Tuesday’s shock in the UCL kept its promises: 9 goals scored at the end of the suspense, a stunning situation and a comeback.
3-1 for Benfica at the break; 4-5 for Barça at the final whistle:
*2’. The Catalans are cold picked (1-0).
*14’. They react with Lewandowski, who equalizes from the penalty spot (1-1).
*22‘. Benfica regains the advantage (2-1) by taking advantage of a catastrophic exit from Barça’s Polish goalkeeper before conceding (2-1).
*30’. Benfica widens the gap from the penalty spot, after a foul committed by the Barcelona goalkeeper in his area (3-1).
*64′. Returning from the locker room, the Barcelonans, by dint of insistence, Raphinha was going to reduce the gap following a gag goal: on a restart from the Benfica goalkeeper, the ball rebounded on Raphinha’s head then returned to the path nets (3-2).
*68’. Araujo scores against his camp by deflecting the ball into the back of his cage (4-2).
*77’. Lamine Yamal provokes a penalty converted by Lewandowski (4-3).
*87’. Éric Garcia equalizes, with a header after a corner played in two stages and a cross from Pedri (4-4).
* 90+6’. Raphinha seals the comeback and the victory by concluding a counter (4-5) !
This success qualifies Barça for the eighth.
