UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, March 5, 2025
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1st Leg · Estádio da Luz · 62,437 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Raphinha gives 10-man Barcelona 1st-leg win at Benfica

Raphinha struck a second-half winner to give Barcelona a lion-hearted 1-0 victory at Benfica on Wednesday as they overcame a red card for Pau Cubarsi early in the game to steal an advantage in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
4
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
13
8
Saves
4
48
Possession
52
10
SHOTS
26
5
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
356
Accurate Passes
361
430
Passes
438
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
11
12
Crosses
32
0.3
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
45
19
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
11
10
Effective Tackles
12
15
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
6
42
Effective Clearances
16
42
Clearances
16

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. 8Fredrik AursnesCM
  7. 10Orkun KökçüLM
  8. 18Leandro BarreiroRM
  9. 14Vangelis PavlidisF
  10. 21Andreas SchjelderupLF
  11. 17Kerem AktürkogluRF

BAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 5Iñigo MartínezCD-L
  3. 2Pau CubarsíCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro BaldeLB
  5. 23Jules KoundéRB
  6. 20Dani OlmoAM
  7. 8PedriLM
  8. 21Frenkie de JongRM
  9. 9Robert LewandowskiF
  10. 11RaphinhaAM-L
  11. 19Lamine YamalAM-R

Timeline

  1. 22' Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona) is shown the red card.
  2. 28' Substitution, Barcelona. Ronald Araujo replaces Dani Olmo.
  3. 45' Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+2' Iñigo Martínez (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45'+5' António Silva (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 56' Substitution, Barcelona. Ferran Torres replaces Lamine Yamal.
  7. 57' Substitution, Benfica. Samuel Dahl replaces Tomás Araújo.
  8. 61' Goal! Benfica 0, Barcelona 1. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  9. 70' Substitution, Benfica. Andrea Belotti replaces Leandro Barreiro.
  10. 70' Substitution, Benfica. João Rêgo replaces Andreas Schjelderup.
  11. 73' Álvaro Carreras (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 78' Substitution, Barcelona. Gerard Martín replaces Robert Lewandowski.
  13. 79' Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Casadó replaces Frenkie de Jong.
  14. 84' Substitution, Benfica. Arthur Cabral replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
  15. 84' Substitution, Benfica. Renato Sanches replaces Orkun Kökçü.
  16. 90'+1' João Rêgo (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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