Benfica 0-1 Barcelona: Player ratings as Raphinha wins first leg for 10-man Catalans | OneFootball

Barcelona managed to grind out a narrow but crucial first leg win in their Champions League last 16 tie against Benfica at a hostile Estadio da Luz on Wednesday night.

Hansi Flick's team will take a 1-0 aggregate lead back to Catalonia next week, earned through a solitary second half goal from Raphinha in the Portuguese capital.

It needed to be a disciplined defensive from Barcelona, who played three quarters of the game with ten players after Pau Cubarsi was shown a red card for a last-man challenge in the first half.

Benfica will see this as an opportunity missed to give themselves a lead to defend in the second leg.

Kerem Akturkoglu had chances for Benfica / Eurasia Sport Images/GettyImages

*Ratings provided by Fotmob*

Subs not used: Samuel Soares (GK), Adrian Bajrami, Leandro Santos, Diogo Prioste, Gianluca Prestianni, Hugo Felix, Nuno Felix.

Barcelona player ratings vs Benfica (4-2-3-1)

Pau Cubarsi was sent off in the first half / FILIPE AMORIM/GettyImages

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Subs not used: Inaki Pena (GK), Diego Kochen (GK), Eric Garcia, Hector Fort, Fermin Lopez, Pablo Torre, Ansu Fati, Pau Victor.