Champions League 2025-26: Barcelona held on to a thrilling 3-3 draw against Club Brugge

Barcelona fought back three times to earn a 3-3 draw against Club Brugge in the Champions League on Wednesday, before equalizing for the final time late in the match with an own goal from 20-year-old Belgian defender Joaquin Seys.

Barcelona are now 11th in the standings with seven points from four games, while Club Brugge are 22nd with four points, with both teams still in the hunt for qualification.

In a thriller at the Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges, the home side opened the scoring through Nicolo Tresoldi in the sixth minute, after a quick counter from Carlos Forbs exposed the vulnerability of Barcelona’s high defense.

The jet-heeled 21-year-old Portuguese forward controlled a long ball in his stride to beat the offside trap through the right channel before bursting into the penalty area and crossing low for Tresoldi to score with a neat finish past the goalkeeper.

Barcelona struck right-back two minutes later with Ferran Torres from close range, but Brugge regained the lead in the 17th minute when Forbs scored after another quick counter.

In an end-to-end encounter with both sides creating several chances, Jules Kounde hit the crossbar in the 27th minute as Barcelona tried to find an equalizer, while Ferran Torres missed from close range just before half-time.

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Barcelona keeper Wojciech Szczesny made a stunning save early in the second half when Seys entered the penalty area on a counter-attack and struck a shot from close range that the experienced Polish keeper brilliantly blocked.

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Barca defender Eric Garcia almost scored in the 59th minute with a thunderous strike from long range that exploded off the crossbar, but it was teenager Lamine Yamal who scored a brilliant individual goal a minute later to level the match again. However, it took Club Brugge just two minutes to take the lead again, with Forbs scoring from another counter-attack and beating Barcelona’s lofty defense for the umpteenth time before firing a neat finish around Szczesny into the net.

Barcelona found the equalizer in the 77th minute when Yamal brought a cross into the penalty area and defender Seys headed the ball into his own net as he tried to clear.

There was more drama when Brugge thought they had scored the winner in extra time through Romeo Vermant, thanks to what appeared to be a huge blunder from Szczesny. But the VAR video review ruled out the goal as the striker fouled the goalkeeper in his attempt to recover the ball, allowing Barca to salvage a point.

“They created a lot of danger on the counter-attack and we should have done much better everywhere,” said a visibly frustrated Ferran Torres. MovistarPlus.

«It looked like with two passes they were already in our penalty area. We have to find ways to improve. The team responded well; we had a lot of chances. But when you are behind… It’s difficult,» he added.

Published on November 6, 2025