Benfica lost their chance to qualify for the Champions League playoffs. To some extent, the fans of the Portuguese club can be reassured by the first goal in the current European Cup campaign. But that’s all.
Real Sociedad gave the guests a warm welcome from the first minutes. After 15 minutes, it began to seem that all the goals that Barcelona missed over the weekend would go to Anatoly Trubin today. By that time the score was already 2:0 in favor of the Spaniards, who continued to attack without slowing down.
Such a total destruction of the opponent in the first minutes was reminiscent of the style of Dynamo Kyiv in 1985-86. Then Valery Lobanovsky’s team also stormed through the opponents’ defense and, having achieved an advantage of two or three goals, calmly brought the matter to victory.
Whoever you won’t envy in this situation is Anatoly Trubin. The Ukrainian goalkeeper cannot be blamed for the missed goals – all of them were the result of Benfica’s simply disastrous defensive play. As a result, the first half ended with a score of 3:0. And it could have been more – in the 29th minute, Mendes, taking a penalty kick, hit the post.
Benfica changed at the beginning of the second half and even pulled one goal back. It was Rafa Silva who completed his team’s three-run move. The Portuguese, by inertia, continued to attack for some time, but Real Sociedad quickly leveled the game and brought the match to victory. Which will very likely lead the Spaniards to the Champions League playoffs.
2023-24, Champions League
Real Sociedad – Benfica 3:1 (3:0)
Goals: Merino 6 (1:0); Oyarzabal, 11 (2:0); Barrenechea 21 (3:0); Silva Rafa, 49 (3:1)
Real Sociedad: Remiro; Muñoz A.; Le Norman; Elustondo (Odriozola, 85); Subimendi; Merino; Oyarzabal; Subeldia I.; Mendez B. (Turrientes, 70); Kubo T. (Fernandez K., 70); Barrenechea (Zakharyan, 77)
Subs: Ayesa; Marrero; Urko G.; Olasagasti; Marin P.; Magunazelaya; Sadik U.; Cho M-A.
Warnings: Barrenechea 63; Fernandez K. 86
Benfica: Trubin; Morato F.; Silva A.; Otamendi; Mario J. (Ciquinho, 85); Neves J.P.; Eurosnes; Florentin (Jurasek D., 31); Di Maria (Tengstedt K., 85); Arthur K. (Musa P., 65); Silva Rafa (Guedes G., 85)
Subs: Soares C.; Kokubo; Victor Joao; Araujo T.; Gouveia
Warnings: Florentin 20
2023-11-08 19:41:00
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