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Goals and Highlights: Benfica 5-1 Club Brugge Champions League
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Benfica advances to the semifinals of the Champions League. The Reds will wait for the Uefa draw, which will be held on March 17, to know the new opponent.
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Jutglà shoots and Vlachodimos grabs it in the middle of the goal
89' Substitution in Benfica
In: Lucas Veríssimo
Out: António Silva
86' GOAL BRUGGE
Meijer receives a good pass in the area, he hits it first time, the ball goes straight to Vlachodimos' angle
77' GOAL BENFICA
In a good exchange of passes, Rafa Silva triggers João Neves. The midfielder rolls to David Neres, who hits the corner with his left foot
75' Substitutions in Brugge
In: Nusa and Rits
Out: Vanaken and Sowah
74' Substitutions in Benfica
In: Morato and João Neves
Out: Otamendi and João Mário
71' GOAL BENFICA
João Mário displaces the goalkeeper to score
70' PENALTY
Gilberto is brought down by Sylla inside the area
63' Substitutions in Benfica
In: David Neres and Gilberto
Out: Chiquinho e Bah
62' Substitutions in Brugge
In: Jutglà and Odoi
Out: Yaremchuk and Mata
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Nielsen takes an overhang in the box and isolates it over the goal
56' GOAL BENFICA
Aursnes opens with Grimaldo, who crosses low and Gonçalo Ramos moves well to make his second in the game
51'
Benfica calmly exchanges passes in the midfield
47' Yellow card for Brugge
Meijer
45'
Game restarts
Substitution in Brugge
In: Onyedika
Out: Lang
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⏸ Intervalo na 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐥! #SLBBRU #UCL pic.twitter.com/8QNak9jM6x — SL Benfica (@SLBenfica) March 7, 2023
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2-0 at the break. #SLBCLU #UCL pic.twitter.com/TZJsXFjPy3 — Club Brugge KV (@ClubBrugge) March 7, 2023
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The first half ends
46' GOAL BENFICA
Gonçalo Ramos makes a great individual play, passes through two and releases a bomb in the corner
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Grimaldo takes a free-kick on goal and Mignolet holds on tight
42' Yellow card for Brugge
Sylla
37' GOAL BENFICA
Gonçalo Ramos makes a great cross. Rafa Silva dominates, gets rid of two markers, turns and hits the corner of Mignolet
29'
Vanaken cobra falta em cima da barreira
28' Yellow card for Benfica
Otamendi
28' DANGEROUS FOUL
Buchanan receives on the edge of the box, spins on Otamendi, who commits a foul. It was almost a penalty
20' Yellow card for Brugge
Lang
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Grimaldo swings in from the back line and crosses to João Mário, who stamps the marking on the edge of the small area
17' Yellow card for Brugge
Yaremchuk
15' LOST
João Mário receives the ball at speed and crosses back. Florentino comes through the middle and hits it first time, but sends it to the right of the goal
13'
Gonçalo Ramos passes by Mechele, advances the ball too much and Mignolet gets the possession
9'
Rafa Silva disputes Mechele's space, carries it until he enters the area and hits a cross, doesn't put power and sends it far away from the goal
8'
Yaremchuk looks for the cross from the right, but Antonio Silva arrives by trolley to make the cut
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Nielsen crosses from the left and Vanaken heads the ball to the right of the goal
1' GOAL DISALLOWED
VAR confirms Gonçalo Ramos offside
1' GOAL BENFICA
Gonçalo Ramos is launched in the attack, dominates and plays to Rafa Silva, who opens with Bah.the lateral cross low and João Mário plays the letter
00'
The referee blows the whistle
THE CHAMPIOOOONS
Players lined up for the anthem of the competition
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Teams entering the field
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Teams in the warm-up
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Blue-Black Team in the area
The boys. 👜 #SLBCLU #UCL pic.twitter.com/ujNBTpCfqj
— Club Brugge KV (@ClubBrugge) March 7, 2023
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Incarnates have already arrived home
🏟️ Já estamos em 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗮! #SLBBRU | #EuAmoOBenfica pic.twitter.com/wfNiNZou3f
— SL Benfica (@SLBenfica) March 7, 2023
Brugge reserves
Bursik, Odoi, Jutglà, Onyedika, Rits, Boyata, Nusa, Talbi and Cisse Sandra
Brugge set
Mignolet, Mata, Mechele, Sylla; Buchanan, Sowah, Nielsen, Vanaken, Meijer; Yaremchuk, Lang
Benfica reserves
Samuel Soares, Gilberto, Lucas Veríssimo, Morato, Rafael Rodrigues, João Neves, Cher Ndour, David Neres, Gonçalo Guedes, Schjelderup, Musa and Tengstedt
Benfica roster
Vlachodimos; Bah, António Silva, Otamendi, Grimaldo; Florentino, Chiquinho; João Mário, Rafa Silva, Aursnes; Gonçalo Ramos
Suspension risk: Brugge
Buchanan, Mignolet, Nielsen, Odoi, Sowah
Suspension risk: Benfica
Florentino, Gonçalo Ramos, João Mário, Otamendi
Video Refereeing
VAR: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)
AVAR: Mete Kalkavan (Spain)
Field Refereeing
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Eyisoy (Turkey)
Assistant Referee 2: Cevdet Komurcuoglu (Turkey)
Fourth official: Abdulkadir Bitigen (Turkey)
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Speak up, Scott Parker!
