UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Barcelona WWWWD 5
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Benfica WLLWW 4
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BAR145
SLB314
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Match Report

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Raphinha strike earns Barca win at Benfica and top-8 spot

Raphinha scored deep into stoppage time to hand Barcelona a dramatic 5-4 comeback win at Benfica and a place in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday after a hat-trick from Vangelis Pavlidis gave the hosts a two-goal halftime lead.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
9
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
5
6
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
6
74.4
Possession
25.6
22
SHOTS
10
11
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.5
2
Penalty Goals
1
2
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
658
Accurate Passes
177
731
Passes
250
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
3
21
Crosses
9
0.2
Cross %
0.3
29
Long Balls
54
17
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
16
13
Tackles
26
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
13
19
Effective Clearances
33
19
Clearances
33

Head to Head

BAR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SLB · 4-3-3

  1. 1Anatoliy TrubinG
  2. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 4António SilvaCD-R
  4. 3Álvaro CarrerasLB
  5. 44Tomás AraújoRB
  6. 61FlorentinoCM
  7. 10Orkun KökçüLM
  8. 8Fredrik AursnesRM
  9. 14Vangelis PavlidisF
  10. 21Andreas SchjelderupLF
  11. 17Kerem AktürkogluRF

BAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 2Pau CubarsíCD-L
  3. 4Ronald AraujoCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro BaldeLB
  5. 23Jules KoundéRB
  6. 6GaviAM
  7. 8PedriLM
  8. 17Marc CasadóRM
  9. 9Robert LewandowskiF
  10. 11RaphinhaAM-L
  11. 19Lamine YamalAM-R

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Benfica 1, Barcelona 0. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Álvaro Carreras with a cross.
  2. 13' Goal! Benfica 1, Barcelona 1. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 22' Goal! Benfica 2, Barcelona 1. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  4. 30' Goal! Benfica 3, Barcelona 1. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  5. 36' Gavi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Substitution, Benfica. Leandro Barreiro replaces Fredrik Aursnes.
  7. 61' Substitution, Barcelona. Frenkie de Jong replaces Marc Casadó.
  8. 62' Substitution, Barcelona. Fermín López replaces Gavi.
  9. 64' Goal! Benfica 3, Barcelona 2. Raphinha (Barcelona) header from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  10. 66' Jules Koundé (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 68' Own Goal by Ronald Araujo, Barcelona. Benfica 4, Barcelona 2.
  12. 71' Substitution, Benfica. Alexander Bah replaces Kerem Aktürkoglu.
  13. 71' Substitution, Benfica. Ángel Di María replaces Andreas Schjelderup.
  14. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Eric García replaces Jules Koundé.
  15. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Ferran Torres replaces Alejandro Balde.
  16. 76' Álvaro Carreras (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 78' Goal! Benfica 4, Barcelona 3. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  18. 80' Substitution, Benfica. Benjamín Rollheiser replaces Orkun Kökçü.
  19. 80' Substitution, Benfica. Zeki Amdouni replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
  20. 86' Goal! Benfica 4, Barcelona 4. Eric García (Barcelona) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedri with a cross following a corner.
  21. 90'+2' Substitution, Barcelona. Gerard Martín replaces Lamine Yamal.
  22. 90'+4' Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  23. 90'+6' Goal! Benfica 4, Barcelona 5. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ferran Torres following a fast break.
  24. 90'+8' Arthur Cabral (Benfica) is shown the red card.
  25. 90'+8' Fermín López (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.

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