Barcelona 3-2 Dortmund (Dec 11, 2024) Game Analysis
DORTMUND, Germany, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Substitute Ferran Torres scored twice including an 85th-minute winner as Barcelona earned a hard-fought 3-2 victory at Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday to move to the brink of qualification.
In a pulsating five-goal second half, Torres struck twice in 10 minutes after coming on in the 71st minute to lift Barcelona to 15 points in second place with two games remaining in the league phase.
Dortmund twice came from a goal down with Serhou Guirassy scoring both their goals but they could not do it a third time after Torres’s goal from a Lamine Yamal pass.
The Germans dropped down to ninth place on 12 points. The top eight teams qualify automatically for the round of 16. (Reporting by Karolos Grohmann Editing by Toby Davis)
