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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>A late goal from Raphinha sealed a 5-4 win for Barcelona over Benfica in a nine-goal thriller in UEFA Champions League matchday seven Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Benfica opened the scoring in the second minute when Vangelis Pavlidis found the net with a close-range finish, assisted by Alvaro Carreras at Estadio do SL Benfica.<\/p>\n

Robert Lewandowski equalized for the opposition by converting a penalty kick in the 13th minute.<\/p>\n

Benfica regained the lead as Pavlidis completed his hat-trick with goals in the 22nd and 30th minutes, the latter coming from a penalty, extending their advantage.<\/p>\n

In the 64th minute, Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin’s attempted clearance struck Raphinha on the head and rebounded into the net from outside the box, making it 3-2.<\/p>\n

Benfica doubled the lead after Ronald Araujo scored an own goal in the 68th minute, but Lewandowski converted the penalty again to make it 4-3 in the 78th minute.<\/p>\n

Barca equalized the game when Eric Garcia scored with a header in the 86th minute.<\/p>\n

Rafinha put the ball into Benfica’s net on a counterattack in the 96th minute — the winning goal.<\/p>\n

With the result, Barcelona are second with 18 points and Benfica are 18th with 10 points.<\/p>\n

Tuesday’s results:<\/b><\/p>\n

Atalanta – Sturm Graz: 5-0<\/p>\n

Monaco – Aston Villa: 1-0<\/p>\n

Slovan Bratislava – Stuttgart: 1-3<\/p>\n

Club Brugge – Juventus: 0-0<\/p>\n

Atletico Madrid – Bayer Leverkusen: 2-1<\/p>\n

Benfica – Barcelona: 4-5<\/p>\n

Liverpool – Lille: 2-1<\/p>\n

Bologna – Borussia Dortmund: 2-1<\/p>\n

Crvena zvezda – PSV: 2-3<\/p>\n

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