Barcelona's Champions League campaign could end at the group stages for the first time in two decades after a 3-0 defeat away at Benfica piled more pressure on Ronaldo Koeman.
Match Report
The Catalans crumbled in Lisbon, as a Darwin Nunez brace and a goal from Rafa Silva clinched a famous win for Benfica.
The defeat leaves the five-time European Cup winners bottom of Group E with zero points after they were humbled at home by Bayern Munich 3-0 a fortnight ago.
Koeman now faces the prospect of becoming the first Barcelona manager to fail to qualify for the knockout stage of the Champions League since Lorenzo Serra Ferrer 20 years ago.
The Dutchman, who is the first Barcelona manager to lose both the opening games of a Champions League campaign, can have no complaints, for his team were abject on the night.
Barcelona failed to register a single shot on goal and finished with 10 men after Eric Garcia was sent off for a second bookable offence late in the game.
Benfica, on the other hand, were rampant. Nunez opened the scoring just three minutes in, breezing past Garcia as he cut in from the left, before beating Marc-Andre Ter Stegen at the near post.
Nunez added a second from the spot with just over 10 minutes left in the game. But by then, there was already no way back for Barca.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
2' GOAL! Benfica 1-0 Barcelona (Nunez)
5' Yaremchuk's shot stopped
11' L.de Jong's shot stopped
18' Pedri's long shot wide out
27' Depay's shot wide out
33' Pique replaced by Gavi
48' Otamendi's long shot stopped
53' CHANCE! Nunez hits the post
57' CLOSE! L.de Jong hits the post
61' Yellow Card! Grimaldo booked
68' GOAL! Benfica 2-0 Barcelona (Rafa Silva)
79' Penalty Goal! Benfica 3-0 Barcelona (Nunez)
86' Second Yellow Card! Eric Garcia sent off
Line-ups
Benfica XI: Vertonghen, Otamendi, O. Vlachodimos, Álex Grimaldo, Mario, R. Yaremchuk, Lazaro, Rafa Silva, Weigl, Lucas Verissimo, D. Núñez
Subs: Taarabt, Pizzi, André Almeida, Meite, Helton Leite, Gilberto, Radonjic, Éverton, Rodrigo Pinho, Gedson Fernandes, Gonçalo Ramos, Morato
Barcelona XI: Pique, Busquets, Luuk de Jong, Ter Stegen, Roberto, Depay, De Jong, Ronald Araujo, Eric Garcia, Dest, Pedri
Subs: Coutinho, Neto, Umtiti, Lenglet, Pena, Riqui Puig, Óscar Mingueza, Nico González, Fati, Y. Demir, Gavi
Mia16
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Yesterday Barcelona fans trolled Madrid Today they're being served a dish of karma🤣🤣
♥️MADRIDISTA♥️
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Koeman : This is not my fault This is players fault 😂😂😂😂
TAH100
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To all the Arsenal fans out there don't feel but about UCL... Barcelona have played two matches and they have zero shot on target with zero goal and zero points...we can call them ZEROLONA...
silgreyn
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Barca is a good team. But the problem isn't players it's to do with the management and coaching staff. There are dressing room issues... It's going through transition period and this period comes with so much challenges. Otherwise this is a great club, it just needs small patches and the Barca we all know will be back. Remember! Barca is bigger than an individual that includes Messi, so the same way they managed to get Messi and other world class players they can still do it even now. Don't give up Catalans... You are still there ..
Brightberry
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Barcelona is in such a big debt that they have to play Ter Stegen as a Defender. 😂😂
Capelloguyguy0230
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Arsenal fans to Barcelona fans:
beatbox
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Here is the GIF, click: http://www.goalgif.xyz/v2/live/matchGifs?match_id=53287410&language=en
Dr_28
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Right Now Messi's Fans: We Are PSG Fans We Don't Care About Barcelona..😂😂
Hedclnop
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Europa league to Barcelona be like: come my boy come 😂😂😂
Dominiquestone
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This warms my heart. After years of Barca fans trolling every other team, karma has the last laugh.
thank you brother that's a reply I just gave a Barcelona fan asking all football fans to encourage his team I can't do that ,they spent their whole life insulting Paris , Arsenal and other teams now karma is dealing with them
Sobah
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Today i call all football fans to encourage barca specially spain fans. Just because its great BARCELONA, the only club to achieve the highest amount of trophies in 2 decades.
♥️MADRIDISTA♥️
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Yesterday Barcelona fans trolled Madrid Today they're being served a dish of karma🤣🤣
Let's all laugh at them now 😂😂😂😂😂
SH3012
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Yesterday Barcelona fans trolled Madrid Today they're being served a dish of karma🤣🤣
the current Arsenal is better than Barcelona
SH3012
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Yesterday Barcelona fans trolled Madrid Today they're being served a dish of karma🤣🤣
It's better to lost 2-1 to a team that defended well than to lose to Benfica.
SH3012
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In that case, Lose to 2 times Ucl Champion Benicia than Unknown Sheriff😉😂🤣
that sherrif would fck Barcelona 5-0
jamshidbekturdaliyev
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Yesterday Barcelona fans trolled Madrid Today they're being served a dish of karma🤣🤣