He Benfica showed himself incompetent and unsuccessful in visiting Da Luz del Bolognaand the pass to the next round of the Champions League has to be played in their two remaining duels, against Barcelona in Lisbon and in front of him Juventusin Turin.
The Portuguese team lost steam and was unable to maintain the momentum of its win against Atlético Madrid. Now he has ten points, he is fifteenth. They missed a good chance to take a step forward against a winless rival and earned their second draw.
The Italians came Lisbon with only one point to his name and, after the scare of a goal conceded in the 2nd minute which was disallowed for offside, he managed to gain possession and lock Benfica in their field.
The Italians’ composure when passing the ball contrasted with the Portuguese’s discomfort, who struggled to connect with the verticality that characterizes their football.
Only with a quick transfer, supported by the technique and experience of the former Madrid player. Angel Di MariaBenfica threatened with the goal of Bologna.
The best chance of the first half came in the final moments, when the Spanish Alvaro Carreras He cleared a defender, entered the area and served Di María, whose first shot was saved by the Polish international. Lukasz Skorupski.
The second half, although it started in the forward of Bologna Thijs Dallinga goalkeeper test Trubinbrought a more energetic Benfica, with Carreras causing Urbanski plenty of problems on the left wing.
Facing the offensive avalanche of the ‘eagles’, goalkeeper Skorupski became his team’s savior in the face of constant offensive incarnations. Despite the torrid run, the contest ended goalless, so Benfica will have to try to score points in their next two games, against FC Barcelona at home and against Juventus in Turin.
BENEFIT
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BOLOGNA
0 – Benfica: Trubin; Bah, Nicolás Otamendi, Tomás Araújo, Álvaro Carreras; Florentino, Aursnes, Kökçü (Cabral, min.81); Ángel Di María, Karem Aktürkoglu (Beste, min.72) and Vangelis Pavlidis (Amdouni, min.72).
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0 – Bologna: Skorupski; Stefan Posch (Corazza, min.89), Sam Beukema, Nicoló Casale (Lucumi, min.74), Emil Holm; Lewis Ferguson, Nikola Moro (Freuler, min.73); Kacper Urbanski (Ndoye, min.72), Giovanni Fabbian (Pobega, min.74), Samuel Iling-Junior; Thijs Dallinga.
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TheReferee: Radu Petrescu (ROM). He showed yellow cards to Pavlidis, Florentino, Bah, Kökçü and Otamendi from Benfica and Fabbian, Casale, Ferguson, Freuler and Beukema from Bologna.
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TheEvents: League phase match of the Champions League played at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon (Portugal) before 60,650 spectators.
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Source: La Verdad
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