Overview
- Lamine Yamal scored a standout equalizer on 61 minutes and his cross forced Christos Tzolis’s own goal for 3-3 after Carlos Forbs’s brace and Nicolò Tresoldi’s opener, with Ferran Torres netting Barcelona’s first.
- A stoppage-time strike by Romeo Vermant that would have made it 4-3 was disallowed for a foul on Wojciech Szczesny following VAR review, after an earlier Brugge penalty was also overturned.
- Barcelona’s defensive frailty persisted, with reporting noting roughly 20 goals conceded in 15 matches across competitions this season.
- The draw places Barcelona 11th in the league-phase table on 7 points, outside the top eight that qualify directly for the round of 16.
- Hansi Flick managed notable absences and introduced Robert Lewandowski and Dani Olmo after the break, as Lewandowski returns from recent hamstring injuries in the final season of his contract.