FC Barcelona Completes Champions League Comeback For The Ages To Beat Benfica In Nine-Goal Thriller

Barcelona produces astonishing, if controversial, comeback to down Benfica in nine-goal Champions League thriller

It’s customary for the Champions League to overdeliver on drama but rarely quite like Tuesday night’s game between Barcelona and Benfica, which featured nine goals, a sensational comeback, and some of the most calamitous defending the competition has seen so far.

Hansi Flick experiences a rollercoaster ride in the game against Benfica Lisbon. After a backlog, FC Barcelona turned the game and won 5:4. In the end, the trainer can barely believe it.

Thanks to this liberating goal, Barça is guaranteed to finish in the top 8. In the other direction, Benfica, 18th, has still not validated its ticket for the play-offs (top 24). An epic match that will go down in the annals....

A simply incredible game. Barcelona won an absurd match 4-5 at Benfica's home. The Portuguese dominate the first half with a hat-trick from Pavlidis, while Lewandowski scored on a penalty for the Catalans. In the second half, another penalty by the Polish bomber, a goal by Garcia and a double by Raphinha (winning goal in the last minute of recovery) allowed Barça to get the three points despite an own goal by Araujo. Flik's team, Atalanta's next…

Ex-Prem boss fumes at his own players on pitch after nine-goal Barcelona drama

Benfica led a two-goal lead slip against Barcelona with the Spanish side eventually winning 5-4 before former Wolves boss Bruno Lage let rip at his players in Lisbon

FC Barcelona made a crazy comeback and won 5-4 away against Benfica in the Champions League. Benfica took a 4-2 lead in the last thrilling quarter. Raphinha scored the decisive...