🎥 El Clásico: Barça run riot, record red card in Champions League | OneFootball

Unable to count on Raphinha, Lewa, Dani Olmo, and Gavi, Barcelona did not put on a great performance for part of the match against Olympiacos this Tuesday (21).

But they showed competence, dominated after gaining a man advantage on the field, and steamrolled the Greek team in the third round of the Champions League group stage:

They won 6-1, with a hat-trick from Fermín López at Montjuïc.

In a match where VAR also played a starring role.

Barcelona now has six points in the Champions League, bouncing back after the loss to PSG. Meanwhile, Olympiacos – who were without the injured Brazilian Rodinei – remain on one point.

The Catalan focus now shifts to their biggest rival in a La Liga match.

The first to stand out was Fermín López (7')

He doubled the lead at 39', with a good contribution from 17-year-old Dro Fernández, making his Champions League debut.

The second half was INTENSE and full of mixed emotions for Olympiacos.

El Kaabi beat the opposing center-backs in the air after a cross from Podence.

But there was an offside. And VAR also indicated a penalty committed by Eric García before the goal play, which meant a penalty for the visitors.

El Kaabi got another chance and beat Szczesny again (54').

The Greek team had little time to celebrate, as Hezze received his second yellow for leaving his hand on Casadó's face.

Soon after, a penalty was awarded to Rashford after VAR intervention. And a goal from Lamine Yamal (68').

Just six minutes later, Rashford extended the lead.

And two more for Fermín to secure his hat-trick.

Rashford still scored Barça's sixth in the 79th minute.

Barça now focuses solely and exclusively on Real, who will host Juventus this Wednesday (22) from 4pm (Brasília time).

El Clásico for the tenth round of La Liga will be next Sunday (26) at the Santiago Bernabéu.

Record and... scoreless draw

David Luiz's Cypriot side Pafos went to Kazakhstan to face Kairat.

And were down to ten men just three minutes and three seconds in.

João Correia, a player from Cape Verde, saw the red card after going in "too hard for the ball."

It was the fastest sending-off in the history of the competition.

The previous record belonged to now-retired Ukrainian player Oleksandr Kucher, who was sent off at 3 minutes and 59 seconds while playing for Shakhtar Donetsk against Bayern in 2015.

Kairat dominated possession. They also attacked more.

But they couldn't be effective, as Pafos had more shots on target. Still, they couldn't get past Anarbekov.

There were plenty of attempts. But no goals.

Kairat earned their first point. While Pafos reached two.

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