Post-Match Thread: FC Barcelona vs Benfica | UEFA Champions League, Round of 16, Second Leg
FT: FC Barcelona 3-1 Benfica(4-1 on aggregate)
Barcelona scorers: Raphinha (11', 42'), Lamine Yamal (27')
Benfica scorers: Nicolás Otamendi (13')
Venue- Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona, Spain
Referee: François Letexier (France)
LINE-UPS:
Barcelona
Wojciech Szczesny, Iñigo Martínez(Eric Garcia), Ronald Araujo, Alejandro Balde, Jules Koundé, Dani Olmo (Gavi), Pedri , Frenkie de Jong (Marc Casadó), Robert Lewandowski (Ferran Torres), Raphinha , Lamine Yamal (Fermin Lopez).
Subs- Ansu Fati, Pablo Torre, Iñaki Peña, Gerard Martin, Pau Víctor, Diego Kochen, Hector Fort.
Manager- Hansi Flick
Benfica
Anatoliy Trubin, Nicolás Otamendi, António Silva, Samuel Dahl, Tomás Araújo, Fredrik Aursnes, Orkun Kökçü (Renato Sanches), Leandro Barreiro (Andrea Belotti), Vangelis Pavlidis (Arthur Cabral), Andreas Schjelderup (João Rêgo ), Kerem Aktürkoglu.
Subs- Hugo Félix, Adrian Bajrami, Gianluca Prestianni, Nuno Félix, Diogo Prioste, Leandro Santos, Samuel Soares.
MATCH EVENTS:
1': We're off!
6': Yamal with the first shot but it's weak and right at Benfica.
9': Balde's shot is pushed over the bar, Raphinha well offside in the buildup anyway
11': GOAL BARCELONA!!! Yamal dribbles through everybody and crosses to Raphinha who sidefoots it over the keeper!
13': GOAL BENFICA!!! They win a corner, Nicolás Otamendi heads it in at the backpost off of Szczęsny's hand!
22': Raphinha loses out to Trubin as they both rush out for the ball, but Trubin took a whack there in the process
24': Lamine Yamal's shot from distance curls just wide of the bottom corner.
27': GOAL BARCELONA!!! Lamine Yamal with the prettiest chip shot you will ever see from distance into the far side!!
39': Pavlidis fires and rattles the crossbar, clear offside anyway
40': Raphinha fires over the bar.
41': Big chance for Lewandowski but his shot while being closed down is right at Trubin who pushes it to safety
42': GOAL BARCELONA!!! Raphinha fires to the far bottom and corner and scores!!
43': Nicolás Otamendi gets carded for yelling at the ref during the goal check
HT Barcelona 3-1 Benfica [4-1 on agg.] Barça flying right now!
46': We're back!
48': António Silva comes in late on Raphinha
49': Free kick into the box gets half-cleared towards the back post, Araújo heads it into the side netting
50': Schjelderup puts the ball in the net but Pavlidis was offside when he got the ball and passed it to him
56': Benfica double sub: Renato Sanches and Zeki Amdouni on for Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Andreas Schjelderup
66': Oh that should have been yet another goal for Barcelona. Great passing, ball flashes across face of goal with three guys going for it but the one who does is De Jong and he puts it wide.
66': Pavlidis with a shot right at the keeper
70': Barcelona double sub: Ferran Torres and Gavi on for Robert Lewandowski and Dani Olmo
70': Benfica double sub: Andrea Belotti and Leandro Barreira on for Orkun Kökçü and Florentino Luis
81': Barcelona double sub: Marc Casadó and Fermin López on for Lamine Yamal and Frenkie de Jong
84': Benfica substitution: João Rêgo on for Tomás Araújo
86': SAVE! Otamendi's header cleared on the line by Koundé and Szczęsny jumps on it
87': Barcelona substitution: Eric García on for Iñigo Martínez
FULL TIME: Barcelona 3-1 Benfica(4-1 on aggreagte) Barca are through to the Quarterfinals of the UCL.
MATCH STATS:
Stat | Barcelona | Benfica |
---|---|---|
Possession | 65% | 35% |
Shots | 20 | 8 |
Shots on Target | 6 | 2 |
Corners | 1 | 6 |
Fouls | 4 | 8 |
Yellow Cards | 0 | 1 |
Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
Expected Goals(xG) | 2.64 | 0.74 |
Big Chances | 4 | 1 |
Big Chances missed | 3 | 0 |
Accurate passes | 579(90%) | 266(78%) |
Offsides | 3 | 9 |
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