Barcelona secured a stunning 5-4 victory over Benfica in the Champions League, thanks to a dramatic late goal from Raphinha. Benfica led 4-2 with 12 minutes remaining, with Vangelis Pavlidis scoring a hat-trick for the hosts. However, Barcelona rallied with goals from Lewandowski (2), Raphinha, and Eric García, before Raphinha's stoppage-time winner sealed the comeback and a place in the last 16.
Raphinha scored deep into stoppage time to hand Barcelona a dramatic 5-4 comeback win at Benfica and a place in the last 16 of the
Vangelis Pavlidis’s hat-trick had given the hosts a two-goal half-time lead and they were 4-2 up with 12 minutes to play before Hansi Flick’s side pulled out a sensational victory, sealed by the Brazilian with a finish on the break, seconds afterThe Greece striker Pavlidis opened the scoring on two minutes with a tap-in before Robert Lewandowski equalised from the spot after VAR awarded Barça a penalty for a Tomás Araújo foul on Alejandro Balde in the 11th minute.
Pavlidis bagged his third goal with a penalty after Szczesny continued his difficult night with a clumsy foul on Kerem Akturkoglu at the half-hour mark. It was 3-1 at half-time, but a bizarre blunder by Anatoliy Trubin let Barça back into the game in the 64th minute. The Benfica keeper’s clearance ricocheted off Raphinha’s head and looped into the net from 25 yards out.
Barcelona’s defensive misfortune continued, though, and Benfica restored their two-goal lead again four minutes later thanks to an own goal from Ronald Araújo. The visitors would not lie down, and Lewandowski scored his second goal of the night with another clinical penalty in the 78th minute. Substitute Eric García then equalised with a towering header from a fine Pedri cross three minutes from time. Benfica pushed for a winner and sparked a melee in the Barça box, but a long ball downfield found Raphinha who picked his spot to grab an extraordinary winner six minutes into added time.
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