STARTING XI Matic suspended. Andre Gomes playing DM. Luisinho not in the CL list of players unfortunately.
1 minute into the game and theres a freekick in Benfica favor, Benfica takes the free kick and uncalled PK on Garay! Guys pulls his jersey then grabs his arms and pulls him down as he jumps up to head the ball....
Halftime 0-0 Benfica dominating. 60/40 Posession in favor for Benfica. Benfica 10 shots/ Spartak 2 Uncalled PK Salvio missed a sitter. We're mising creativity in the final 3rd. Something Aimar or Martins offers, but neither available tonight. Maybe Nolito or Gaitan can provide that.
GOOOLLLLOOOOOO Cardozo!!! 1-0 55th minute Cardozo also scored a goal in the 50th minute but was wrongfully flagged for offsides.
Cardozo hits the post! Surprisingly very active and has done more in 15 minutes than Rodrigo in the whole first half! Wow!
GOOOOLLLLOOOOOOO!!!! Oscar Tacuara Cardozo!!! 2-0 What a performance by Cardozo! Ola John assist Credit JJ for bringing him on at the half! Highly impressed. Hated the change so soon, but clearly it worked!
Ola John interview "The ball is round, anything can happen". Beat Celtic, tie Barcelona gets us through?
well to be fair, Barca already did what it had to do, and has the right to lay an egg here or there. if benfica could have gotten a couple points on the first legs, maybe we wouldn't need other teams' help
Yes true, but our only home game before today was against Barcelona. It doesn't help that we played in Scotland and Russia first. Advantage went to Spartak and Celtic...