Goals

Barcelona: Raphinha (11’, 42’), Lamine Yamal (27’)

Benfica: Nicolás Otamendi (13’)

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Kickoff: 17:45+UTC

Venue: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys - Barcelona Spain

Head referee: Francois Letexier

Barcelona form [old → recent]: ✅️✅️➖️✅️✅️

Benfica form [old → recent]: ➖️✅️✅️❌️✅️

Head to head [recent → old]: (BAR-BEN): 1-0, 5-4, 0-0, 0-3, 0-0

Lineups

Barcelona 4-2-3-1:

Wojciech Szczesny(25) - Iñigo Martínez(5) ⇆ Eric García(24) - Ronald Araújo(4) - Alejandro Balde(3) - Jules Koundé(23) - Dani Olmo(20) ⇆ Gavi(6) - Pedri(8) - Frenkie de Jong(21) ⇆ Marc Casadó(17) - Robert Lewandowski(9) ⇆ Ferran Torres(7) - Raphinha(11)⚽️⚽️ - Lamine Yamal(19)⚽️ ⇆ Fermín López(16)

Bench: Pau Víctor - Diego Kochen - Gerard Martín - Hector Fort - Iñaki Peña - Pablo Torre - Ansu Fati - Fermín López - Ferran Torres - Eric García - Marc Casadó - Gavi

Benfica 4-3-3:

Anatoliy Trubin(1) - Nicolás Otamendi(30)⚽️ - António Silva(4)🟨 - Samuel Dahl(26) - Tomás Araújo(44) ⇆ João Rêgo(84) - Florentino(61) ⇆ Leandro Barreiro(18) - Orkun Kökçü(10) ⇆ Andrea Belotti(19) - Fredrik Aursnes(8) - Vangelis Pavlidis(14) - Andreas Schjelderup(21) ⇆ Zeki Amdouni(7) - Kerem Aktürkoglu(17) ⇆ Renato Sanches(85)

Bench: Gonçalo Calisto De Oliveira - Adrian Bajrami - Gianluca Prestianni - Arthur Cabral - Samuel Soares - Leandro Santos - Nuno Félix - Renato Sanches - Andrea Belotti - Zeki Amdouni - João Rêgo - Leandro Barreiro

Match Stats

Possession: 65%🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🔴🔴🔴🔴35%

Shots On Goal: 6 - 2

Shots Attempted: 20 - 8

Fouls: 4 - 8

Yellow Cards: 0 - 1

Red Cards: 0 - 0

Corners: 1 - 6

Saves: 1 - 3

Match Events

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

First Half begins.

2' - Attempt blocked. Pedri (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

4' - Offside, Benfica. Andreas Schjelderup is caught offside.

6' - Attempt saved. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedri.

7' - Offside, Barcelona. Raphinha is caught offside.

8' - Offside, Benfica. Andreas Schjelderup is caught offside.

9' - Offside, Barcelona. Raphinha is caught offside.

10' - Attempt saved. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.

11' - Attempt missed. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jules Koundé with a headed pass.

11' - ⚽️ Goal! Barcelona 1, Benfica 0. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.

12' - Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Frenkie de Jong.

13' - Goal! Barcelona 1, Benfica 1. Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) header from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.

15' - Delay in match (Barcelona).

16' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.

20' - Attempt missed. Dani Olmo (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Balde.

22' - Anatolii Trubin (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

22' - Foul by Raphinha (Barcelona).

24' - Attempt missed. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Raphinha.

26' - Foul by Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica).

26' - Raphinha (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.

27' - ⚽️ Goal! Barcelona 2, Benfica 1. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raphinha with a cross following a set piece situation.

29' - Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Jules Koundé.

31' - Foul by Florentino (Benfica).

31' - Pedri (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

32' - Foul by Orkun Kökçü (Benfica).

32' - Pedri (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

34' - Alejandro Balde (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

34' - Foul by Florentino (Benfica).

36' - Foul by Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona).

36' - Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

38' - Offside, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.

40' - Attempt missed. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Pedri.

41' - Attempt saved. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dani Olmo.

42' - ⚽️ Goal! Barcelona 3, Benfica 1. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alejandro Balde following a fast break.Goal awarded following VAR Review.

42' - VAR Decision: Goal Barcelona 3-1 Benfica (Raphinha).

45'+1' - Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.

45'+3' - Attempt blocked. Dani Olmo (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedri.

45'+4' - First Half ends, Barcelona 3, Benfica 1.

45' - Second Half begins Barcelona 3, Benfica 1.

46' - Offside, Benfica. Orkun Kökçü is caught offside.

48' - Foul by António Silva (Benfica).

48' - Raphinha (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.

48' - 🟨 António Silva (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

49' - Attempt missed. Ronald Araujo (Barcelona) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski following a set piece situation.

49' - Offside, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.

53' - Attempt missed. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong.

56' - 🔄 Substitution, Benfica. Renato Sanches replaces Kerem Aktürkoglu.

56' - 🔄 Substitution, Benfica. Zeki Amdouni replaces Andreas Schjelderup.

60' - Offside, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.

63' - Foul by Alejandro Balde (Barcelona).

63' - Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.

65' - Attempt missed. Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jules Koundé.

66' - Attempt saved. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Samuel Dahl.

69' - Foul by Ronald Araujo (Barcelona).

69' - Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

70' - 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Gavi replaces Dani Olmo.

70' - 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Ferran Torres replaces Robert Lewandowski.

70' - 🔄 Substitution, Benfica. Andrea Belotti replaces Orkun Kökçü.

70' - 🔄 Substitution, Benfica. Leandro Barreiro replaces Florentino.

71' - Offside, Benfica. Andrea Belotti is caught offside.

73' - Ferran Torres (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

73' - Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica).

74' - Attempt missed. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.

77' - Attempt blocked. Samuel Dahl (Benfica) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Zeki Amdouni.

77' - Attempt blocked. Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes.

77' - Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Gavi.

78' - Attempt missed. António Silva (Benfica) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Samuel Dahl with a cross following a corner.

78' - Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Gavi.

78' - Attempt missed. Samuel Dahl (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.

80' - Attempt missed. Renato Sanches (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Vangelis Pavlidis.

81' - Offside, Barcelona. Raphinha is caught offside.

82' - 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Casadó replaces Frenkie de Jong.

82' - 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Fermín López replaces Lamine Yamal.

82' - Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Alejandro Balde.

83' - Offside, Benfica. Nicolás Otamendi is caught offside.

84' - 🔄 Substitution, Benfica. João Rêgo replaces Tomás Araújo.

85' - Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Ronald Araujo.

86' - Attempt blocked. Zeki Amdouni (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolás Otamendi with a cross.

87' - Attempt blocked. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

87' - Attempt blocked. Gavi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.

87' - Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.

87' - 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Eric García replaces Iñigo Martínez.

88' - Attempt blocked. Marc Casadó (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is blocked.

88' - Attempt missed. Fermín López (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range misses to the left following a corner.

89' - Hand ball by João Rêgo (Benfica).

90' - Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.

90'+1' - Offside, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.

90'+2' - Fermín López (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.

90'+2' - Foul by Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica).

90'+3' - Second Half ends, Barcelona 3, Benfica 1.

Match ends, Barcelona 3, Benfica 1.

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