‘Screams heard in tunnel’ after Benfica vs Barcelona clash with police forced to intervene in scuffle involving Raphinha

POLICE were forced to intervene aft a wide brawl reportedly erupted betwixt Barcelona and Benfica players.

The Catalan giants staged an unthinkable comeback from 4-2 down to triumph 5-4 successful the Champions League past night.

Barca's triumph was not without immense contention arsenic Benfica were adamant they should person had a punishment successful 96th minute.

But the referee did not springiness it and Raphinha instantly went up the different extremity to people a last-gasp winner.

Emotions ran precocious astatine full-time and tempers supposedly boiled implicit successful the tunnel.

There was reportedly a brawl betwixt Barcelona and Benfica players and "screams" were heard.

Police allegedly had to intervene, escorting Raphinha distant and guarding the doors to some teams' dressing rooms.

Asked astir the incidental by Movistar, the ex-Leeds prima said: "I'm a idiosyncratic who respects everyone, but erstwhile I was leaving the transportation determination were radical who insulted me.

"I returned the insults. I cognize I shouldn't bash it, but I returned the insults. In the extremity we each got heated.

"They could person understood the situation, but they preferred to insult me.

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"I'm a idiosyncratic who doesn't instrumentality thing home, what they accidental to me, they're going to perceive it too.

"It was thing that happened, we were each heated, but it's mean successful shot aft the extremity of a lucifer similar this."

In the brainsick game, 3 penalties were given, goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny wiped retired his ain team-mate arsenic Benfica's Vangelis Pavlidis netted a hat-trick and Barca prima Ronald Araujo scored an ain goal.

Before his winner, Raphinha made it 4-2 with an effort called "the weirdest extremity ever" by fans.

Benfica stopper Anatoliy Trubin booted the shot up the transportation but it deed the Brazilian winger's caput from 25 yards retired and flew into the unfastened net.

At full-time, the Portuguese club's manager Bruno Lage delivered a passionate squad speech connected the pitch.