Watch the Game Highlights from Barcelona vs. Benfica, 03/11/2025
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00:00We're live on the Barcelona League's Benfica with a tough task tonight, if they're to make the last 8.
00:08Barca have only gone out once before in the Champions League knockouts after winning the first leg away from home.
00:14Winning 11 times out of 12 goals each so far in the Champions League.
00:18The pair of them have a combined total of 58 so far this season.
00:23Greek striker Vangelis Pavlidis scored a hat-trick against Barcelona in the group stage.
00:32He's found the net in four of his last five Champions League appearances.
00:39It's Barcelona who get us underway on the whistle of Frenchman François Letexier.
00:45And Barcelona in their traditional colours kicking from left to right in the first half.
00:49Change-strip first. He was in an offside position. Falls at the feet of Olmo. Space here for Pedri.
00:58And suddenly Barcelona piling forward but no real power in the shot from Yamal.
01:07Pedri finding a little bit of space here in the opening half-dozen minutes of the game
01:11and more than capable of doing something with it.
01:13This is Lamine Yamal. You can sense the expectancy among the crowd.
01:22Into Lewandowski. First sighting of goal for the brilliant Pole.
01:30Rafinha let it run. The only goal that currently separates the two sides.
01:35Lamine Yamal and still wonderful play and across it goes and Barcelona have the lead.
01:43Wonderful play from Lamine Yamal and a deadly finish as ever from Rafinha. It's 10 goals in 10 matches.
01:59And it's 1-1. Sensational. Otamendi there. It was Schelderup's delivery.
02:05The little flicked header on and Otamendi.
02:09Portuguese league. First games he's not played in all season but straight back in for both legs
02:14of this Champions League tie. Might be busy again in a moment. It's Lamine Yamal with the ball
02:20and he wasn't far away.
02:35Impressive early.
02:43Too high for Lewandowski.
02:46Will be kept in though and it's Lamine Yamal and still he fancies this. Oh what a goal.
02:57What a player. What a moment in the Champions League.
03:01The whole stadium rises to that.
03:12Created the opportunity for himself. Had a little look and it was precisely placed.
03:21Out of reach of the despairing dive of Anatoly Trubin.
03:27A spectacular goal
03:33from 17-year-old Lamine Yamal.
03:45What a wonderful finish.
03:49It was actually Schelderup. Here's Pavlidis now Schelderup.
03:53Lovely little exchange. Here's Vangelis Pavlidis. First sighting of goal and he rattles
03:58the angle of post and bar. Wouldn't have counted anyway.
04:01This season scored a hat-trick in the first half of the match against them back in January but there
04:06you can see it was clearly offside. A bit of shooting practice. Brazilian and it's with
04:11Dani Olmo again. Here's Lewandowski. Looks to tear it up. Denied by Trubin.
04:16That's such a good season.
04:20There aren't too many Benfica players back here now to try to contend with Barcelona.
04:28Here comes Rafinha.
04:34As the ball is played forward here.
04:36Rafinha looks as though he was onside.
04:42The goal is being checked.
04:46But what a finish that was from Rafinha.
04:50And what a swift
04:54breakaway.
04:58What a goal.
05:01There goes the half-time whistle and it is a tie which has run away from Benfica.
05:05But for the home crowd, so much to savor.
05:07At the end of a very pleasant spring day in Barcelona.
05:09It's a goal.
05:11It's a goal.
05:13It's a goal.
05:15It's a goal.
05:17It's a goal.
05:19It's a goal.
05:21It's a goal.
05:23It's a goal.
05:25It's a goal.
05:27It's a goal.
05:29In a very pleasant spring day in Barcelona.
05:33It's Benfica who get us underway at the start of the second half.
05:47Rafinha's delivery was really good.
05:49And into the side netting of the header of Ronaldo Ralho.
05:52With the head of Ronaldo Araujo, he's real wet on that one.
06:02Araujo sneaking in beyond the far post.
06:13Benfica looking to get a second goal today and Auschwitz stretches.
06:21Nearly but not quite for Benfica.
06:24Close call there and Vangelis Pavlidis just in an offside position.
06:32I think that was by a single goal to Bayern Munich.
06:36What a fantastic flick there from Rafinha.
06:39And away goes Frankie de Jong and look at Rafinha motoring forward.
06:44Yamal into Jule Koundé and all that was missing was the finishing touch.
06:50It was Leutring at the far post having been part of the build-up there with that outrageous flick.
06:55Just watch, Rafinha there was waiting to turn it in.
06:59But as the ball came across Araujo, Auschwitz again spreading the play down, motoring forward.
07:09This is Pavlidis.
07:14Comfortable for Szczesny.
07:20Dahl's little ball in.
07:24Pavlidis on this occasion not able to really test.
07:28Cross is a good one, the header down and blocked by Jule Koundé.
07:42Benfica were pushing there, it was their captain Nicolas Otamendi whipping the ball in from the flank.
07:47Last few seconds of the game, a little look at the watch and there is the final whistle.
08:05Barcelona winning with room to spare and all the damage done tonight in the second leg in the opening 45 minutes.
08:13It was a slender 1-0 advantage after the first leg.
08:17.