Barcelona star Rashford named best player of Champions League opening round | OneFootball

Author of both goals for Barcelona in the victory over Newcastle this Thursday, Marcus Rashford was named the best player of the first round of the Champions League by UEFA. The Englishman beat out Dusan Vlahovic, Marcus Thuram, and Francisco Trincão.

At St. James’ Park, Rashford opened the scoring for Barcelona 13 minutes into the second half. After a cross from Jules Kounde, the striker headed the ball into the back of the net. In the 22nd minute, with a beautiful shot from outside the box, he found the top corner past Nick Pope and scored his second of the match.

Newcastle still pulled one back with Anthony Gordon in the final stretch, but Barcelona won 2-1. These were the first goals Marcus Rashford scored for the Catalan club in official matches.

Dusan Vlahovic, from Juventus, took second place. The Serbian scored two goals in the thrilling 4-4 draw with Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Stadium. Third place went to Marcus Thuram, who found the net twice in Inter Milan’s victory over Ajax at the Johan Cruijff Arena, winning 2-0.

Finally, Francisco Trincão was named the fourth-best player of the round. The Portuguese player scored two beautiful goals in Sporting’s 4-1 thrashing of Kairat at the José Alvalade Stadium.

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