With a bitter taste, Benfica was defeated at the Estádio da Luz by Barcelona, 5-4, after leading 3-1 at half-time, in a game in the league stage of the Champions League. The Reds were in front of the scoreboard until the 86th minute, having had a two-goal lead on two occasions, at 3-1 and 4-2, but ended up giving in in the final moments, in a match that had a 'rain' of goals, which added to the storm that fell, especially during the second half. The Greek Pavlidis was one of the figures of the match, scoring a hat trick, in the 22nd and 30th minutes, the last from a penalty, with the other Benfica goal being scored by Ronald Araujo against, in the 68th, while, on the Catalan side, the Polish Robert Lewandowski scored twice, at 13 and 78, both from the penalty spot, the Brazilian Raphinha also scored two goals, at 64 and 90+6, and Eric Garcia was the scorer of the other goal. With this defeat, Benfica sees the possibility of ensuring its presence in the play-off for access to the round of 16 at risk, being now 18th, with 10 points, and also having a difficult trip to Turin in the last round to face Juventus, while Barcelona, second, with 18, is directly classified in the 'eighths'.
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