FC Barcelona 2-0 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 5 April 2006
Result
FC Barcelona 2-0 Benfica
Champions League · Wednesday 5 April 2006, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 2-0 Benfica: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Benfica 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 5 April 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.
Ronaldinho Gaúcho opened the scoring in the 19th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Ronaldinho Gaúcho (19') and Samuel Eto'o (89'). Benfica did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 5th on 21 points from 9 and Benfica 11th on 15 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 0 for Benfica.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read D-D-W-W-W and Benfica's D-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 5'Missed penalty · Ronaldinho Gaúcho
- 9'Yellow card · Deco
- 19'Goal · Ronaldinho Gaúcho
- 51'Yellow card · Samuel Eto'o
- 62'Yellow card · Manuel Fernandes
- 64'Yellow card · Luisão
- 83'Yellow card · Anderson Beraldo
- 89'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up
Juliano Haus Belletti, Puyol, Oleguer, Ronaldinho, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Víctor Valdés, Henrik Larsson, Samuel Eto'o, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Mark van Bommel
Benfica expected line-up
Marcelo Moretto, Luisão, Léo, Alcides, Anderson Beraldo, Beto, Simão, Manuel Fernandes, Laurent Robert, Nuno Gomes, Diego Gómez