Barcelona started comfortably the second part of their Champions League in the last 16th year with Benfica to book her place in the next round of the competition.
Double from the first half from Raphinha, on both sides of Lamina Yamal screams, was enough to trigger a 3-1 victory and set a meeting with Lille or Borussia Dortmund in the next round.
How the game took place
Barcelona started bright and saw a handful of half-haywoman Anatoliy Trubin stopped comfortably in the first ten minutes, and in which time they made a breakthrough.
Yamal’s cross shooting found that Raphinha was unmarked in the back position, and last week’s winner of the match responded well to volleyball in the back of the net.
However, the answer of Benfica was immediate. I found the corner of Otamendi in a six -yard box, and his head was too strong for Wojciech Szczesny.
Yamal continued to invite all kinds of problems to defend Benfice and overturned his quality in the middle of the half with a wonderful goal of restoring Barcelona’s advantage at night. Cutting in on the right, a teenage superstar released the famous curved effort that was perfectly placed in the side net.
Vangelis Pavlidis collapsed against a wooden structure – the late offshore flag ended the tension immediately – before Trubin rejected the strong effort of Robert Lewandowski, but Barcelona would add a third shortly before the interval while Raphinha completed the perfect counter.
The second half began with a close invitation to Barcelona. Fredrik Aursnes found the back of the net four minutes after the restart, but another fast offshore flag ended the celebration.
Barcelona was supposed to have a quarter after the electric counter ended with the cross of Jules Kounda. Lewandowski and Frenkie de Jong both rushed to the back post, but none could have done a relationship needed to touch.
Fortunately, it was a little important because Barcelona never looked at the risk or gave up the leadership and now she could move her attention to the next round.
There is a reason why Hansi Flick believes Raphinha True candidate for this year’s Ballon d’Or.
No more player has more goals in the Champions League this season (15), with their two goals here at 11 in the competition to go with four assists. These types of numbers simply cannot be neglected when it comes to the biggest individual reward.
The winner Ballon d’Or could ultimately decide that the team continues to win the Champions League. Raphinha feels like an anterior runner together with Liverpool Mohamed Salah, and if both sides eventually secure homemade fame, the biggest European trophy could be everything that separates the couple.
Individual honors are constantly coming to Yamal, who has become the youngest player in the Champions League history to score and assist in the same game in the competition.
At the age of 17 and 241 days, Yamal set up a Raphinha opener before twisting home his sensational goal of his own blinding performance of a teenager. It was such a problem that Benficin’s efforts to stop him eventually broke the boots.
It seems that all the teams seeking new central backs find their names mentioned in the stories involved in Benfica Antonio Silva and Thomas Araujo, and they both boast the indisputable potential to become a superstar of the game.
A couple of young people got an incredibly difficult test here. The 21-year-old Araujo, playing in the right back, was knocking Raphinha all night, while Silva, 22, was not able to provide the necessary support to his back, because Benfica ruthlessly removed.
Many scouts will watch this game, eager to see the couple opposed the opposition of high levels, and reports may not be favorable for two players who are likely to command significant transfer fees.
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