FC Barcelona 4-4 Benfica: Golden Cup exit on penalties

Barça have lost their Golden Cup quarter final to Benfica on penalties after the game ended 4-4 after two extra time periods.

It was a frustrating way for it all to end after they had done so well to come back from 4-1 down to force overtime. The Portuguese side led 3-0 before the blaugrana finally found the net after 31 minutes through Diogo Rafael but then Benfica went three ahead once again.

But a Joao Rodrigues penalty, and then goals from Nil Roca and Helder Nunes pulled things back to 4-2 in the most dramatic of fashion.

With no goals scored in the two overtime periods, the game went to a shootout and Benfica won that 3-2 to advance to the semi-finals.

MATCH STATS

Barça: Sergi Fernández, Pau Bargalló, Matias Pascual, Joao Rodrigues, Helder Nunes,  Kyllian Gil, Sergi Llorca, Ignacio Alabart & Nil Roca. 

Benfica: Pedro Henriques, Diogo Rafael, Edu Lamas, Lucas Ordoñez, Pablo Álvarez, Carlos Nicolia, Pol Manrubia, Daniel Oliveira & Golçalo Pinto. 

Goals: 0-1, Diogo Rafael (min 14); 0-2, Carlos Nicolia (min 24); 0-3, Diogo Rafael (min 29); 1-3, Joao Rodrigues (min 31); 1-4, Gonçalo Pinto (min 36); 2-4, Joao Rodrigues (min 41); 3-4, Nil Roca (min 47); 4-4, Helder Nunes (min 50).

Penalties: 1-0, Helder Nunes; 1-1, Diogo; 1-2, Lamas; 2-2, Llorca; 2-3, Lucas Ordoñez.