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Benfica fans brawl with Barcelona stewards with limbs everywhere during Champions League KO


BENFICA supporters clashed with stewards following their Champions League defeat to Barcelona on Tuesday.

The Portuguese side suffered a 3-1 loss to Hansi Flick’s team at Estadi Olimpic Lluís Companys.

Benfica fans clashed with stewards in the standsCredit: https://x.com/hooliganscz1999
Some could be seen hitting each otherCredit: https://x.com/hooliganscz1999

They subsequently crashed out of the Champions League by losing 4-1 on aggregate.

Supporters were left furious at full-time and clashed with stewards in the stands.

Some fans and stewards appeared to hit each other, with objects also thrown.

Both sets of supporters clashed outside the stadium before the match.

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The fixture was deemed high-risk prior to the clash, with Barcelona leading 1-0 on aggregate.

Raphinha broke the deadlock with an 11th-minute strike before Nicolas Otamendi equalised just a few moments later.

Barcelona then sealed the win thanks to additional goals from Lamine Yamal and Raphinha.

After the match, Flick said: “I’m happy, of course. We have respected Benfica, their coach.

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“It was a difficult game for us but we did very well.”

On Yamal, he added: “I’m very happy for him; he hasn’t scored in a while. He was happy too because it was an important goal for us.

“He was great. He’s showing a lot of confidence; the goal came at the perfect time.”

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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk


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