FC BARCELONA 5 vs 0 YOUNG BOYS | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2024/25 | First Half
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00:00onto the field of play by the belgian referee eric lambrechts
00:07it's an open bowl of a stadium you might remember it from the barcelona games
00:13the olympic flame away to the goal to the left hand side
00:22and young boys have brought a good following here and they're making themselves loud and proud
00:30and they were certainly vibrant in the city earlier on today
00:35and ready for the anthem of the uefa champions league
01:00so
01:18barcelona players huddled at the end of the warm-up there was an intensity
01:23about the warm-up under the watchful eye of manager hansi flick who gave the last
01:28words before they went in to the dressing room captained tonight by rafinha
01:36a young and vibrant squad this barcelona squad but of course is the old man of the side robert
01:43lewandowski now 36 and with mark andre testagan another veteran sideline with a
01:48a ruptured knee in yakupenia is their keeper one of two changes from the opening defeat at monica
01:53torres for the suspended garcia sent off in that game after just 11 minutes is the other
01:58pep you will drop deeper into the garcia or raffini will play narrower i think yamal became
02:03the competition's second youngest ever scorer in monica one of six homegrown players in that side
02:09eight more on the bench absolutely remarkable six of the sides start for the weekend defeated
02:13osasuna and as you can see welcome news frankie de jong is on the bench he hasn't played since
02:19april because of his ankle injury so good to see him nearing full fitness
02:28referee with his belgian compatriots and in the vr booth from people who can play
02:33riberti from the netherlands for you have a very good game gentlemen have a good game
02:38english the spoken language captain of the visiting side is mohamed kamara
02:44guinea international
02:46young boys four changes to the team beaten by aston villa significantly marvin keller hero in
02:54the 1-0 playoff win at galatasaray replaces the veteran from bombo singal after sitting out their
02:58last three games bloom preferred to at the camera right back he played both of their games against
03:03galatasaray in mary a talented 24-year-old number 10 places first senior match since an injury in
03:09early august and a more attacking option to me as i think he goes to the bench and itton starts
03:14his first european game this season in place of gun fula up top the captain louis benito would
03:19have been in involved and he was injured again at the weekend six of that lineup
03:25this match is brought to you by oppo the way for champions league official sponsor
03:3217 in a row last november through to february
03:35one of the la masia developed players a wonderful youth academy that has proven over the years
03:52barcelona get us off and underway or do they referee not happy and we'll start again
03:57here we go then barcelona in the red and blue famously kicking from left to right in this first
04:12half a team that has won this competition five times against young boys of burn who are in that
04:18fourth group stage of the champions league last season they finished third in their group
04:23they were outclassed you remember by manchester city
04:28and boys in their white change kits defending the goal away to our right hand side
04:37a little touch on the ball by zip group
04:46they weren't bad at all in the opening exchanges against us to the first villa goal
04:51not the stuffing out of his joel montero the swiss journalists were hopeful that he could
04:56provide a shock here tonight he's got five goals he's an ever-present here's lewandowski
05:03scoring exploits have a little bit more gravitas for him
05:09600 mates in his career
05:14just a minute of any game since mid-april
05:18and inigo martinez he missed his first of the campaign last weekend
05:26you can expect an attacking start by barcelona of course the first ever
05:30fixture between the two sides here is the repressible yama
05:35oh
05:39rising global starlet back to alcapaci
05:48and they're already on the attack with intent kunde
05:55to rafinha here's martinez cleared away then by tongi zucru
06:02who arrived from twat in the summer
06:10whistle blows against ittering you came on in the last two games had eight minutes against
06:16aston villa come off the bench in both games against galatasaray they
06:22won three two at home and then famously one nil in turkey
06:25it's it
06:34last of those only previous games against the swiss club came in the 0809 group stage they
06:39won five nil at basel we drew at home 1-1 you know messi scored in both games
06:45i guess the most famous of all the la masia graduates although when he first went there
06:52they were not too sure he'd make it because of his size he was
06:55put on a special diet to bulk up a little bit his nickname was the flea at that time
07:03he's yum out in barcelona since he was six
