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

Vangelis Pavlidis scored his sixth goal in this season's Champions League to give Benfica a 1-0 win away to 10-man Monaco in the first leg of their knockout phase play-off tie on Wednesday.

And that weakness was exploited upon the return from the dressing room. Vangelis Pavlidis got in behind Monaco’s high line and crucially got goalside of Mohammed Salisu. The Greek forward honed ...