Joli Brugge made a save with a goal – Pavlidis’ Benfica humiliated Atlético

Her first win Club Brugge in this year’s Champions League bore his signature in broad strokes Christou Joli!

The Greek midfielder scored the only goal of the away match against Sturm Graz in the 23rd minute, sending the ball into the net with an excellent shot from a lateral position.

This was also his first goal in the group phase/league phase of the top club competition, as well as his fourth for Brugge.

The Austrians looked for an equalizer in the second half but had no luck, with the Belgians picking up their first points – and the losers remaining clean.

The teams’ lineups

Sturm Graz (Cr. Ilcher): Serpen, Johnston, Ivo, Geirhofer, Gazibegovic, Tsukwani (81′ Erlander), Jalkouge (82′ Zvonarek), Beving (66′ Horvat), Kitesvili, Kamara (58′ Xata), Bieret (68′ Jardimci)

Club Brugge (N. Hagen): Mignolet, Saiss, Ordoniez, Mechele, De Kuyper, Onyendika, Skov Olsen (46′ Score), Yassari, Vanaken, Jolis, Jutgla (77′ Verman)

In Lisbon, Benfica of Vangelis Pavlidis took a commanding victory, crushing Atletico Madrid 4-0!

The “eagles” entered the match better and surprised Atlético in the 13th minute. Oursnes won the ball from the right and saw the gap in the opposition defense, feeding him Akturkoglouwhich ended the phase perfectly for 1-0.

Benfica reached 2-0 at the end of the first half, but the Pavlidis saw his difficult effort from the sideline hit Oblak’s left-hand post.

However, with the start of the second half, the Portuguese 2-0 came, with the Greek striker winning a penalty and Di Maria to use it to double his team’s goals in the 52nd minute!

The hosts were the absolute masters on the field and reached a third goal, with a nailed header by Ba in the 75th minute of the match, while the final score was formed by a penalty by Kyokchu in the 84th minute – with Benfica having a post next!

The teams’ lineups



Benfica (Br. Laze): Trubin, Ba (85′ Silva), Araujo, Otamendi, Fernandez, Oursnes, Florentino, Kioccu (86′ Barreiro), Di Maria (71′ Rolheiser), Pavlidis (60′ Amduni), Akturkoglou (71′ Beste)

Atletico M. (D. Simeone): Oblak, Witsel, Jimenez, Reinaldo, Llorente (33′ Molina), De Paul (46′ Serrano), Koke (46′ Gallagher), Lino, Correa, Griezmann (46′ Sorloth), Alvarez (60′ Simeone)