He scored 3 goals against it and managed to become the fourth footballer in the history of hat trick against the “blaugrana”. Vangelis Pavlidis scored 3 goals in 30 minutes of play, in the Benfika – Barcelona match, with the 26-year-old proud of being among three other great football players who have managed to do something similar in the history of the Champions League! CORVERSE Specifically, Aspriya and Sevchenko in 1997, Killian Ebape in 2021 and now Pavlidis in 2025, are the only ones who have managed to set Barcha 3 goals in a game, with the Greek quarterback becoming the second player from our country to have a hat trick in the event. Previous was Kostas Mitroglu in the 2013-14 season and Olympiacos’ 3–0 victory at the headquarters of Anderlecht. Only four players have scored a Champions League hat-trick against Barcelona in the era: Faustino Asprilla (1997) ◎ Andriy Shevchenko (1997) Kylian Mbappé (2021) Vangelis Pavlidis (2025) He has Wojciech Szczesny to tell for two of the goals. — Squawka (@Squawka) ADVERSE For his bad luck Benfica failed to win against Barcelona, with the Catalans in a match – thriller winning 4-5! Pavlidis who, however, was the main protagonist of the hosts, in his statements after the game ended said: “Emotions are shared. Mostly I liked the first half, in which we made really big opportunities. We had a good plan and we pushed right. In the second part we lowered our tempo and they pushed us a lot because they were back in the score. It hurts when you get a goal in the last minute. We made an excellent game against one of the world’s top teams. Yeah, it really was a great night for me. scoring three goals against Barcelona is just a dream. When it happens, it’s nice, but it hurts. We had to do more as a team to get a positive result, perhaps not the three, but certainly one degree. We played a good game, but it’s hard to talk about it today.”
Vangelis Pavlidis became the fourth footballer to score 3 goals against Barcelona
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