is caught offside.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Red Star Belgrade 2, Barcelona 5.
  • 0': Match ends, Red Star Belgrade 2, Barcelona 5.

Statistics

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12 Fouls 4
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 9
7 Corner Kicks 1
0 Saves 4
69.9 Possession 30.1
21 SHOTS 4
9 ON GOAL 2
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
601 Accurate Passes 209
669 Passes 280
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
2 Accurate Crosses 0
15 Crosses 11
0.1 Cross % 0.0
41 Long Balls 49
29 Accurate Long Balls 17
0.7 Long Balls % 0.3
3 Blocked Shots 2
8 Effective Tackles 7
13 Tackles 18
0.6 Tackle % 0.4
10 Interceptions 5
10 Effective Clearances 30
10 Clearances 30

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Rajko Mitic Stadium
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Attendance: 48,886

UEFA Champions League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Liverpool 6 +12 18
2 Barcelona 6 +14 15
3 Arsenal 6 +9 13
4 Bayer Leverkusen 6 +7 13
Full Table

Line-Ups

RSB Red Star Belgrade (4-5-1)

No. Name
1 Marko Ilic (GK)
5 Uros Spajic Yellow Card
24 Nasser Djiga
23 Milan Rodic
66 Seol Young-Woo
21 Timi Elsnik
6 Rade Krunic
8 Guélor Kanga
55 Andrija Maksimovic
15 Silas Katompa-Mvumpa
9 Cherif Ndiaye Yellow Card
Red Star Belgrade Substitutes:
Stefan Lekovic, Egor Prutsev, Dálcio, Ivan Guteša, Luka Ilic, Vanja Drkusic, Aleksandar Katai, Vuk Draskic, Felicio Milson.

BAR Barcelona (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
13 Iñaki Peña (GK)
5 Iñigo Martínez
2 Pau Cubarsí
35 Gerard Martín
23 Jules Koundé
8 Pedri
17 Marc Casadó
21 Frenkie de Jong
9 Robert Lewandowski
11 Raphinha
19 Lamine Yamal
Barcelona Substitutes:
Pau Víctor, Alejandro Balde, Ansu Fati, Fermín López, Gavi, Ander Astralaga, Wojciech Szczesny, Hector Fort, Pablo Torre, Dani Olmo, Sergi Domínguez.

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