Champions League scores: Barcelona pull off miraculous comeback while Atalanta boost last-16 hopes

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Barcelona an astonishing 5-4 win record in Benfica That booked the Spanish giants’ place in the last 16 Champions League.

Vengelis Pavlidis scored a hat-trick in 30 minutes to give Benfica a 3-1 lead at half-time. Rafinha pulled a goal back for Barca in the 64th minute but Ronald Araujo’s own goal restored the Portuguese side’s two-goal advantage.

But Robert Lewandowski’s second penalty of the contest and Eric Garcia’s header in the 86th minute brought Barca back. And the play wasn’t done there as, seconds after Benfica appealed for a penalty, Rafinha netted in the sixth minute of added time – confirming his winner after a lengthy VAR review.

Liverpool is also through They moved into the last sixteen after a 3-1 home win from seven to seven lil. All the remaining qualification spots in the first season of the new Champions League format are still up for grabs.

Atlético madrid Caught up late in the third to win 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen. Piero Hincapie put the Germans ahead in the first half after Atletico’s Pablo Barrios was sent off. But Julian Alvarez equalized for 10 men and after Hincapie was shown a second yellow to add to the tally, the former Manchester City man scored the winner in the 90th minute.

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atlanta Fourth after beating Storm Graz 5-0, moving up Aston the villa After losing 1-0 to Unai Emery’s men Monaco.

bologna Recorded their first win in the Champions League group stage after coming from behind Borussia Dortmund 2-1. Serhou Guirasi led last season’s runners-up from the spot but two goals in two minutes from Thijs Dalinga and Villa Loney Samuel Ealing-Jr turned the game on its head in the final 20 minutes.

Juventus A goalless draw was held the club Brugge – the 16th draw of the Italian team’s campaign in all competitions – when PSV Eindhoven won 3-2 the red they are Belgrade And Stuttgart meaningless beat slav Bratislava 3-1.