Sports desk: Catalans win in Champions League Barca-Bayern match. In this victory, Barca saw victory after losing the last six matches against Bayern. Rafinha's superb hat-trick saw Hansi Flick's side blow away the German giants.
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Hansi Flick's Barcelona won the Champions League match against Bayern 4-1 at their home ground Olympique Louis Kompanys on Wednesday night.
Barca's last win against the Bavarians came in May 2015. They won 3-0 in the first leg of the 2014-15 Champions League semi-finals with goals from Messi and Neymar.
Rafinha is the hero of Barcelona's victory with a hat trick. The winger, who scored in the first minute to give Barca the lead, scored his second goal in the 45th minute, completing his hat-trick in the 56th minute.
Harry Kane equalized in the 18th minute as Bayern fell behind in the first minute. Earlier, Kane sent the ball into Barcelona's net in the seventh minute. However, with the help of VAR, the referee blows the whistle for offside.
Bayern conceded the second goal again in the 36th minute due to the mistake of the defense.
Defender Kim Min-jae failed to clear Lamine Yamal's cross header. Fermin, who was behind him, entered the box and flicked the ball to the other side as Nayar came forward. Lewandowski scored. It was his 97th goal in the Champions League. Rafinia made the scoreline 3-1 in the last minute of the first half.
Rafinha scored two goals in the first half and completed a hat trick in the second half. In the 56th minute, the winger took control of Yamal's cross chest and beat the goalkeeper with a low shot. After falling four goals behind, Vincent Kompany dropped Jamal Musiala, Kingsley Coman, Leroy Sane and Leon Goretzka from the bench. But even they could not reduce the gap.
This is Barca's second win in three matches in the Champions League. Barca thrashed Young Boys 5-0 after opening the tournament with a loss against Monaco. Now gave Bayern too.
In the other match, Liverpool won 1-0 against Leipzig. Premier League champions Manchester City beat Sparta Prague 5-0. Inter Milan won 1-0 against Young Boys. Atletico Madrid lost 3-1 to Lille.
