Beşiktaş hits back from three behind to hold Benfica

Beşiktaş hit back from three goals behind at halftime, scoring twice in the last 10 minutes, to force a 3-3 draw with Benfica in an enthralling Champions League game on Nov. 23. 

The Portuguese champion raced to a 3-0 lead in 31 minutes, helped by a sublime effort from Nelson Semedo and a bizarre goal by Ljubomir Fejsa who scored after the ball hit the woodwork three times. 

Cenk Tosun pulled Beşiktaş back into the game with a scissors kick, Ricardo Quaresma converted a penalty seven minutes from time and Vincent Aboubakar, like Quaresma a former player for Benfica's archrival Porto, equalized in the 89th minute. 

The draw left Benfica with eight points from five games in Group B and Beşiktaş on seven while Napoli, which was held to a goalless draw at home by Dynamo Kiev, has eight.

Benfica, which had needed a win to qualify with a game to spare, was left kicking itself again, having conceded a late equalizer in a 1-1 draw at home to the same opponent earlier in the group. 

Eliseu had already hit the post for Benfica and Aboubaker seen a goal chalked off for offside for Beşiktaş when the visitors went ahead. 

Eduardo Salvio slipped the ball to Goncalo Guedes and the 19-year-old held off a defender, rounded Fabricio and slipped the ball into the net from a tight angle. 

Semedo doubled the lead with a spectacular effort in the 25th minute, collecting the ball, turning and sending a curling left-foot shot past Fabricio from the edge the area. 

That was followed by a bizarre third when Kostas Mitroglou headed against the crossbar, then headed the rebound against the bar before Salvio sent a third attempt against the post and Fejsa finally turned the ball in. 

Despite the mauling, the...