{"id":436462,"date":"2026-01-29T07:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/436462\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T07:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:48:11","slug":"marcus-rashford-free-kick-helps-barcelona-secure-spot-in-champions-league-last-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/436462\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Rashford free kick helps Barcelona secure spot in Champions League last 16"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marcus Rashford came off the bench and got on the scoresheet as Barcelona beat Copenhagen at home to secure a spot in the Round of 16 of the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona ended the league phase of the 2025\/26 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/champions-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Champions League<\/a> with a convincing 4-1 win over Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/marcus-rashford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marcus Rashford<\/a> all scored the goals as the Spanish giants ran riot.<\/p>\n<p> Now Ruben Amorim has been fired, do you want Marcus Rashford to have another chance at Man Utd? <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2187354385-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim giving instructions to Marcus Rashford.\" class=\"wp-image-250822\" \/>Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/every-manchester-united-loanee-for-the-2025-26-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United loanee<\/a> scored a sumptuous free-kick to mark his fifth goal in the competition this season. It took Rashford just 10 minutes to find the back of the net after coming on as a substitute.<\/p>\n<p>However, Barcelona had to come from behind after Viktor Dadason\u2019s opener in the fourth minute. Copenhagen had a second goal ruled out late on for offside.<\/p>\n<p>The win meant Barcelona avoided the play-offs by gaining automatic qualification for the last 16.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2258741816-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Marcus Rashford celebrates with Marc Casado\" class=\"wp-image-326571\" \/>Photo by Manuel Queimadelos\/Quality Sport Images\/Getty ImagesMarcus Rashford among Barcelona\u2019s top scorers in the Champions League<\/p>\n<p>Rashford is one of two Barcelona players with five goals to his name in the Champions League this season.<\/p>\n<p>Fermin Lopez, who didn\u2019t score against Copenhagen, had scored five goals ahead of Barcelona\u2019s latest victory.<\/p>\n<p>Yamal has three, while Ferran Torres and Lewandowski have two each.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a tally Rashford will be hoping to add to between now and the end of the season. That would bolster his chances of earning a permanent move to Camp Nou in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best United content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marcus Rashford came off the bench and got on the scoresheet as Barcelona beat Copenhagen at home to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[10535,16340,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-436462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-champions-league","9":"tag-marcus-rashford","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}