Barcelona vs Benfica 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

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Barcelona draw with Benfica as UCL round of 16 spot still on hold

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Barcelona and Benfica played out a thrilling goalless draw in the Champions League in Xavi Hernandez's second match in charge.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
36': Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
49': João Mário (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
49': Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
59': Substitution, Benfica. Darwin Núñez replaces Roman Yaremchuk.
59': Substitution, Benfica. Adel Taarabt replaces João Mário.
66': Substitution, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Yusuf Demir.
70': Substitution, Benfica. Pizzi replaces Éverton.
70': Substitution, Benfica. Valentino Lazaro replaces Rafa.
81': Substitution, Benfica. Haris Seferovic replaces Alejandro Grimaldo.
86': Substitution, Barcelona. Sergiño Dest replaces Clément Lenglet.
86': Substitution, Barcelona. Eric García replaces Ronald Araújo because of an injury.
90'+2': Odysseas Vlachodimos (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
90'+5': Adel Taarabt (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Barcelona 0, Benfica 0.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Spotify Camp Nou
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 49,572

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
13	Chelsea	6	1	1
10	AC Milan	6	1	2
6	FC Salzburg	6	3	2
4	Dinamo Zagreb	6	1	4

Full Table

Statistics

BAR		BEN
13	Fouls	14
1	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
8	Offsides	3
6	Corner Kicks	3
3	Saves	3
65.1	POSSESSION	34.9
14	SHOTS	7
3	ON GOAL	3
0.2	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
547	Accurate Passes	256
644	Passes	348
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
5	Accurate Crosses	1
22	Crosses	6
0.2	Cross %	0.2
44	Long Balls	60
19	Accurate Long Balls	21
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
4	Blocked Shots	2
13	Effective Tackles	10
23	Tackles	23
0.6	Tackle %	0.4
7	Interceptions	14
3	Effective Clearances	19
3	Clearances	19

Line-Ups

Barcelona (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Marc-André ter Stegen (GK)
3	Gerard Piqué
15	Clément Lenglet
4	Ronald Araújo
21	Frenkie de Jong
5	Sergio Busquets
18	Jordi Alba
11	Yusuf Demir
9	Memphis Depay
30	Gavi
28	Nicolas Gonzalez

Substitutes:

Sergiño Dest, Luuk de Jong, Óscar Mingueza, Iñaki Peña, Ricard Puig, Neto, Eric García, Samuel Umtiti, Philippe Coutinho, Álex Balde, Ousmane Dembélé.

Benfica (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
99	Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK)
30	Nicolás Otamendi
5	Jan Vertonghen
34	André Almeida
20	João Mário
28	Julian Weigl
3	Alejandro Grimaldo
2	Gilberto
15	Roman Yaremchuk
7	Everton
27	Rafa

Substitutes:

Haris Seferovic, Ferro, Mile Svilar, Valentino Lazaro, Pizzi, Goncalo Ramos, Helton Leite, Morato, Gedson Fernandes, Souahilo Meïté, Adel Taarabt, Darwin Núñez.