The first visit of the Benfica a Barcelona to face the Barça It was on September 24, 1920 at Camp de la calle Industry, The Spittoon. In 48 hours they played two games, both with a Barça win: 5-0 and 5-2. Barça’s scorers in the first one were Garcia (2), Martínez, Sancho and Piera. Zamora he was the spectacular goalkeeper of that team. Curiously, the Lisbon team played two more games to take advantage of the trip, both against the Terrace, who managed to tie both games, as it was recorded in the pages of Mundo Deportivo that the great Portuguese writer Afonso de Mello cited in his previous costumbrista chronicle of the meeting of Champions League. 101 years have passed and Terrace is the protagonist this time in the figure of Xavi, favorite son of the town.
That was a friendly match motivated by the curiosity that the Barça to face a Portuguese team for the first time.
A century later, the Barça need to win at Benfica to continue establishing the story of the rebuilding of a team with young orphaned talents from Messi, the only one who opts for Golden Ball having defended the Blaugrana colors for at least half a season. There is no footballer of the Barça in the list of eleven candidates for the prestigious award, published on the same day that Pedri has been chosen Golden Boy surpassing his partner among others Gavi.
The Barça The current one is a reflection of those two lists, without global stars but with great young people. Not bad for a technician like Xavi who knows that trusting in the quarry can place three players of the house on the podium of the Golden Ball.