Raphinha scored deep into stoppage time handy Barcelona a dramatic 5-4 comeback win at Benfica and a spot within the final 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday.
Vangelis Pavlidis’s hat-trick had given the hosts a two-goal half-time lead and so they had been 4-2 up with 12 minutes to play earlier than Hansi Flick’s aspect pulled out a sensational victory, sealed by the Brazilian with a end on the break, seconds after Benfica had appealed in useless for a late penalty.
The Greece striker Pavlidis opened the scoring on two minutes with a tap-in earlier than Robert Lewandowski equalised from the spot after VAR awarded Barça a penalty for a Tomás Araújo foul on Alejandro Balde within the eleventh minute. Pavlidis restored Benfica’s lead, capitalising on a poor determination to depart his space by goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who left the ahead with an open aim.
Pavlidis bagged his third aim with a penalty after Szczesny continued his tough night time with a slipshod foul on Kerem Akturkoglu on the half-hour mark. It was 3-1 at half-time, however a weird blunder by Anatoliy Trubin let Barça again into the sport within the sixty fourth minute. The Benfica keeper’s clearance ricocheted off Raphinha’s head and looped into the online from 25 yards out.
Barcelona’s defensive misfortune continued, although, and Benfica restored their two-goal lead once more 4 minutes later due to an personal aim from Ronald Araújo. The guests wouldn’t lie down, and Lewandowski scored his second aim of the night time with one other medical penalty within the 78th minute.
Substitute Eric García then equalised with a towering header from a tremendous Pedri cross three minutes from time. Benfica pushed for a winner and sparked a melee within the Barça field, however a protracted ball downfield discovered Raphinha who picked his spot to seize a unprecedented winner six minutes into added time.
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