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Unlucky punter narrowly misses out on winning bet of the century after Raphinha's dramatic winner for Barcelona

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Published 12:28 22 Jan 2025 GMT

Unlucky punter narrowly misses out on winning bet of the century after Raphinha's dramatic winner for Barcelona

The bet would have paid out thousands if it had come through.

Ben McCrum

Ben McCrum

An unlucky football fan has shared the crazy bet that he narrowly missed out on banking after Raphinha's dramatic winner in Barcelona's Champions League clash.

Barcelona pulled off an incredible late comeback to win their Champions League match against Portuguese side Benfica 5-4 on Tuesday night.

With five different goalscorers and a red card, the match was perfect for fans looking to place a bet on Tuesday's football.

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But one punter has revealed the huge bet that he placed during the match that could have won him thousands, if not for Raphinha.

After conceding a quick-fire hat-trick to Benfica striker Vangelis Pavlidis in the opening 30 minutes of the match and, Robert Lewandowski briefly equalised for the visitors to bring the score to 1-1, Barcelona were forced to produce one of the biggest comebacks in Champions League history.

Raphinha scored a second goal for the Spanish champions, but his progress was ruled out by an own goal from teammate Ronald Araujo, followed by a second from Lewandowski and an equaliser from defender Eric Garcia.

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But it was Raphinha's dramatic 96th minute winner that cost the punter his be as, although he required Raphinha to score the 9th goal of the match for his bet builder, he also needed him to receive a booking, which didn't happen.

The unlucky fan likely was hoping that, if Raphinha were to score the winner, he would celebrate the crucial goal by taking his top off, earning him a yellow card.

If Raphinha had done this, the punter would have made a massive £6,000 profit from his £10 bet, but he narrowly missed out.

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Understandably, the fan feels like they have been let down by the Brazilian as, given the importance of the goal, it seemed almost certain that Raphinha would earn himself a booking with his celebrations.

The winger's late winner all but confirms Barcelona's place in the top two teams in the Champions League group stage, handing them a more favourable draw for the Round of 16 in March.

However, after Atletico Madrid's late victory over Beyer Leverkusen, Barcelona still need at least one point from next week's match against Atalanta to cement their place in the top 2.

Featured Image Credit: Getty

Topics: Barcelona, Champions League, Football, Raphinha

Ben McCrum
Ben McCrum

Ben is a sports journalist who specialises in football and MMA. He has written for publications such as Manchester Evening News, WiganToday, Manchester World and beIN Sports. Throughout his career he has interviewed top athletes in MMA including Tom Aspinall and Michael Bisping.

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