07:11and he has it back again and he can score from there
07:13there is a joy about his football he has no fear it's comfortable to say
07:27we'll just have a player at the eurozone just have a score at the euros in the summer
07:32i'm on that notorious spanish side this is hajan
07:42hajan protected by collie on the left hand side at rima collie the
07:47agambien international on the ball here now
07:54wasteful ball away to lewin blue but he's kept it in
07:57he just seemed to catch a breeze there
08:03rather dull day in barcelona
08:18young boys last face spanish opposition in 21 22
08:22real lost four one home and two another way he's well offside there that's four of the last
08:28five games against league opponents just threw on the bouncer in spain doesn't bode well
08:34foreign
08:49barcelona came in in the summer there is a ill-fated spell with
08:56germany they were not proud of world cup 22 third in the group and kata
09:00he was tremendously successful as buyer manager won this competition
09:12and here's peña
09:18barcelona's 29th campaign in the champions league proper
09:22competition record shared with real madrid featured in every season since 2003 for remarkable
09:31foreign
09:50now pedry a bit of a deeper role for him than in monaco
09:56foreign
10:14around about an hour and a half up the road it's girona beautiful city
10:26senior studies himself which was your kundi in behind in towards the near post area
10:32it was attacked in there by ferentones couldn't get a header on goal now balder
10:40strong over there but the strength was matched by shawn montero
10:46she's come through to the swiss national side monterey played in the game against the spanish
10:56spain won that game by four goals to one
11:01he would have had every bar in barcelona watching that game on tv
11:07catalans through and through it's a nice build-up
11:10rapinha bar post barcelona lead after seven minutes the flag stays down
11:15lavendowski the goal scorer extraordinary poach is another and to be honest it's been coming
11:22since the word go
11:34inside the first eight minutes
11:38his eighth goal of this season in just 10 games now he's 95th in the champions league
11:46he hovers like a vulture
11:48and then he swoops
11:53and picks off his break raffini a lovely ball across
12:00waits for moments like that
12:04the man who's been top scorer eight times in europe's top five leagues
12:11a joint record he's been a terrific player in the era of
12:15of cristiano and messi and the newcomers coming through like kilian bate levandowski
12:22has been scoring goals for fun throughout that side throughout that time
12:35it's going to be very very hard for young boys to thrive in this group stage next up for them
12:41to thrive in this group stage next up for them is inter at home and they have a
12:45tricky one away at chateau they'll need to win that
12:48the gladiatorlanta stuttgart celtic and red star in the group as well
12:58moschino's deep this time looks for raffini on the burst
13:04put out here by hatch out
13:06so
13:29team cut apart for the goal well worked as well as well on that side
13:32head no these run superbly
13:391-0 to barcelona
13:48i just haven't been able to get going this season young boys
13:54title last campaign for the 17th time the sixth time in seven years
14:03the chip chesney he's been given freedom to sign for barcelona and the absence of test again he
14:13sort of retired didn't he just the other day
14:25so
14:42raffini back again they're just passing the ball around young boys at the moment here is
14:55so
15:01he reached 200 league games chesney at umentus and then decided he was retiring
15:17the last 27 league games
15:25so
15:32i have to be a veteran at 20
15:47let's look for the runner shoe kundi in there
15:55so
16:02lovely reverse cross by rafinha
16:06instinctively knew that lewandowski would be hovering there
16:16that really is the perfect start after their
16:19100 percent start to the league of season was ended in that defeat bar so soon on saturday
16:24when they're only seven for the first time since 2017-2018
16:36lewandowski's off to a goal scoring start rafinha there wearing 11 he's got uh he's got five this
16:43season and he went short of his total from last campaign he's too far for yamal
17:05london born in the young boy's goal
17:07now here's emery they missed him over the last couple of months and the shot well wide by montara
17:28confident enough to take the shot on poor technique as he dragged it
17:30away they've got a couple of goals in the home win against galatasaray 3-2 in the playoff
17:37four
18:04next game is against bayern munich here
18:07I see Flick getting some advice there by his coaching staff.
18:14Michael Sorg and Heiko Westerman have worked with him before.
18:18Tony Tapovic and Arnaud Blanc who just saw him there in the shot.
18:22His assistants.
18:28Here's Balbeck.
18:31Advancing cross all the way through to Yamal.
18:35Oh, now too easy to turn.
18:38Oh, brilliant drop of the shoulder by Yamal.
18:45Danced his way through.
