Benfica Holds PSG TO A One All Draw

Benfica are the 40th different opponent against whom Messi has scored in the Champions League, and this strike ranks alongside any of his best - but it was cancelled out on 41 minutes.

Messi scored with a curling shot after excellent interplay with Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.

However, Danilo Pereira turned an Enzo Fernandez cross into his own net to earn Benfica a point.

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As a result, both teams have seven points from three Group H games.

On this basis, Benfica and PSG both deserve to advance to the round of 16 after a thrilling match in which only strong performances by goalkeepers Gianluigi Donnarumma and Odysseas Vlachodimos kept the score from being much higher.

The opener came after 22 minutes and was classic Messi. A superb team move in from the right side saw Messi pick up the ball and combine brilliantly with fellow forwards Neymar and Mbappe before curling unstoppably into the goal.

Benfica are the 40th different opponent against whom Messi has scored in the Champions League, and this strike ranks alongside any of his best – but it was cancelled out on 41 minutes.

After Neymar had sloppily given the ball away, Fernandez’s floated cross from the left wing deflected off Danilo and dropped inside the far post for an own goal.

PSG applied plenty of pressure in the second half, and they hit the crossbar on 50 minutes when Neymar attempted a spectacular overhead kick after Vlachodimos denied right-back Achraf Hakimi one-on-one.

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Vlachodimos saved well from Neymar and Hakimi, while Nicolas Otamendi wasted Benfica’s best chance by heading wide from six yards.

Both teams, however, had to settle for

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