This Tuesday 23 November the FC Barcelona received the visit in the Camp Nou of the Benfica, in a corresponding party to the fifth day of the phase of groups of the UEFA Champions League. The culés, now directed by Xavi Hernández, went out with the task of presionar high from the pitido initial and comandaron the actions widely in the first minutes of the first time.
You grieve, to the 8 minutes arrived the first big played for the Catalan entity, when a shot crossed of Demir put to proof to the guardameta of the Portuguese, Odisseas Vlachodimos, the one who attained to touch it with the yolks of his fingers. It was a very clear opportunity of the Barça to go advance very early in the marker.
Enchufadísimos, presionando, with mobility and atrevimiento looked him to all the players of the Barça, those who have tried to reflect in the field the philosophy of game of Xavi, the one who in some days at least in the attitude, has attained to change the face of a FC Barcelona that showed more combativo. The 27' would arrive another action that tested to the archer of the Benfica, when Jordi Alba incursionó to the area and powerful control shot, that crashed in the palms of Vlachodimos.
The Benfica has collapsed
A total 10 victories, two ties, 25 goals in favour and five goals against was the balance of the Benfica before receiving to the Barça in the second day of the phase of groups. These good registers extended after golear 3-0 to the team of Ronald Koeman. However, since, the dynamics of the lusos has collapsed .
The Benfica had not added any defeat before the party against the blaugranas, but, later, has harvested three: in League against the Portimonense (0-1) and the double clash in front of the Bayern of Munich (0-4 and 5-2).
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