{"id":16103,"date":"2025-09-19T01:56:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=638932"},"modified":"2025-09-19T02:05:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:35:59","slug":"watch-marcus-rashford-scores-his-first-official-goal-for-barcelona-against-newcastle-united-in-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/watch-marcus-rashford-scores-his-first-official-goal-for-barcelona-against-newcastle-united-in-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Marcus Rashford scores his first official goal for Barcelona against Newcastle United in Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"380\">Marcus Rashford opened his scoring account for Barcelona in style during their UEFA Champions League clash against Newcastle United on September 18, 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"716\">The breakthrough came in the 59th minute when Jules Kounde delivered a superb cross from the left. Rashford, finding himself unmarked in the box, rose high and guided his header past the Newcastle goalkeeper from near the penalty spot. The English forward showed both composure and precision, making the most of the defensive lapse.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"718\" data-end=\"886\">Rashford\u2019s goal not only put Barcelona ahead 1-0 at St James\u2019 Park but also marked a significant milestone \u2014 his first official goal since joining the Spanish giants.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"cy\" dir=\"ltr\">MARCUS RASHFORD GOLAZOOOOOO <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xfwcs1cAu1\">pic.twitter.com\/xfwcs1cAu1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ethan. (@frdrjpi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frdrjpi\/status\/1968771801904799812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"699\" data-end=\"1082\">Just nine minutes later, Rashford struck again \u2014 this time in sensational fashion. Picking the ball up outside the penalty area, he shifted it onto his right foot and unleashed a thunderous shot from just outside the \u2018D\u2019. Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope had absolutely no chance as the ball rocketed into the net. The goal doubled Barcelona\u2019s lead, making it 2-0 by the 68th minute.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the Marcus Rashford we all know and love <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kXgcKDVWEP\">pic.twitter.com\/kXgcKDVWEP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sammie (@SammieUtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SammieUtd\/status\/1968774364268036383?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1084\" data-end=\"1317\">Rashford\u2019s brace not only underlines his quality but also signals a new era for Barcelona, who invested heavily in him during the summer. His clinical finishing and confidence are already paying dividends on Europe\u2019s biggest stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcus Rashford opened his scoring account for Barcelona in style during their UEFA Champions League clash against Newcastle United on\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":37074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1139],"class_list":["post-16103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-marcus-rashford"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}