18:52Spain's youngest player, Spain's youngest scorer.
18:55Tough side.
19:12He just makes it look so effortless.
19:17Tight control outside of the boot.
19:20Switches back to the other foot.
19:25Great passing accuracy from Barcelona in these opening 15 minutes.
19:41Kibarsi.
19:43He's debuted in this competition last season.
19:4517 years and 50 days.
19:50Youngest at the club.
19:56Padraig.
19:59Or rather, it was Martinez.
20:01Here's Padraig.
20:07He can't get a foot on the ball, young boys.
20:10A nice little dummy there.
20:12He's going to give Hadji.
20:16Can't get a foot on the ball, young boys are burnt.
20:20Daniel Mane, lovely little dummy there.
20:24It's going to give Hadjama a hard evening, you feel.
20:30There's a chance for Rafinha.
20:31Hit, Zoukrou.
20:36And a shot from distance.
20:38Flashes over from Shukunde.
20:40And they're having fun, Barcelona.
20:46When you come to this city, you are playing Mesca and club.
20:59It's the saying of Barcelona, more than a club.
21:04It's the embodiment of Catalonia.
21:06You're playing a nation every time you face Barcelona.
21:09It is that important to this region of Spain, this football club.
21:16And you have to be aware of that.
21:18You have to run and run and work and work and plug the gaps.
21:26It's a foul, I'm sure it was.
21:38Given against Marc Casado.
21:41He came through the academy side at 13.
21:51It's a mis-time, the jump.
21:58Sean Hadjama.
21:59You know he's Ebrahim Akoli, hasn't scored yet this season.
22:11Already in a real tussle to regain their domestic title.
22:17They have a big one away at Basel at the weekend.
22:24As soon as last game before the break is Alaves away.
22:31And they're heading for a 12th win in 14 games at the end of last season.
22:34The start of this, the way this is going.
22:36Rafinha making the run through the middle.
22:38Too sure whether Martínez trusts himself to get that ball in there.
22:43Here he is.
22:44Inigo Martínez.
22:47Pedri.
22:56He's very conservative.
22:58Showing them far too much respect, maybe.
23:02Good day.
23:03He's asking a lot there of Rafinha.
23:10He's persisted all summer that he'd be away.
23:12Maybe back to English football.
23:14The man signed from Leeds United in July 2022.
23:22His team restricted in the transfer market to just 57.5.
23:27This team restricted in the transfer market to just 57.5 million in business.
23:33Olmo came in, Paul Victor came in.
23:3513 players went out, reducing the wage bill, reducing the expenditure of this club.
23:41Which has had to do that.
23:53Pedri.
23:55Pass out wide was blocked by Lewandowski.
24:07Lots of time here for Cassado.
24:11Gets it back again.
24:12Cassado.
24:1590 minutes against Monaco in the defeat.
24:18Baldet.
24:19Baldet.
24:23He came off right at the end of that game.
24:27Now Kubasi.
24:32It's pass, move, keep possession and then all of a sudden they've given it away.
24:37And so too did Colley with his ball up to Itten.
24:49Itten.
25:06Barcelona lead it 1-0.
25:08Uncomfortable, it has been two.
25:11By Pedri.
25:13Clears away by Mohamed Kamara.
25:20Kubasi.
25:34He made his Spanish debut against Colombia in March.
25:37He became Spain's youngest ever defender.
25:40At 17 years, one month and 28 days.
25:44Using the provisional squad for the Euros.
25:46Didn't make it but he won gold at the Olympics.
25:59Kubasi has it back again.
26:00Catalan is his main language.
26:02He admits he struggles a little bit in Spanish.
26:06Comes from a place called Pescado, not far.
26:14Now, can young boys of Bern find some sort of rhythm?
26:22Approaching the midway mark in the first half and it's still only the one goal in it.
26:33Sucrut.
26:36The youngster himself is only 21.
26:3821.
26:43It's a decent ball out wide.
26:46You can get Lugunic on the ball more in midfield.
26:48They've got a chance to create.
26:49That's not the best of passes.
26:52Imeri.
26:58He was a decent midfielder in his day.
27:01Made a couple of spells at Basel.
27:02Was a young boy's for one season.
27:05And he went down through into the lower leagues.
27:09Coaching since 2000.
27:15Kubasi.
