Robert Lewandowski made Champions League history with a brilliant performance against Borussia Dortmund, which almost put Barcelona in the semi-finals.

Veteran striker Robert Lewandowski had a memorable day when he scored twice against his former team Borussia Dortmund, contributing greatly to Barcelona’s 4-0 victory in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys.

Lewandowski scored in the 48th and 66th minutes, bringing his total number of goals in the Champions League this season to 11.

Notably, with this achievement, the Polish striker has become the first player in history to score at least 10 goals in the Champions League for 3 different teams.

Lewandowski previously scored 10 goals for Dortmund in the 2012/13 season, then continued to reach double figures in the 2019/20 and 2021/22 seasons with Bayern Munich. Now, in his third year with Barcelona, he has finally reached the 10-goal mark in Europe’s most prestigious club competition.

Even Cristiano Ronaldo – the greatest scorer in Champions League history – has never achieved this. CR7 only reached the milestone of scoring at least 10 goals/season for Real Madrid, although he also played for Manchester United and Juventus.

In all competitions, Lewandowski has scored 40 goals for Barca this season and is only one goal away from reaching 100 goals for the Catalan club.

It is worth mentioning that Dortmund is the opponent that Lewandowski “favorites” the most in his career. Including the double in this match, he has scored a total of 29 goals against his old team after only 28 matches, this is a haunting number for Dortmund fans, who loved Lewandowski during his time at Signal Iduna Park from 2010 to 2014.

During his 4 years at Dortmund, Lewandowski and coach Jurgen Klopp won 2 Bundesliga championships.

Not wanting to be overshadowed by his senior Lewandowski, Raphinha also managed to leave a strong mark in this match. The Brazilian star opened the scoring in the 25th minute, before assisting Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal to score.

Thus, Raphinha has had a hand in 19 goals in the Champions League this season, which is the best achievement in the tournament. He is leading the list of top scorers with 12 goals, and is also the number one passer with 7 assists.

This achievement helps Raphinha equal the record of legendary Lionel Messi for the most number of goal contributions for Barcelona in a Champions League season. Messi had 19 goal contributions (14 goals, 5 assists) in the 2011/12 season.

The chance for Raphinha to break this record is very big, when Barcelona has almost set one foot in the semi-finals and will have at least one return match at Dortmund, even two more semi-finals if facing Bayern Munich or Inter Milan.