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

Full Table

Statistics

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

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	Nico González

Substitutes:

Sergiño Dest, Luuk de Jong, Óscar Mingueza, Iñaki Peña, Ricard Puig, Neto, Eric García, Samuel Umtiti, Philippe Coutinho, Alejandro 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 Silva

Substitutes:

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