FC Barcelona returned to the winning track after achieving an important victory against Slavia Praha at the Eden Arena, Prague, Thursday WIB, in the seventh match of the 2025/2026 Champions League.
Barca in this match, as reported by Antara, had difficulty in the first half, but eventually came out as the winner with a score of 4-2 after performing better in the second half.
The home team surprised Barca in the 10th minute when Vasil Kusej greeted Tomas Holes' header from a corner kick. Kusej's slow shot was unable to be blocked by Barca goalkeeper Joan Garcia. Slavia Praha leads 1-0.
The visiting team needed almost half an hour to equalize. From a combination of foot-to-foot passes, Fermin Lopez managed to tie the score 1-1 in the 34th minute after taking advantage of Frenkie de Jong's breakthrough pass.
Comeback after being behind early
Eight minutes later, the young Spanish star scored a double from a long-range shot when he received a pass from Pedri. Fermin's hard and measured shot tore the Slavia Praha goal net for the second time. Barca turned 2-1 ahead.
At the time of closing the first half with a lead, Barca even conceded. Starting from the same situation as the first goal of Slavia Praha, namely a corner kick, Robert Lewandowski misfired the ball. He who intended to throw the ball instead scored a goal into his own net in the 43rd minute. The score changed to 2-2 and closed the first half.
Hansi Flick brought on Marcus Rashford and Dani Olmo to replace Roony Bardghji and Pedri in the 61st minute. Flick's substitution proved to be a masterstroke after Olmo scored, two minutes after he came on.
Barca played more freely. Not wanting the events of the first half to be repeated, they continued to press Slavia Praha's defense for victory.
After Olmo scored, this time it was another substitute who showed off. Rashford gave a cute pass to Lewandowski in the 70th minute and was mercilessly finished by the Polish striker to score.
The score became 4-2 and until the end of the match it remained. This victory put El Barca in ninth place with 13 points to revive the hope of automatically qualifying for the 16th round.
On the other hand, Slavia Praha's pace in the Champions League has stalled after not moving from 34th place with three points. Their points tally is no longer able to enter the play-off zone to the 16th round after being five points behind with one match remaining.
Barca will host Copenhagen, while Slavia Praha will face Pafos in the last match of the league round in the Champions League which will be held simultaneously next week, Thursday (29/1) at 03.00 WIB.
Here are the results of the seventh match of the 2025/2026 Champions League:
Kairat 1-4 Club Brugge
Bodo/Glimt 3-1 Man City
Villarreal 1-2 Ajax Amsterdam
Copenhagen 1-1 Napoli
Olympiacos 2-0 Leverkusen
Tottenham 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
Sporting 2-1 Paris Saint-Germain
Inter 1-3 Arsenal
Real Madrid 6-1 AS Monaco
Qarabag 3-2 Frankfurt
Galatasaray 1-1 Atletico Madrid
Slavia Praha 2-4 Barcelona
Marseille 0-3 Liverpool
Chelsea 1-0 Pafos
Bayern Munich 2-0 USG
Juventus 2-0 Benfica
Newcastle 3-0 PSV Eindhoven
Atalanta 2-3 Athletic Club Bilbao
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