27:19Martinez.
27:23It's all Barcelona.
27:30They reach the quarterfinals or better every season between 2007 and 2020.
27:36But reaching the round of 16 last season for the first time in three campaigns.
27:41And they create here, Barcelona.
27:44Clear the way at the back by Luiz Blue.
27:48And he's got the ball.
27:50Cossio.
27:52And he's got the ball.
27:54And he's got the ball.
27:56Cossio.
27:59And he's got the ball.
28:01And he's got the ball.
28:03And he's got the ball.
28:04And they create here, Bas Lerner.
28:09Cleared away at the back by Louis Bleu.
28:11His first appearance since the end of August.
28:22Koundé.
28:24To the 17-year-old.
28:26Extravagant skill.
28:29For such a young man.
28:30Lovely ball out wide.
28:32Finds Balde.
28:34Cross was aimed at Yamal.
28:36A chance was taken there by Hadjian with the header back to his keeper.
28:41He knew what he was doing.
28:42Parisian-born Algerian international.
28:45He can blow a little bit hot and cold, Hadjian.
28:53Bas Lerner dominating the ball in the game, but it's still one-nil.
29:02Martinez.
29:05Good job, good job.
29:07Strength and depth at Spanish international level.
29:09Shown by the fact he hasn't played for them since November of 23.
29:14What can they do here now with Ferenc Torres?
29:18She knew the goalkeeper.
29:30Strange season, Torres.
29:32Only the one goal.
29:33He was sent off in the game away at Girona, local derby.
29:38Barca won four goals to one.
29:51Cassano and Pedri dovetail well.
29:54The heart of the Barcelona midfield.
29:57One goes, the other one stays.
29:58Here's Pedri this time.
29:59Staying deep.
30:02Lewandowski.
30:09And Balder.
30:11Lewandowski.
30:12I think he's given a free kick.
30:13And Lewandowski might let him know how he feels about that.
30:21He did get the shot away, but there was no real meaning in it
30:23because he'd heard the whistle had blown.
30:32Come on, come on, come on.
30:35Come on, come on, come on.
30:38Come on, come on, come on.
30:42Come on, come on, come on.
30:44And there was foul ball at Greenwich.
30:56A second goal here might already put the game beyond young boys,
31:28That's a delicious delivery.
31:30Koubasi was over there.
31:36Lovely whip delivery in.
31:46Corner ball for Barcelona.
31:54Started well.
31:59A second goal would not flatter them.
32:04Good courses in there.
32:06Rufinia with it, again low and flat and whipped in.
32:09Nearly came through there to Fernand Torres.
32:15He thought Rufinia had strayed offside,
32:17but in the end he's bundled over.
32:22He literally sucked Montero towards him.
32:25Look at this, foot drag back,
32:27sucking the young boys of Bern player towards him
32:30and then he bundled him over.
32:48Rufinia and Pedri again conspire.
32:55Lewandowski was just shouting across them
32:57about the importance of the second ball here.
33:04Rufinia with it, headed away by Eton.
33:14An alloy back to Iñaki Peña.
33:26Pedri.
33:31Major player for club and country.
33:33Played in the last three majors for Spain.
33:38Two years in the summer.
33:43Here's Ebre McAuley now for young boys.
33:46Approaching the half hour.
33:49Ugrinic.
33:52Montero, Ugrinic has made a good run in there.
33:56Bloom with the support, it's a dangerous cross looking in for Eton
33:59and it's wide and it should have been buried by Colley.
34:03They have plenty of time to measure the finish.
34:06It's a bad miss.
34:11Eton made a nuisance of himself in the middle.
34:15And Colley had plenty of time.
34:17Koundé stood off him.
34:20Wayward finish, big chance.
34:24Hasn't scored since February.
34:31Lewandowski stretched to get to the ball, couldn't.
34:35Wired by Casado.
34:39Barcelona win as it is.
34:42Barcelona winners in 92-06, 2009-2011.
34:47Their last success against Juve in 2015.
34:51Runners-up on three different occasions.
34:5324 European finals and yet they'll miss out
34:57on the 2025 inaugural World Club Championship in America.
35:04Real and Atletico are going for Spain.
35:08It's a big game.
35:12You can imagine the consternation in the capital of Catalonia.
35:37Martinez.
