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Champions League Round: Spanish giant FC Barcelona will visit Lisbon on Wednesday for the first leg of their Champions League last-16 away match against Benfica for another clash between two former champions.

The game comes less than two months after the two teams met in arguably the most exciting of all the matches in the group stage of the tournament, which saw Barcelona come back to win 5-4 after trailing 3-1 and 4-2 on a chaotic night that saw Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha each score twice, with Raphinha sprinting half the length of the pitch to score the winning goal in the sixth minute of injury time.

Hansi Flick's side has returned to form in Spain since the end of January and is now top of the table, with a one-point lead over Atletico Madrid and three points over Real Madrid, who face each other in Europe on Tuesday night.