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Picture : Raphinha has won all 16 official matches in which he has scored for Barcelona !
Statistics on UEFA Champions’ League quarterfinals (April 10)
PSG vs Barcelona 2-3
*Barcelona have achieved their first away win in UCL in exactly 5 years; last time they won as visitors on 10 April 2019 (1-0 vs Manchester United).
*Barcelona have scored 3+ goals away from home in UCL knockout phase match for the first time since 2015 when they beat the same opposition 3-1, with Luis Enrique that time as the Barcelona coach.
*Raphinha has scored his first brace with Barcelona in all competitions. It took 80 games for him to make such feat.
He is also the first Barcelona player to score a brace in a UCL knockout match in almost 5 years. Leo Messi was the last to do it in the semi-finals vs Liverpool in May 2019.
*Raphinha has won all 16 official matches in which he has scored for Barcelona.
*Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) became the first ever player under 17 to appear in a UCL quarter-final game (at 16 years 272 days).
He surpassed the previous record of Rayan Cherki who appeared in 2020 for Lyon at the age of 17 years 2 days in the semi-finals vs Bayer).
*Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona) became at the age of 7 years 79 days the 2nd youngest defender in the Champions League/European Cup history (since 1955) to start a knockout stage match from the quarter-finals onwards.
He only concedes to Giuseppe Bergomi (at 17 years 72 days with Inter in 1981).
*Andreas Christensen (Barcelona) is the 5th player to score in a Champions League knockout stage game on his own birthday.
The others were Juan Esnáider (in 1997), Simone Inzaghi (in 2000), Ángel Di María (in 2017), Edinson Cavani (also in 2017).
*Marquinhos became the new record holder of PSG on appearances in all competitions (436) beating Jean-Marc Pilorget.
The evolution of this record:
11/10/1977 - François M'Pelé (164),
18/08/1979 - Eric Renaut (218),
27/05/1983 - Jean-Marc Pilorget (291),
10/04/2024 – Marquinhos (436).
Atlético Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund 2-1
*Sébastien Haller (Dortmund) has scored his 12th goal in his 13th appearance in UCL. Erling Haaland is the only one in history of competition to reach 12 goals in fewer games (10). Simone Inzaghi also took 13 games.
*Mats Hummels has made his 500th appearance in all competitions for Borussia Dortmund. He is just the 2nd player in the club’s history to reach that mark after Michael Zorc (572).
*There were 18 goals scored in the first legs of this season's UCL quarter-finals, the joint most for this stage along with the season 2010-11 (Inter vs Schalke 2-5, Real Madrid - Tottenham 4-0, Chelsea vs Manchester United 0-1, Barcelona vs Shakhtar 5-1).
*Considering European Cup era (1955-1992), in only one occasion (in 1957) the first leg of quarter-finals brought more goals (19):
Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United 5-3, Fiorentina vs Grasshopper 3-1, Real Madrid vs Nice 3-0, Crvena Zvezda vs CDNA Sofía 3-1.