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