US EditionYamal's goal and assist propel Barcelona to Champions League round of 16
Lamine Yamal assisted Robert Lewandowski and scored a key goal as Barcelona overturned an early deficit to win 4-1 and secure a Champions League round of 16 spot.
- On Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, FC Barcelona overturned a deficit to beat FC Copenhagen 4-1 at the Spotify Camp Nou, securing automatic progression to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16.
- Seventeen-Year-Old Viktor Dadason opened scoring four minutes in, giving FC Copenhagen a 1-0 half-time lead as FC Barcelona struggled against a compact Danish defense at Camp Nou.
- Lamine Yamal did the damage by driving into the box to set up Robert Lewandowski's 48th-minute equaliser, then scoring the curling go-ahead shot that deflected into the top corner.
- Yamal's five goals are the most in the tournament at this stage, and FC Barcelona's 14 wins in 15 matches reflect their strong current form.
- Marcus Rashford capped the night with a superb 84th-minute free-kick, and Robert Lewandowski's goal extended his Champions League scoring record.
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The strikers set up a game that had ambushed the defenses, as is already customary in Camp Nou, and Barça entered the Top 8 of the Champions. The goals gave life to a game without any game or more history than the hierarchy already known equally of Lamine Yamal. Barcelonist uncertainty lasted very little because even with a 0-1 the remonte, as is usually the norm, and the victory was taken for granted before an opposite easy like Copenhagen.
There is nothing like suspense. Everything tastes better when it comes with epic, when heroes emerge to shake off a fatal fate. That’s what Barça has done throughout the phase...
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Yamal's goal and assist propel Barcelona to Champions League round of 16
Lamine Yamal came through for Barcelona again. With an assist and a goal, Yamal led Barcelona’s comeback against Copenhagen and helped the Catalan club secure a top-eight finish in the league phase of the Champions League on Wednesday.
The first premise of the Barça equation was to win and that result took an hour to see on the Spotify Camp Nou scoreboard. It took the Blaugrana to do their homework but they went from the anguish of not knowing if they would respond well to the test to the happiness of getting the first great European goal sealed.Continue reading...
A huge sensation was brewing at Camp Nou on Wednesday night, with FC Copenhagen taking the lead after an early goal by 17-year-old Viktor Dadason. But the second half was one long decline for the Copenhageners...
Barcelona did its homework in the final day of the Champions League league phase, with a fright included before a brave Copenhagen, and went straight to eighth in the final with a score (4-1) that saves him two weeks of European matches at the end of February for the second consecutive season. Lewandowski’s goals, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Rashford gave Hansi Flick’s life after making a horrible first part. Barcelona has gotten into the Top-8 a…
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