The Blue Garnets made a comeback and won in an extremely spectacular match.
Barcelona beat Benfica away in a match seventh round of the main stage of the Champions League 2024/25 season. The high-scoring meeting at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon ended with a score of 4:5.
The hosts dominated the first half. Greek striker Evangelos Pavlidis scored a hat-trick for the “eagles”, scoring twice from open play and also converting a penalty. The Catalans responded only with a goal from Robert Lewandowski from the 11-meter mark.
In the 64th minute, Barcelona reduced the deficit. Ukrainian goalkeeper of the Lisbon team Anatoliy Trubin made a funny mistake, kicking the ball away from his own goal – it hit Rafinha’s head, after which it flew into the net.
However, four minutes later, Benfica regained its two-goal advantage – Ronald Araujo scored an own goal. The score became 4:2 in favor of the Portuguese team.
However, the “eagles” were unable to hold on to the victory. The “blue garnets” managed to make a bright comeback. In the 78th minute, Lewandowski converted the penalty. Then, in the 86th minute, Eric Garcia restored parity in the game.
And the victory in this crazy match for the wards of Hansi Flick was brought by a goal from Rafinha in the 90+6th minute.
Review of the match “Benfica” – “Barcelona”
After this match, “Benfica” with 10 points is in 18th place in the overall standings of the main round of the Champions League. Barcelona are in second place with 18 points.
In the final round of the Champions League, the Eagles will play away to Juventus, while the Blaugranas will host Atalanta. The matches will take place on January 29.
The eight best teams from the main stage of the Champions League will reach the 1/8 finals. The clubs that take places from 9th to 24th in the overall standings will play paired play-off matches for a place in the 1/8 finals. The rest will finish their performance in European competitions.
