Barcelona beats Bayern Munich, Lille continues surprises, knocks out Atletico Madrid

Brazilian striker Rafinha led his team Barcelona to a resounding 4-1 victory over its guest Bayern Munich on Wednesday evening at the Olympic Stadium Luis Companys in the third round of the league stage in the UEFA Champions League.

Rafinha struck hard, scoring a historic hat-trick against the Bavarian team when he opened the scoring after less than a minute, which is the fastest goal Bayern has conceded in the Champions League under its current name since the 1992/93 season.

In the 18th minute, English striker Harry Kane equalized for Bayern, but Polish Robert Lewandowski added the second goal for Barcelona in the 36th minute, before Raphinha strengthened the result with the third goal in the 45th minute, to end the first half with a score of 3-1 for the Catalan club.

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Rafinha added his third personal goal and the fourth for his team in the 56th minute, to end the match with a well-deserved and wide victory for Barcelona, the first over Bayern Munich since May 2015.

Bayern Munich conceded four goals in regular time in a Champions League match for the first time since April 2014 against Real Madrid.

Lille knocks out Atletico Madrid

In addition, French Lille defeated its host, Spanish Atletico Madrid, by three goals to one.

The French team's goals were scored by Edwin Zegrova (61) and Jonathan David (74 from a penalty kick and 89).

In contrast, Argentine Julian Alvarez scored for Rojiblancos (8).

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This is Lille's second win against one defeat, raising its score to 6 points.

Lille had defeated the other Spanish capital club, Real Madrid, the title holder, in the previous stage (1-0) in one of the biggest surprises that occurred in the current edition of the most prestigious European cups, especially after it started the league stage with a disappointing loss to Sporting de Portugal (2-0).

As for Atletico Madrid, it suffered its second defeat against one win, freezing its score at 3 points.

Source: beIN Sports