UEFA Champions League: PSG (Who Crush Barca), Benfica Grab Series Openers

Two Round-of-16 series commenced on Tuesday as the UEFA Champions League's knockout stage opened.

At Lisbon:

Kostantinos Mitroglou (who celebrated with teammates here) scored the only goal of the match in the 48th minute as SL Benfica took the opening contest with Borussia Dortmund 1-0 at home.

Photo from UEFA website

At Paris:

Angel Di Maria scored twice (18', 55') as Paris Saint-Germain demolished visiting Barcelona 4-0 in the opening contest of their two-game series.  Here, we see Edinson Cavani celebrating after scoring for PSG in the 72nd minute.

Associated Press photo by Francois Mori