No hostile atmosphere, torrential rain or red card to be overcome this time: the
Barça spent a much more peaceful evening than 6 days ago. Bashed up in the games by Benfica, Hansi Flick's men had been able to count on a feat of Raphinha to collect a very precious success (1-0)
A victory that the Catalan club was able to improve this Wednesday in early evening. Presented as a seeded of this edition of the Champions League, Barça found the resources to complete the work and compost its ticket for the quarter -finals of the competition.
Raphinha, factor X of Barça
If this second round therefore did not look like the first, it keeps a common denominator with this trip to Portugal: Raphinha. Once again, the Brazilian winger was decisive by being the great craftsman of the Barcelona victory. It was he who unlocked the situation from the 11th minute of play to put Barça on the right tracks (1-0, 11th).
It was he, again, who scored the third goal of his family at the end of a first act where the case was settled (3-1, 42nd). Meanwhile, Benfica had resumed hope with the equalization of Otamendi (1-1, 13th), but the Lamine Yamal prodigy quickly killed any suspense (2-1, 27th). Mission accomplished.
