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Thursday, April 06, 2006

Benfica out of the Champions League

Benfica is out of the Champions League after a 2-0 loss against FC Barcelona on the second hand of the quarter-finals.
Barcelona wasn't so dominating as it was last week but eventually scored on the 19th minute by Ronaldinho, the same player who missed a penalty-kick early in the game. After the goal the game went one way until the end of first half.
The second half brought a renewed Benfica eagger to score at least once and they almost did that when Simão Sabrosa missed a clear shot right in the face of Victor Valdes. Benfica intensified the attack and Barcelona took advantage using the counter-attack scoring in the last minute by Samuel Eto'o.
Now Barcelona will be playing in the semi-finals against Milan AC in an antecipated final.
Reference also to the yellow card to Deco that will prevent him from playing the first leg. On the other side there will be Rui Costa.

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