He Benfica thrashed this Tuesday at witches by a resounding 5-1 and brilliantly qualified for the quarterfinals of the Championsto which he arrives undefeated after stopping giants like the Paris Saint-Germain wave Juventus. The only two defeats this season for the Lisbon team this season have been against Sporting de Braga, who beat him in the league and eliminated him in the Portuguese Cup.
The team led by the German roger schmidt (55 years old) leads the Portuguese championship with authority with 20 wins, two draws and one loss after 23 games. He adds eight points to the second, the Portoand ten to sporting bragathe only one who can boast this course of having knocked down twice a Benfica.
On December 30, on matchday 14 of the Portuguese league, Benfica lost by a clear 3-0 against Artur Jorge’s men. Shortly after a month, on February 9, the people of Lisbon gave up again in bragawhere they were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Portuguese Cup after drawing at one goal and losing in the penalty shootout 5-4.
They are the only two blots this season from a Benfica that is becoming one of the great revelations of the Champions. The great figure of him is the young Portuguese international Goncalo Ramos (21 years old), author this Tuesday of a double against the witches and an already valued striker who is sounding like a possible reinforcement of the real Madrid for the next season.
Benfica, meanwhile, dreams of reaching the third European Cup of its history after winning two in a row more than 60 years ago, the first in the 60-61 against barca (3-2) and the second, in the 61-62 against the meringues (5-2).
In the present edition of the Champions, the Lisboners eliminated the midtjylland danish and al kyiv Dynamo Ukrainian in the preliminary rounds. In the group stage they only gave up two draws to one goal against the almighty Paris Saint-Germain of Messi and Mbappé. Already in the round of 16, the Benfica just swept the witches Belgian for a 7-1 aggregate. A triumphant walk that has completely unleashed euphoria in the historic Lisbon club.
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