35:39Koubasi.
35:46Koundé.
35:48Cross was aimed in at Rafinha.
35:58Humid night, muggy night.
36:00Maybe building up to one of the terrific thunderstorms
36:04they have in this region of Spain.
36:08Three or four weeks ago I was over here,
36:12about an hour north of here.
36:14It was a real storm.
36:30Carnival for Barcelona.
36:38Vidalia, come on, Vidalia.
36:48Young boys with virtually everyone back inside their own penalty area.
36:51Colley has been left out.
36:53Federi with the cross, Keller shows the punch.
36:57They're digging in there, young boys.
36:59Here's Rafinha, again finding space.
37:01They've got to get a hold of him.
37:03Koundé left it.
37:04Pedre.
37:05It's a big block.
37:06Rafinha rattles in the rebound.
37:12Barcelona's dominance shows.
37:17The rebound.
37:18It's a big block.
37:19It's a big block.
37:20It's a big block.
37:21It's a big block.
37:22It's a big block.
37:23It's a big block.
37:25A really chunky block to stop the first shot from Pedre.
37:31But Rafinha on hand.
37:40Six goals for him this season.
37:43Lewandowski has eight.
37:45Short corner kick.
37:48Pedre arrives late in there,
37:50found space, switched to his left foot.
37:54It's a block to lay him down and almost out.
38:02Put his head to it.
38:06And Rafinha lashed it home.
38:122-0 Barcelona.
38:25Good to see them back
38:27playing some of their best football again this season.
38:31With all the financial doubts about the club
38:35in the last two or three years.
38:55Lewandowski to Rafinha.
39:00All the action within 30 yards of the young boys.
39:04Yamal.
39:05Little drag back up through the gears.
39:08They literally have to grapple him to the deck.
39:11It's going to be a yellow card for Colleen.
39:13Colleen Hadjian simply can't hold on to it.
39:24What a marvellous young player.
39:26Low centre of gravity.
39:30Bundled off balance by Colleen.
39:40Just seems to float on the ball.
39:4617-year-old.
39:49Broken all sorts of age records for club and country.
39:5535 minutes, 36 minutes gone.
39:58And Barcelona have been purring.
40:04Turkey to swing this away perhaps.
40:06Rafinha might try and bend it around the wall
40:10and flash it in towards that near-post area.
40:14Grinich, I think it is.
40:16And Yamal.
40:20You can see the face of Philippe Grinich.
40:27So a curl away, then inviting a run and a header.
40:29And it's straight.
40:30And it's in.
40:31Oh, it's in.
40:32It's in.
40:33It's in.
40:34It's in.
40:35It's in.
40:36It's in.
40:37It's in.
40:38It's in.
40:39It's in.
40:40It's in.
40:41It's in.
40:42And it's in.
40:43Oh, so very easy for Barcelona.
40:46Up from the back.
40:47Diego Martinez makes it three.
40:52And they have destroyed young boys,
40:54as Aston Villa did in the last game.
41:00Two goals in three minutes.
41:13They cannot handle them.
41:19Came in simply too strong for Hadjam,
41:21who called under the ball.
41:25Wasn't strong enough, didn't leap high enough.
41:28Wasn't watchful enough.
41:31Don't take it away from the header.
41:34Barcelona, three young boys have burned them.
41:37They are a class apart.
41:43His first goal in European football.
41:48Missed too much football last season with an injury 15 games.
41:52Was left out at the weekend to keep him fresh for this.
41:59And it's his first for Barcelona as well.
42:05Yamao.
42:06Drag back, spins, dummies.
42:12Feints.
42:16Hadjam will do well to keep his temper.
42:21Coming together there, nothing in it I don't think.
42:24Rafinha.
42:28And now Baldeck.
42:39Cassero.
42:43Rafinha.
42:45Pass, move.
42:47Torres tried to find Lewandowski,
42:48they really are turning it on.
42:50Rafinha sparkled Lewandowski.
42:52Torres!
42:54The goalkeeper sprawled and saved,
42:55otherwise it would have been four.
42:57And it was a beautiful Barcelona move.
43:03This is magical stuff.
43:13The Olympic Stadium is buoyant.
43:19High up on this hill.
43:21You leave the stadium, you look down.
43:25Palaces and wide.
43:29Steps down to the...
