In the best possible way he started it in 2025! In the first games of the 7th match for League Phase there were 33 goals scored, with him scoring 3 times for Benfica against Barcelona, a game that the Catalans with a dream twist, managed to win 5–4. What better a football friend can ask for than those who played the Champions League games on Tuesday night (21/01/25). Hat trick Vangelis Pavlidis, twists, thrills, goals and not only, were some of what happened in the first games for the 7th and last games of the League Phase, with the results being more than magic. CORVERSE Benfica – Barcelona 4-5 From the first to the last goal, Benfica and Barcelona gave a super spectacle, with the total 9 goals scored speaking on their own. Maybe the hosts were in front twice in the game with 2 goals, however Barcha never gave up the game and got an epic win. Vangelis Pavlidis made the best appearance of his career, with the international Greek center for scoring three goals against Barcelona, putting his name in a closed football club. And that’s because Pavlidis became the fourth player in the history of the Champions League to hat – trick against the “blaugrana”, with Andrei Shefchenko and Faustino Aspriya in 1997 and Killian Ebape in 2021, being the previous. The Greek center fork scored in 2nd in 22′ and in 30′ with Barcelona temporarily tied to Levantovshi in 13′. The Catalans reduced to 3–2 with a lucky goal of Rafinia to 64–1, however Ronald Araho’s autogoal to 68–1 in a phase Paulidis almost scored 4th goal, raised his scorer to 4–2. CORVERSE But when you have Barcelona against you, you can never be sure of anything! The Catalans in a mythical, in an unrealistic come back, came back from hell and managed to win 4-5! To do this, Levantowski scored at 78–1 with a fitting penalty execution, Eric Garcia at 86–1 with a strong header from Pedro’s aristocratic center and Rafinia with an amazing goal in the 6th minute of the delays, which was furiously celebrated by the guests. With this victory Barcelona reached 6 wins in 7 games and now counts 18 points, 3 less than pioneer Liverpool in League Phase. On her side Benfica who reached a historic victory, stayed 18th to 10 points. Liverpool – Lille 2-1 Liverpool made 7/7 in wins, with Slott’s team hardly winning Lil. 1-0 was made at 34′ with the unstoppable this year Mohammed Salah at 34′, with the guests tied against the flow of the race at 62′ with the terrible Jonathan David. The French goal was furiously celebrated, but joy stayed for a while, as Harvey in 67 minutes Elliot put the “reds” back in front of the score, with 2-1 remaining to the end. In fact Lil finished the game with 10 footballers, as Madi in 59′ was expelled with a second yellow card. Liverpool now remained in 1st place with 21 points and is the only team in the Champions League, which has the absolute win in the event. Atlético Madrid – Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 The game had a lot of intensity and strong markings from the first minutes, with homeowners even staying with 10 footballers, due to the direct red card that Pablo Barrios faced in 25–1. The Germans took advantage of their numerical advantage and managed to lead the score with Hinshipae at 45+1–1. Atletiko entered the replay determined and managed to bring the match to equal, thanks to Julian Alvarez’s very difficult and amorphous goal at 52–1. In fact, the game returned to numerical balance when at 76′ Hinsipae was expelled with a second yellow card. This is how Atletico managed to make the overturn, with Alvarez scoring in 90′ giving the victory to the “rochimplancus”. The 7th race schedule Tuesday 21 January Monaco – Aston Villa 1-0 Atalanta – Storm Graz 5-0 Atlético – Leverkusen 2-1 Benfica – Barcelona 4-5 Red Star – Aidhofen 2-3 Liverpool – Lil 2-1 Breeze – Juventus 0-0 Slovan Bratislava – Stuttgart 1-3 Bologna – Dortmund 2-1 Wednesday 22 January 19:45 Leipzig – Sporting 19:45 Shahtar – Brest 22:00 Sparta Prague – Inter 22:00 Fegenord – Bayern 22:00 Arsenal – Dinamo Zagreb 22:00 Milan – Girona 22:00 Paris – Manchester City 22:00 Real – Zalzburg 22:00 Celtic – Young Boyce The score of 3. Liverpool (15–12) 21* 2. Barcelona (26–11) 18* 3. Atlético Madrid (16–11) 15* 4. Atalanta (18–4) 14* 5. Arsenal (11–2) 13. Leberkusen (13–7) 13* 7. Inter (7–1) 13 8. Aston Villa (9–4) 13* 9. Brest (10–6) 13 10. Monaco (13–10) 13* 11. Lille (11–9) 13* 12. Bayern Munich (17–18) 12 13. Dortmund (19–11) 10. 0 * With asterisk the teams that have one more match. It is recalled that the teams that will finish at positions 1-8 will qualify directly for the ’16’ phase. Those in positions 9-24 will play each other in double playoff games. The first games will take place in the teams seats 17–24 and the rematches in the teams seats 9–16. The last 12 teams are eliminated. More in a while…
Champions League: Mythical overthrow of Barcelona 5-4 Benfica despite Vangelis Pavlidis’ hat trick
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