This Wednesday, Benfica squandered a three-goal lead created by João Mário’s hat-trick to draw 3-3 with Inter Milan in matchday five of Group D of the Champions League.
The Portuguese midfielder scored three goals in one match for the first time in his career in the fifth, 13th and 34th minutes, but the Italians managed to equalize in the second half thanks to Marko Arnautovic in the 51st minute by Davide. Frattesi in the 58th minute and Alexis Sanchez in the 72nd minute from the penalty spot, while the Reds also saw Antonio Silva sent off in the 86th minute.
Benfica, which can only aim for third place and therefore the playoffs to reach the last 16 of the Europa League, remains bottom of the group with one point and will solve this problem in the last round. , against Salzburg, third with four, which this Wednesday drew 0-0 with Real Sociedad.
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90′Rafa
LeavesThiago Maria Antunes Gouveia
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João Mario
LeavesChiquinho
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90′Kristjan Aslani (Inter missed the chance) fired a right-footed shot from outside the area. Help from Nicolo Barella.
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90′The shot was deflected into the center of the goal. Federico Dimarco (Inter) struck with his right foot from the center of the penalty area. Help from Nicolo Barella.
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90′Nicolo Barella (Inter) hits the left post with his left foot from the center of the penalty area. Help from Federico Dimarco.
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90′Corner, Benfica. Courtesy of Davide Frattesi.
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90′Corner, Inter. Contributed by Nicholas Otamendi.
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90′The opportunity was intercepted and Lautaro Martinez (Inter) fired a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area. Juan Cuadrado helps.
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89′Rafa (Benfica) missed the opportunity and struck with his right foot from the right side of the penalty area. Petar Musa provided the assist.
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89′Angel Di Maria
LeavesThomas Araujo
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Alexis Sanchez
LeavesLautaro Martinez
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79′Kasper Tengstedt
LeavesP. Muse
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79′Florentine
LeavesO. Kokchu
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78′The opportunity was intercepted and João Neves (Benfica) fired a right-footed shot from outside the area. Help from Rafa.
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78′Morato is shown a yellow card for protesting with the referee team.
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77′Di Maria sent a free kick into the penalty area, which found Morato, but he headed it over the goal.
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77′Stefan de Vrij
LeavesFederico Dimarco
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76′Inter Milan’s Juan Cuadrado has been shown a yellow card!
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72′Benfica’s Joao Mario has received a yellow card!
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72′Target!!! Benfica 3, Inter 3. Alexis Sanchez (Inter) converted the penalty with a shot to the right side of Trubin, but the Ukrainian rushed to the opposite side.
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69′Otamendi took the penalty for Inter. Marcus Thuram entered the penalty area and the Argentine touched the Inter striker’s right leg.
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68′Davy Klaassen
LeavesNicolo Barella
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68′Marko Arnautovic
LeavesMarcus Thuram
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68′Matteo Darmian
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65′The opportunity was missed by Morato (Benfica), who fired a left-footed shot from the center of the penalty area. Assistant Angel Di Maria crossed into the penalty area from the corner.
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64′Corner, Benfica. Contributed by Yann Bissek.
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64′Benfica had a great opportunity to score, but Bissek saved Kasper Tengstedt, who was in a good position to score. Credit for the quick counter-attack led by Rafa, who was then serving the Dane in the penalty area,
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62′Benfica try to react and Angel Di Maria’s left-footed shot from outside the area tries to give the Italians a scare. But it was easy for the Italian goalkeeper.
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58′Target! Benfica 3, Inter 2. Inter started the second half much better and scored two goals in 13 minutes. Davide Frattesi appeared alone in the center of the penalty area and struck with a half-turn shot successfully, leaving no chance for Trubin. The assist was provided by Francesco Acerbi with a cross into the penalty area.
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51′Target! Benfica 3, Inter 1. Inter started the second half well and eventually reduced the score thanks to Arnautovic from a corner. Sanchez scored, Bissek saved and the Austrian saved at the far post. The assistant referee called it offside, but VAR confirmed the Italians’ goal.
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51′Yann Bissek (Inter) missed the opportunity with a header from the center of the penalty area. The assist was provided by Alexis Sanchez, who crossed into the penalty area from the corner.
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51′Corner, Inter. Courtesy of Anatoly Trubin.
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51′The shot is deflected into the top center of the goal. Alexis Sanchez (Inter) fired a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area.
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49′Corner, Inter. Awarded by Anatoly Trubin after repelling a strong blow from Carlos Augusto.
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49′The shot was deflected from the left side of the goal. Carlos Augusto (Inter) fired a left-footed shot from the left edge of the penalty area. The assist was provided by Matteo Darmian with a cross into the penalty area.
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43′The opportunity was missed by Carlos Augusto (Inter) with a right-footed shot from the center of the penalty area. The assist was provided by Stefan de Vrij after a corner kick.
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42′Corner, Inter. Courtesy of Rafa.
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42′Corner, Inter. Courtesy of António Silva.
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34′Target! Benfica 3, Inter 0. Joao Mario (Benfica) sent a left-footed shot from goal to the base of the left post.
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28 minutesThe match was interrupted due to an injury to Kasper Tengstedt (Benfica), who was knocked down by Bissek while entering the penalty area. The judge did not record a violation, but the Dane had complaints.
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26 minutesCorner, Inter. Courtesy of Anatoly Trubin.
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26 minutesThe shot was deflected into the center of the goal. Marko Arnautovic (Inter Milan) shot with his right foot from the center of the penalty area. Davide Frattesi provided the assist.
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23 minutesThe opportunity was missed by Angel Di Maria (Benfica), who fired a left-footed shot from outside the area. The assist was provided by Joao Mario with a header.
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13 minutesThe match was interrupted due to an injury to Rafa (Benfica).
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13 minutesBenfica does the latter. João Mário scored twice from inside the box, but credit must be given to Rafa and Tengstedt, who won the ball on the edge of Inter’s penalty area. The Dane continued the game and crossed into the center of the penalty area, the ball fell to Joao Mario, who shot past Audero.
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11 minutesKasper Tengstedt once again poses a threat to Inter’s goal. The forward received the ball from João Mario and fired a strong shot from the penalty area, but hit the Italian goalkeeper.
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10 minutesThe shot was deflected from the left side of the goal. Kristjan Aslani (Inter Milan) fired a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area.
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10 minutesCarlos Augusto strikes first for Inter. With plenty of space from outside the penalty area, he tried to surprise Trubin, but the Ukrainian was attentive and held his ground easily.
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5′Target! Benfica 1, Inter 0. Joao Mario (Benfica) fired a left-footed shot from the center of the penalty area to the base of the left post. The goal was scored via a header after a VAR review.
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Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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