The “Da Luz” match had it all, except the winner!
Benfica and Ajax were left at 2-2 in a real derby in Lisbon, however the ticket for the quarterfinals of the Champions League will be judged in the rematch of Amsterdam, on March 15.
Golden change for the hosts o Yaremchukscored two goals Alertbut one in … wrong end!
In the mind of the coach
With 4-4-2 lined up his team o Nelson Verizimo. Vlachodimos is stable under the beams, with Gilberto, Otamendi, Vertonhen, Grimaldo being the defensive quartet and Silva, Weigl, Taarabt, Everton being the midfielders. In front, Nounies and Ramos played.
On the other hand, o Eric Ten Hague remained faithful to 4-3-3, with Passweire at the end and Mazraoui, Timbert, Martines and Blind in defense. Three in the center are Alvarez, Berghaus and Hrafenberch, with Anthony and Tadic at the ends and Aller in front.
The match
The hosts came in stronger and pressed in the first ten minutes, but with Ajax managing to press the area, the goal came! Scorer Tadic, who sent the ball into the net of Vlachodimos with a great shot after a ball by Mazraoui in 18 ‘.
Nevertheless, the Portuguese managed to reach a draw eight minutes later, when Aller inadvertently sent the ball into his team’s netafter she countered on him from Vertonhen’s trolling ball!
The Ivorian, however, did not let the “eagles” be very happy. In the 29th minute, he was in the right place at the right time, defeating Vlachodimos up close – with the Greek goalkeeper having repelled the opposition that had been done by his defender, moments before.
In the 44th minute, the Dutch came very close to the third goal, however Alvarez’s shot ended up on the crossbarwith Aller failing to score in front of an empty net.
The Portuguese were more threatening in the second half and reached the equalizer in 55 ‘, when Everton’s shot against Timber and passed next to the left crossbar.
Ajax came close again to a third goal in 63 ‘, when Vlachodimos repulsed the close effort of Martines, with the hosts taking the reins again afterwards.
THE Yaremchuk could not make it 2-2 in the 70th minute, with Timber chasing before the ball went to the goal, however two minutes later the Ukrainian succeeded.
After a shot by Ramos, Pasveir repulsed and the Benfica striker entered the net with the ball, bringing the match to a tie.
THE Vlachodimos then intervened in two attempts by Anthony, with 2-2 being the final score and leaving open accounts for the rematch. Especially since the regulation of away goals no longer applies …
The eleven of the two teams
Benfica (N. Verisimo): Vlachodimos, Gilberto (90 ‘Gonzalves), Otamendi, Vertonhen, Grimaldo, Silva, Weigl, Taarabt (85’ Bernardo), Everton (62 ‘Yaremchuk), Nounies (90’ Lazaro),.
On the bench: Leite, Meite, Mario, Radonjic, Dias, Araούjo, Morato.
Ajax (E. Ten Hague): Passweir, Mazraoui (90 ‘Rennes), Timber, Martines, Blind (73’ Taliafico), Alvarez, Berghaus, Hrafenberch (73 ‘Klaassen), Anthony, Aler, Tadic.
On the bench: Gorter, Onana, Sours, Pereira, Kudus, Taylor, Jensen, Darami.
Referee: Vinτςiτς (Slovenia)
Assistants: Kladznik, Kovacic (Slovenia)
4th: Obrenovi ((Slovenia)
VAR: Fritz (Germany), Praprotnik (Slovenia)
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