Barcelona 3-1 Benfica (4-1 agg): Player ratings as Barca breeze into quarter-final
- Barcelona advance to Champions League quarter-final with comfortable victory over Benfica
- Raphinha netted twice either side of Yamal screamer in ruthless first half display
- Lille or Borussia Dortmund await in next round
By Tom Gott
Barcelona booked their spot in the Champions League quarter-final with a routine 3-1 victory over Benfica on Tuesday.
A ruthless first half display got the job done for Barcelona. Raphinha opened the scoring ten minutes in and, although Nicolas Otamendi equalised almost immediately, the La Liga giants did not slow down. Lamine Yamal curled home a delightful strike before Raphinha added his second shortly before the interval.
Benfica had their moments after the break but never looked like causing any real problems for Barcelona, who refused to ease up in their search for a fourth goal of the evening.
No more goals were needed, however, with Barcelona cruising through to the final whistle to set up a meeting with either Lille or Borussia Dortmund in the next round of the competition.
Barcelona player ratings (4-2-3-1)
Player | Rating |
|---|---|
GK: Wojciech Szczesney | 6.9/10 |
RB: Jules Kounde | 7.9/10 |
CB: Ronald Araujo | 7.2/10 |
CB: Inigo Martinez | 7.1/10 |
LB: Alejandro Balde | 8.2/10 |
DM: Frenkie de Jong | 7.0/10 |
DM: Pedri | 8.1/10 |
RM: Lamine Yamal | 8.8/10 |
AM: Dani Olmo | 7.6/10 |
LM: Raphinha | 9.2/10 |
ST: Robert Lewandowski | 6.8/10 |
SUB: Gavi (70' for Olmo) | |
SUB: Ferran Torres (70' for Lewandowski) | |
SUB: Fermin Lopez (81' for Yamal) | |
SUB: Marc Casado (81' for De Jong) | |
SUB: Eric Garcia (87' for Martinez) |
Subs not used: Diego Kochen (GK), Inaki Pena (GK), Gerard Martin, Hector Fort, Pablo Torre, Ansu Fati, Pau Victor
Benfica player ratings (4-3-3)
Player | Rating |
|---|---|
GK: Anatoliy Trubin | 5.3/10 |
RB: Tomas Araujo | 5.6/10 |
CB: Antonio Silva | 6.4/10 |
CB: Nicolas Otamendi | 7.5/10 |
LB: Samuel Dahl | 6.9/10 |
CM: Florentino Luis | 6.7/10 |
CM: Fredrik Aursnes | 6.9/10 |
CM: Orkun Kokcu | 5.9/10 |
RW: Kerem Akturkoglu | 6.7/10 |
ST: Vangelis Pavlidis | 6.1/10 |
LW: Andreas Schjelderup | 6.1/10 |
SUB: Renato Sanches (56' for Akturkoglu) | 6.0/10 |
SUB: Zeki Amdouni (56' for Schjelderup) | 6.1/10 |
SUB: Leandro Barreiro (70' for Florentino) | 6.1/10 |
SUB: Andrea Belotti (70' for Kokcu) | 5.6/10 |
SUB: Joao Rego (84' for Araujo) |
Subs not used: Samuel Soares (GK), Goncalo Oliveira, Nuno Felix, Gianluca Prestianni, Leandro Santos, Arthur Cabral
Player of the match - Raphinha (Barcelona)
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