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·21 Oktober 2025
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·21 Oktober 2025
The matches between Barcelona and Olympiacos and Kairat Almaty-Pafos kicked off this Tuesday’s Champions League action.
Fermin Lopez’s show lifts the Blaugrana after the defeat against PSG, while Kazakhstan has written a new page in the tournament’s history.
Here’s what happened.
An endless journey for just three minutes on the pitch: this was the misadventure experienced by João Correia, protagonist of an episode that has already made Champions League history.
The Pafos striker was sent off after just 3 minutes (03:03) for a very harsh tackle against Kairat Almaty, punished with a straight red card.
With this episode, Correia became the player to receive the fastest red card in the history of the tournament, surpassing the record held by Oleksandr Kucher of Shakhtar Donetsk, who was sent off at 3:59 against Bayern Munich in 2015.
A standing ovation start to the season for Fermin Lopez! The Barcelona forward, despite having played just over 400 minutes this season, has already scored 5 goals in 7 matches.
Tonight’s goals, however, take on a whole new importance: the brace he scored in the first half is currently putting Olympiacos to the sword, a team that never really got into the game.
But it’s not just Fermin Lopez. Another young talent is making headlines in the Champions League: the first professional assist for 2008-born Dro Fernandez, whose pass set up the Blaugrana’s second goal.
The second half continued to be a show for the home side. Lamine Yamal scored the third from the penalty spot, becoming the second youngest player ever to score a penalty in Champions League history.
In the final minutes, there was room for Fermin Lopez’s hat-trick and the “usual” Rashford – something that not long ago seemed impossible to say –.
No player has more goal contributions than Marcus Rashford (5) in the Champions League this season 👏–
The former United player’s brace brings his tally to 4 goals scored in Europe with the Barça shirt.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.
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