It would seem that the match between Inter, which won all the games in the group, and Benfica, which lost all the games, did not carry any great intrigue. It’s clear who the favorite is. But this is on paper. But on the field everything turned out to be completely different. But isn’t that why we love football?
The hosts opened the scoring in the 7th minute: Joao Mario completed a combination involving Antonio Silva and Tengstedt with a touch. Before Inter had time to wake up, they received the second ball: the active Tengstedt took the ball from Aslani right in front of the penalty area and passed the ball to his partner. This time Joao Mario hit the bottom left corner.
Gradually, the Milanese managed to move the game away from their goal, but it was only an illusion. Once again Tengstedt found himself to the right of the opponent’s goal and made a soft pass into the goalkeeper’s area, where Joao Mario had already hit the opponent’s goal with his head. Here is the favorite of the match…
After the break everything turned upside down. First, Arnautovic was lost at the far post and he calmly put the ball into the goal. Five minutes later, Acerbi delivered a high cross from the left flank, and Fratezzi hit the ball into the goal. Benfica collapsed, Trubin kept helping out, but in the 69th minute Marcus Thuram earned a penalty, which was converted by Alexis Sanchez.
However, Roger Schmidt’s team did not give up: Di Maria made the visitors nervous with a couple of shots over the crossbar. Benfica’s chances of snatching victory finally disappeared when Antonio Silva was sent off for a rough tackle on Barella.
3:3 after 99 minutes played – Inter lost points, but remained first in the group, because Real Sociedad also did not win against Salzburg.
2023-24, Champions League
Benfica – Inter 3:3 (3:0)
Naked: Mario J., 7 (1:0); Mario J., 13 (2:0); Mario J., 34 (3:0); Arnautovic, 53 (3:1); Frattesi, 58 (3:2); Sanchez A., 72 (penalty) (3:3)
Benfica: Trubin; Silva A. (up to 86); Morato F.; Otamendi; Di Maria (Araújo T., 89); Mario J. (Gouveia, 99); Neves J.P.; Florentin (Kökçü, 79); Eurosnes; Tengstedt K. (Musa P., 79); Silva Rafa (Ciquinho 99)
Spares: Soares C.; Kokubo; Yurasek D.; Victor Joao; Arthur K.
Warnings: Morato F. 78; Silva A. 84
Deletions: Silva A. 86′
Inter: Audero; Acerbi; de Vrij (Di Marco, 77); Carlos Augusto; Darmian (Cuadrado, 68); Bissek; Frattesi; Aslani K.; Arnautovic (Tyuram M., 68); Sanchez A. (Martinez L., 79); Klassen D. (Barella, 68)
Spares: Di Gennaro; Sommer; Stabile; Dimarco; Stankovic Al.; Calhanoglu; Interest
Warnings: Cuadrado 76
2023-11-29 22:22:00
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