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Barcelona's Brazilian forward #11 Raphinha (R) celebrates scoring his team's first goal with teammate Barcelona's Spanish forward #19 Lamine Yamal during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 second leg football match between FC Barcelona and SL Benfica at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Barcelona on Tuesday.Photo by Josep LAGO /Getty Images
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BARCELONA, Spain — Raphinha scored twice and Lamine Yamal once as Barcelona advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League with a 3-1 win over Benfica on Tuesday.
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The Catalan club advanced 4-1 on aggregate score after last week’s 1-0 victory — with a goal by Raphinha. Barcelona will play either Borussia Dortmund or Lille in the quarterfinals.
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Raphinha’s double makes him the leading scorer in the Champions League this season with 11 goals.
The Brazil forward put Barcelona ahead in the 10th, then assisted in Yamal’s 27th-minute goal before adding his second in the 42nd.
In other matches Tuesday, Paris Saint-Germain travels to Liverpool trailing 1-0 from the first leg. Inter Milan hosts Feyenoord on the back of a 2-0 away win in the first leg, and Bayern Munich travels to Bayer Leverkusen after comprehensively beating its Bundesliga rival 3-0.
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