Without Messi, Barcelona suffered a defeat in Portugal

2023-10-05 00:21 © ZUMAPRESS com.

“Barcelona”, similar, will advance to the Champions League knockout stage this season.

The Catalans achieved a crucial victory away against “Porto” – 1:0.

Xavi’s team secured the victory with Ferran Torres’ goal in added time of the first half. 

These matches also saw more than one questionable referee decision. For example, after a VAR review, a penalty kick was overturned when Joao Cancelo played the ball with his hand. VAR spotted Eustaquio touching the ball with his hand just before the Portuguese's foul. 

Other results:

“Royal Antwerp” 2:3 “Shakhtar”

“Celtic” 1:2 “Lazio”