DPA
Berlin
Raphinha tormented Benfica again with a brace, and Lamine Yamal had a goal and an assist as Barcelona reached the Champions League quarter-finals with a 3-1 success over their Lisbon opponents on Tuesday and 4-1 on aggregate.
Raphinha volleyed into the far right corner off Lamine Yamal’s chipped ball across the penalty area to put the hosts on top 11 minutes into the game.
Benfica were level two minutes later from Nicolas Otamendi’s header off a corner kick but Barca would have none of it.
Teenage sensation Yamal restored the lead with a curling shot into the left corner, and Raphinha made it 3-1 on another classy Barca attack in the 43rd, set up by Alejandro Balde, which clinched matters.
Raphina had scored the 1-0 winner in the last 16 first leg a week ago in Lisbon, and also twice in Barca’s memorable 5-4 victory in their league stage duel at Benfica in January. In the quarter-finals, Barca will face last season’s runners-up Borussia Dortmund or French club Lille.
A minute of silence was observed before the kick-off for Barca team doctor Carles Minarro Garcia, who died on Saturday.
