Barcelona will finish matchday three in 10th place in the new league phase of the UEFA Champions League thanks to a brilliant 4-1 win against Bayern Munich Montjuïc Olympic Stadium on Wednesday evening. A resilient Barça side endured some difficult periods after taking an early lead, but an inspired Raphinha scored a sensational hat-trick to take the lead Blaugrana to a memorable European victory in front of their home crowd.

FIRST HALF

Barça got off to an absolute dream start, scoring after just 59 seconds when a pass from Fermín López left Raphinha all alone with all the time in the world to run into the box, get around Manuel Neuer and the net to score to equalize team ahead.

The early goal completely changed the game and forced Bayern to attack immediately, but the visitors showed they were up to the challenge and completely dominated the following 20 minutes, with the clear game plan to isolate Alejandro Balde against Michael Olise and Thomas Müller use the left side of the Barça defense and create offense from there, and that's exactly what Vincent Kompany's men did.

Bayern were in full control and had one dangerous moment after another as Harry Kane headed the equalizer in the 10th minute, but it was disallowed due to a very close call for offside. However, Kane didn't have to wait long to get on the scoresheet, firing a beautiful volley into the net from Serge Gnabry's cross, equalizing eight minutes later.

It seemed like Bayern were on their way to completing the comeback and taking the lead, but Barça responded well to Kane's goal, taking control of possession and allowing themselves to breathe and regroup. There were still a few scares when Bayern had the ball, but for the most part Blaugrana Was the team on top at the end of the half?

And Barça's superiority was amply rewarded in the final ten minutes of the period: a pass from Lamine Yamal found Fermín on the edge of the penalty area and the young midfielder showed his usual fighting spirit to fend off Kim Min Jae and get to the goal, getting the ball in front of Neuer and directing it to Robert Lewandowski, who scored a simple pass against his former club and put Barça back in the lead.

Just before half-time the third goal came, thanks to an incredibly long ball from Marc Casadó that released Raphinha, who took on Raphaël Guerreiro, cut inside with his right foot and found the bottom corner to double and send Barça's lead Montjuïc in a frenzy.

The half-time whistle ended an astonishing half of play full of wild, non-stop action, with Barça holding a two-goal lead thanks to their resilience in defense and brutal efficiency in front of goal. But Bayern were far from finished and the second half promised to be as much fun for the neutrals as it was for the fans of both teams.

SECOND HALF

At the start of the final period, Hansi Flick made a significant adjustment to his tactics: Barça had a clear intention to control the game and not concede an early goal, and defended deeper with very little high pressing and more help for Balde to stop the game The left-back has to defend Olise and Müller alone.

The strategy worked, as the Catalans never got into much trouble even though Bayern had more possession, and the icing on the cake was the fourth goal an hour ago: a deadly counterattack from a Bayern free kick began with a fantastic pass from Yamal over the top ended with a brilliant finish from Raphinha, who fired a rocket into the bottom corner to complete his hat-trick and triple Barça's lead.

Kompany made a quadruple substitution after the goal, switching almost his entire midfield group to better serve Kane and engineer an unlikely comeback. Flick responded by bringing in Frenkie de Jong as the Dutchman came on for Fermín and the home team were clearly set to stop Bayern and try to score more goals.

Flick made his second substitution with 15 minutes left as Raphinha got the chance to receive a huge ovation from the home crowd and Dani Olmo returned from injury. Barça's coach used the rest of his substitutions to give Gavi, Ansu Fati and Pau Víctor the chance to play the final five minutes plus stoppage time, and the crowd gave Yamal, Lewandowski and Pedri another great ovation as they left.

Barça ran out the clock without any problems and the final whistle ended a memorable evening in the Catalan capital Blaugrana Finally conquer Bayern with a strong, resilient team performance and a sensational hat-trick from Raphinha leading the way.

The crowd was also incredible from start to finish and Barça proved without a doubt that they mean business. El Classic is coming next and I can't wait. Well done guys!!!

Barcelona: Pena; Kounde, Cubarsí, Iñigo, Balde; Fermín (De Jong 61'), Casadó, Pedri (Gavi 85'); Yamal (Fati 85'), Lewandowski (Vìctor 85'), Raphinha (Olmo 76')

Goals: Raphinha (1', 45', 56'), Lewandowski (36')

Bavaria: Newer; Guerreiro (Laimer 86'), Upamecano, Kim, Davies; Palhinha (Goretzka 60'), Kimmich; Olise (Sané 60'), Müller (Musiala 60'), Gnabry (Coman 60'); Kane

Goal: Kane (18')