{"id":3694,"date":"2025-02-19T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T09:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/benfica-eliminates-monaco-and-is-now-rival-to-barca-or-liverpool-in-the-champions-league_310956_102\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T10:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T09:37:00","slug":"benfica-eliminates-monaco-and-is-now-rival-to-barca-or-liverpool-in-the-champions-league_310956_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/champions-league\/benfica-eliminates-monaco-and-is-now-rival-to-barca-or-liverpool-in-the-champions-league_310956_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Benfica eliminates Monaco and is now a rival to Bar\u00e7a or Liverpool in the Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lisbon team is one of the possible rivals that could have been drawn against the team managed by Hansi Flick in the round of 16 of the top continental club competition, along with Monaco, PSG and Brest<\/h2> \r\n
\r\n \r\n \r\n Calendar of FC Barcelona <\/a>\r\n<\/div>

The first of the Champions League round of 32 series concerning FC Barcelona has been resolved. Benfica drew 3-3 with Monaco<\/strong> in a frenetic match at the Est\u00e1dio da Luz. The Portuguese team is the chosen one to go through to the next round, having beaten the rouge et blanc team at their stadium in the first leg (0-1). The four remaining matches of the play-off will be played on Wednesday<\/a> and on Friday, February 21, the opponents for the round of 16 will be drawn. The team managed by Hansi Flick and Liverpool will face Benfica or the winner of this Wednesday’s Brest-PSG.<\/strong><\/p>

Bruno Lage’s pupils, among whom Di Mar\u00eda was not due to injury,<\/strong> faced the end of the tie with the support of their fans and a favourable result. Despite the conditions that affected them in a positive way, they did not go out to speculate. Akt\u00fcrkoglu <\/strong>opened the scoring and doubled the lead in the 22nd minute. However, the joy was short-lived as Minamino <\/strong>equalised just after the half-hour mark. Shortly after the start of the second half, the Monegasque side took the lead with a goal from Ben Seghir<\/strong>. Not content with taking the lead, the visitors pushed hard in search of a comeback.<\/p>

The last fifteen minutes were frenetic. ‘As \u00c1guias’ could not afford to be eliminated on their own turf and Pavlidis <\/strong>(76′) from the penalty spot fanned the flames for the home side. On the other hand, far from giving up, the visitors took the lead again with a counterattack goal from Ilenikhena<\/strong>, helped by Trubin, the home goalkeeper (81′). Just three minutes later, K\u00f6k\u00e7\u00fc <\/strong>slipped between the two Monaco centre-backs to connect with a soft shot with the instep of his left boot past \u00c1lvaro Carreras’ cross. The match was thus brought to a close and Benfica secured their place in the round of 16.<\/strong><\/p>

Benfica vs Bar\u00e7a or Liverpool<\/h3>

Despite the great effort made in the round of 32, the Portuguese side will face a very tough opponent in the next round. They will face Liverpool or FC Barcelona<\/strong>, \u200b\u200bthe first and second-placed teams in the league phase. However, neither of the two possible opponents are new:<\/p>

History against Liverpool<\/strong><\/p>