Ex-Sporting striker scores twice in 3-3 thriller with Barcelona | OneFootball

Carlos Forbs, former youth player for Sporting, lived a dream night as Club Brugge hosted Barcelona (3-3) in a match for the fourth round of the Champions League group stage. The Portuguese U21 international winger scored twice and provided an assist in the game.

In the sixth minute, the ex-lion set up Nicolo Tresoldi for the opening goal. However, just two minutes later, Ferran Torres leveled the score, finishing in front of Nordin Jackers. In the 17th minute, the Belgian team regained the lead (2-1) with an excellent finish from the footballer who once played for the Alvalade club.

Barcelona equalized again, following a move finished by Lamine Yamal (61’), after a combination with Fermín López. The Belgians went ahead once more with Carlos Forbs’ second goal (63’). Even so, the Catalan side managed to draw the match with an own goal by Christos Tzolis (77’).

In the final stages of the match, Club Brugge came close to handing Barcelona their second defeat in the Champions League, as Romeo Vermant even put the ball in Wojciech Szczęsny’s net (who recently made a revelation about Cristiano Ronaldo), but the goal was disallowed.

Carlos Forbs was part of the Sporting youth system in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons before leaving on a free transfer to Manchester City. In the summer of 2023, he moved to Ajax for 14 million, before being loaned to Wolverhampton. In the last transfer window, he signed permanently for the Belgian team for 8.5 million euros.

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