LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Benfica forward Vangelis Pavlidis has scored the third-fastest hat trick at the start of a Champions League game on Tuesday, against Barcelona. The Greece international scored two minutes into the match and then in the 22nd and 30th minutes as Benfica led Barcelona 3-1 at halftime.

10 - Raphinha has been involved in more UEFA Champions League goals than any other player this season (10 – 8 goals, 2 assists), while his second goal this evening (95:08) was Barcelona’s latest winning goal on record (since 2003-04) in the competition. Relentless. pic.twitter.com/H8Zax3L7Th

Benfica striker Vangelis Pavlidis had a night to remember personally, despite his team's late collapse, scoring a first-half hat trick to put his side 3-1 up.

Wojciech Szczęsny came out of retirement to answer Barcelona's call after Marc-André ter Stegen was ruled out for the season with injury, but he might be regretting it tonight in Lisbon after a howler of epic proportions.

FC Barcelona and Atalanta BC are set to take on each other in a crucial UCL 2024-25 encounter on Thursday night. Both teams will be looking to get wins in this match. They are now set to clash in Olimpic Lluis Companys Stadium,

Barcelona came from 4-2 down to win 5-4 in an astonishing Champions League encounter on Tuesday that ended with Benfica manager Bruno Lage’s furious dressing down of his players on the pitch.

In the 64th minute, Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin tried to clear the ball from what should have been a regulation goal kick.

Good evening everybody and welcome to another MARCA in English live blog, this time taking you through the Champions League match between Benfica and Barcelona from the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon ...