Barcelona praised the former doctor of the first team, Carles Minarro Garcia, a suitable tribute by leaving Benfica in Catalonia on an emotional night.
The 40 -year -old Minarro Garcia died shortly before the game on Saturday against Osasuna and asked the match to be postponedAnd the Barca players were visibly moved before the start.
Coach Hans Flick said yesterday that the players would appear for Minarro Garcia, and they had this with a stylish display that they marked as a serious contender for this year’s Champions League.
The front and middle were Lamin Yamal and Raphinha as often this season.
The couple combined Barca one with a 3-1 half-time lead that Benfica never looked like that they already came into the second leg 1-0 in Lisbon in Lisbon.
Next is a quarter -finals against Lille or Borussia Dortmund for Barca.
Yamal creates opener – but did he mean it?
Yamal had already tested Benfica goalkeeper Anatolii Trubin before the 17-year-old created the opener with a wonderful piece of game.
He broke through the Benfica defense on the right edge of the area before his cut shot – or was it a cross? – was perfect for Raphinha to exchange off the back post.
The tour only lasted two minutes when Benfica struck her first serious attack.
Andreas Schjeldup’s left corner was accidentally beaten by Robert Lewandowski, and Nicolas Otamendi reacted well to supply a header past Wojciech Szczesny.
The goal meant that the former defender of Manchester City, Otamendi, scored the third oldest player in a knockout game in Champions League behind Edin Dzeko and Ryan Giggs.
He quickly returned to the daily job to keep Barca in chess, although it became an increasingly difficult task when the home team raved forward.
Dani Olmo left a long way before Yamal’s long -term efforts had trubin crawled over his line.
Pass the teenager
Yamals next intervention was breathtaking.
The Spanish international cut in from the right and jumped past Florentino and Samuel Dahl and although the ball seemed slightly behind him, he somehow caught his left foot around him to bend a pen into the upper left corner.
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Lamine Yamal’s produces a wonderful Lockler to create it to Barcelona 3-1 overall. 🤩
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At 3: 1 it was far back for the Portuguese side and they wave back temporarily.
Truubin saves well in front of Lewandowski four minutes before half -time, but the Ukrainian goalkeeper was powerless to prevent Barca from increasing its advantage 60 seconds later.
Alejandro Balde played in Raphinha and the Brasil service center made no mistake with a crunchy finish for his 11th Champions League goal of another very impressive season.
Barca facilitates the second half to march to March
At the beginning of the second half, Fredrik Aursnes had a goal for the offside and with the chances of this Benficas that a comeback had evaporated.
Since the visitors do not accept their fate and Barca in any mood to twist the knife, the second half was much calmer than the first.
There was still the strange highlight, a brilliant Barca movement, at which Frenkie de Jong, Raphinha, Jules Kounde and Yamal almost led to a degree for the Netherlands middle field player de Jong.
Wonderful football from Barcelona ends with the fact that Frenkie de Jong is not converted up close.
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A raft of late substitutions, including the departure of Yamal to stand, disturbed the flow of the game, but Barca’s supremacy was never threatened.
