LISBON, Portugal — Benfica forward Vangelis Pavlidis has scored the third-fastest hat trick at the start of a Champions League game on Tuesday, against Barcelona. The Greece international scored ...

Heading into this season, SL Benfica needed to replenish a frontline left threadbare following the departures of Marcos Leonardo, David Neres and Rafa. AZ forward Vangelis Pavlidis was the man chosen ...

GOALKEEPERS were the pantomime villains in their nine-goal thriller between Barcelona and Benfica ... to concede a first-half hat-trick from Vangelis Pavlidis. There was nothing Szczesny could ...

We're staying in Portugal today for the second leg of the Champions League playoff between Benfica and Monaco. The Portuguese ...

The thrilling match between Benfica and Barcelona featured nine goals ... It took the home side just two minutes to take the lead when Vangelis Pavlidis fired in from close range, but that ...

Vangelis Pavlidis scored his sixth goal in this season's Champions ... The winners of this tie will face a huge challenge in ...

Benfica were leading 4-2 with under 15 minutes remaining but Barcelona mounted a stunning late comeback to stay three points behind leaders Liverpool. Vangelis Pavlidis hit a first-half hat-trick ...

Barcelona just pulled off one of the most impressive comebacks that we've seen this season to clinch their spot in the top eight of the Champions League league phase with a 5-4 victory over Benfica.

Benfica and Monaco are set for a high-stakes second-leg Champions League match at the Estadio da Luz on Tuesday.