"This is a very big challenge, we know that. We were very competitive in the first match, if you look afterwards, it was decided based on two mistakes. We will give everything to reach our highest level. This is an important game. Benfica is a good team, competitive and with many individual qualities. In the last few days, total focus was put on the game. The players have trained well and there is still hope of achieving a good result.
We arrived here with a great challenge ahead of us, a challenge that we are loving as a team and as a soccer club. We will give everything we have in this second match, we will take this opportunity and perform at the levels we can perform at."
Probable roster for Brugge
Mignolet; Mata, Mechele, Sylla, Meijer; Sowah, Nielsen, Vanaken, Buchanan; Jutglà, Lang.
Brugge's situation
Scott Parker also has two casualties for tonight's match. Hendry, thigh injury, and Skov Olsen, hip problems.
Speak up, Roger Schmidt!
"I expect a team that will try their way to be in the quarterfinals. The situation is clear: we won the first match, and to qualify for the quarterfinals they need to score at least two goals. Because of this, they need to attack. If they are going to do it at first, we will soon see. We never know the opponent's plan and that's why we will try to be very focused on us. If we are still in the competition, it's because we always believe in ourselves. It will be the same and we will try to make these 90 minutes our 90 minutes.
We have the advantage, because we won in the first leg, and we want to move on and show that we deserve to qualify for the quarterfinals. I expect a difficult game, because they have a lot of individual quality. They are not in the best phase of the season, but they have a lot of quality. If they are on a good day, they can create a lot of difficulties for us. We will have to be prepared and very organized, with desire, as was the case in Bruges. This was the key to winning. We are prepared for an intense game, we want to play good soccer and qualify.
I think that all the teams that are in the knockout stage can win the Champions League, but not with the same odds. This is very clear. There are always teams with lower budgets and these have fewer possibilities than the teams with bigger budgets. Nothing is impossible in soccer at this level. But right now we are very focused on qualifying for the quarterfinals. For a club like Benfica, it's always a big goal, but it's not yet achieved. We will go step by step".
Probable roster for Benfica
Vlachodimos; Bah, António Silva, Otamendi, Grimaldo; Aursnes, Florentino; João Mário, Neres, Rafa Silva; Gonçalo Ramos.
Benfica's situation
Roger Schmidt will be without Draxler, due to an ankle injury, and Ristic, with a thigh injury.
Advantage incarnate
With the away goal end, Benfica took the advantage to the Luz Stadium and need only a draw to seal the spot. In turn, Club Brugge needs to win by three goals to advance.
Blue-Black
Club Brugge finished second in group B with 11 points, one behind leaders Porto. The Blue-Black team won twice in the first rounds, but drew twice and lost twice, generating a score of 61%.
Eagles
Owning 77% and having the same sequence as Paris Saint-Germain, with three wins and a draw, Benfica took the lead in the fourth tiebreaker criterion: away goals, where they scored nine goals against six of the French. The Eagles ended their participation at the top of group H, with 14 points.
Eye on the game
Benfica vs Club Brugge this Tuesday (7), at the Luz Stadium at 3 pm ET, for the Champions League. The match is valid for the second leg of the round of 16 of the competition.
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