43:33Plaza Espanyol.
43:35Or Plaza Catalunya, I think it is.
43:38The old ballroom.
43:39And it's a little bit of a coming together again.
43:42This time it's Ugrenich who tried to stop Yamao.
43:58Felt he had to get physical contact on him
44:00because Colley couldn't.
44:01He's already on a yellow card.
44:04The young boy's got to get physical contact on him.
44:06He's already on a yellow card.
44:08The young boy's number 11.
44:10Can they get another fair on Torres?
44:35Thought he had one.
44:41Rafinha.
44:42Yamao.
44:48They've had ten efforts already.
44:52Straight to the goalkeeper.
45:11Pedri.
45:12Allowed to cruise.
45:14And bring in Lewandowski.
45:15Beautiful ball.
45:16Can he finish?
45:17Was he dumped over?
45:18Or was it good defending by Kamara?
45:20I think it was the latter.
45:23And they could have been five up already.
45:29He'd be disappointed with himself there.
45:34There was an arm on his shoulder.
45:36And then that's...
45:37There was an arm on his shoulder.
45:39And then that's...
45:40Decent defending in the end.
45:42But was there contact there?
45:44Certainly a little bit there but not enough.
45:46Then he gets a foot into it.
45:54It's being checked.
45:56And has been.
46:08You'd have to be of an age to remember
46:11young boys of Bern's finest night in Champions Cup football.
46:16Reached the semi-final in 1958-59.
46:18Rats beat them 3-1 on aggregate.
46:23They have experience.
46:24This is their 63rd game in the competition.
46:26275th in Europe.
46:29Can't compare to Barcelona, of course.
46:32They've had over 600.
46:38They've had over 600.
46:52Conceded three goals three times in last season's group stage.
46:56Twice against Manchester City, once against Leipzig.
47:00And already they've conceded three
47:02twice in this season's.
47:08Come on!
47:22Not missed a game this season.
47:24Koundé hasn't missed a minute since the 13th of April.
47:33Zoukrou.
47:38Come on, come on!
47:46He's given a hard time by the German media
47:48after the failure in Qatar.
47:56Been assisted beforehand.
47:57Don't forget, Tjokin, look.
48:08Offside here.
48:30Barcelona well on top.
48:32They've got Yamane.
48:33That's a beautiful take.
48:34And then their second touch was too heavy.
48:36Showed too much of it to Keller,
48:38who came and sprawled and saved.
48:51Just caught the goalkeeper with his follow-through.
48:56Beautiful first touch.
48:59And it slipped away from him a little bit.
49:06And we're into two minutes of stoppage time.
49:33Well won in the air.
49:36This fantastic young defender, Pau Cubas.
49:43Watch the ball.
49:44He uses it intelligently.
49:4717, and this is his 34th game for the club already.
49:55They've been allowed to play a course.
49:56Young boys have stood off the...
50:00...mesmerised, I think.
50:01It's been a brilliant Barcelona first half.
50:03Here's Rapinha.
50:05Run by Koundé.
50:10Nominally the right-back,
50:11playing as a right-winger.
50:12Baldin, nominally the left-back,
50:13playing as a right-winger.
50:14And then so much rotation.
50:16Rapinha, Yamane.
50:18Only Torres has held his position on the left.
50:20Yamane on the right.
50:21Here's Rapinha in there again.
50:23A cross kick, Kemar Atablock.
50:28He's had a wonderful first half.
50:31How about that?
50:32How about that?
50:36Go on, go on, go on.
50:42Go on, go on, go on.
50:43Get up, get up.
50:44That's good.
50:47Come on, boys.
50:48Hey, hey.
50:49Hey.
50:53Yamane.
50:54Again, dropped his shoulder, went the other way.
50:56Back heel, brilliant.
50:57Rapinha's cross, away by Hitton.
50:59Centre forward, back defending.
51:02And the first half comes to an end with Barcelona...
51:05leading uncomfortably so.
51:06Lewandowski after nine minutes,
51:08Rapinha following up the score after 34,
51:10and then just three minutes later,
51:11Martinez with a powerful header.
51:13Yamane has sparkled absolutely brilliantly.
51:16It's been a super show for Barcelona.
51:18Young boys put to the sword so far.
51:20Barcelona 3, young boys have burned now.