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WATCH: Wojciech Szczesny’s howl allows Benfica to regain the lead against Barcelona

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Barcelona need to win to secure a place in the Champions League round of 16, but are now losing for the second time against Benfica in their seventh game of the league stage.

It was a terrible start for Barcelona as Spanish left-back Álvaro Carreras sent in a wonderful cross for Vangelis Pavlidis to crash into the back of the net. Wojciech Szczesny, making his first Champions League appearance with Barcelona, ​​had no chance. nothing to stop him.

However, Barcelona only trailed for 11 minutes. Alejandro Balde made a good run into the Benfica penalty area before being fouled by Antonio Silva. Nothing happened on the field, but after a VAR control a foul was called. Robert Lewandowski stepped up from 12 yards and made no mistake to score his 102nd Champions League goal.

Barcelona took control from then on, but Benfica took the lead again after a howler from Wojciech Szczesny, giving Vangelis Pavlidis the chance to score his second goal, which he took advantage of.

It’s a terrible time for Szczesny

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