Barcelona 7-2 Newcastle (agg 8-3): Raphinha & Yamal shine to seal dominant win

Barcelona thrashed Newcastle United 7-2 in the second leg of their Champions League last 16 tie, securing an 8-3 aggregate victory for a spot in the quarter-finals.

Match Report

Raphinha and Lamine Yamal were the stars of the show at Camp Nou, while Robert Lewandowski, Fermin Lopez and Marc Bernal all got on the scoresheet after Anthony Elanga's first-half brace to tee up a last-eight meeting with either Atletico Madrid or Tottenham.

Barca needed just six minutes to open the scoring as Raphinha coolly slotted past Aaron Ramsdale after being played through by Yamal, though Elanga got his first nine minutes later in what was an end-to-end first half.

Bernal put Barca back ahead following a well-worked free-kick routine before Elanga converted from Harvey Barnes' low cross just before the half-hour mark, but the hosts had the lead at the break as Yamal scored from the penalty spot after Kieran Trippier's foul on Raphinha.

Barca raced clear after the interval when Newcastle were sliced open through the middle to leave Fermin Lopez one-on-one with Ramsdale, and the Spaniard made no mistake with his finish into the bottom-left corner.

Lewandowski then completed the rout for the LaLiga outfit, first sliding the ball into the back of the net after impressive work in the build-up from Yamal, before heading in from Raphinha's inswinging corner, while the Brazilian pounced on a poor pass from Jacob Ramsey to make it 7-2.

Data Debrief: Age is just a number for Yamal and Lewandowski

It was a rampant display from Barca, who produced 4.29 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Newcastle's 1.46 from seven attempts.

Raphinha was sensational for the home side, registering the most shots (five) and touches in the box (eight), while also creating the most chances (five) as he finished the second leg with two goals and two assists.

Yamal, meanwhile, became the youngest player to score 10 goals in Champions League history (18 years, 248 days), surpassing Kylian Mbappe's previous record set in 2017 (18 years, 350 days).

At the other end of the spectrum, Lewandowski (37y 209d) became the oldest player ever to score twice in a Champions League match, overtaking Filippo Inzaghi for AC Milan against Real Madrid in November 2010 (37y 86d).

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

0' Sandro Tonali is in a bit of bother and he is replaced by Joe Willock

3' Dan Burn unleashes an effort and Joan Garcia gathers it

6' GOAL! Raphinha opens scoring from Fermin & Yamal set-up! Barcelona 1-0 Newcastle

15' GOAL! Elanga steers towards goal with his right foot! Barcelona 1-1 Newcastle

18' GOAL! Bernal taps in to take back the lead! Barcelona 2-1 Newcastle

21' An early substitution for Barcelona as Eric Garcia makes way for Ronald Araujo

28' GOAL! Elanga taps in at the back post! Barcelona 2-2 Newcastle

38' Anthony Elanga goes down in the box and ref says no pen

41' Lewandowski picks up the ball and lets fly but it's straight to Ramsdale

47' CLOSE! Yamal blasts over the bar from just four yards out

51' GOAL! Fermin Lopez deftly slots into the bottom corner! Barcelona 4-2 Newcastle

52' Penalty Goal! Raphinha wins a pen and Yamal scores it! Barcelona 3-2 Newcastle

52' Yamal does his standard dance towards the Barca supporters

56' GOAL! Lewandowksi heads home to extend the lead! Barcelona 5-2 Newcastle

61' GOAL! Lewandowski gets his second one from Yamal assist! Barcelona 6-2 Newcastle

72' GOAL! Raphinha nets brace! Barcelona 7-2 Newcastle

79' What a pass from Pedri

81' Garcia is injured and Szczesny replaces him

Line-ups

Barcelona XI: Lewandowski, Cancelo, Raphinha, Eric Garcia, Pedri, Joan García, Fermín López, Yamal, Gerard Martín, Cubarsi, Bernal

Subs: Szczesny, Olmo, Rashford, Ferran Torres, Araujo, Casado, Gavi, Roony Bardghji, Diego Kochen, Álvaro Cortés, Xavi Espart, Tommy Marqués

Newcastle XI: Trippier, Burn, Joelinton, Ramsdale, Barnes, Tonali, Gordon, Malick Thiaw, Anthony Elanga, Jacob Ramsey, Lewis Hall

Subs: Ruddy, Pope, Yoane Wissa, J.Murphy, Willock, Tino Livramento, Sven Botman, Nick Woltemade, William Osula, Alex Murphy, Aidan Harris, Sean Neave