Barcelona convincingly defeated Benfica 4-1 over two legs to seal their place in the Champions League quarter-finals.
The Blaugrana are now undefeated in their last nine UCL games and marked their newest unbeaten streak with a superb outing at the Olympic Stadium.
In the 11th minute, Yamal sat down Florentino in the centre, beat another marker and then ultimately botched his left-footed shot for Raphinha to volley home the opener.
The visitors responded just two minutes later, as Schjelderup drove in a tempting corner delivery from the left for Otamendi to head in. The moment of the match arrived in the 27th minute.
Raphinha pinged over a free-kick from the left before Yamal kept it alive on the touchline and skipped in from the right before bending a luxurious strike into the top-left corner.
Raphinha grabbed his second of the day before the break.
Just about beating the offside trap, he was found by Balde on the left to power back across Trubin and find the bottom right excellently.
Clearly, doing the business in the first allowed Barca a casual outing in the second half as chances were limited to De Jong somehow missing to deny a superb team goal and Araujo heading into the side netting.
Nonetheless, Flick's side were good value for the win, exceeding their 2.64 xG while a stifled Benfica just managed to work over their 0.74 xG.
The Catalan giants will play either Borussia Dortmund or Lille in the quarters.
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