Benfica and Braga are already playing at the Estádio da Luz stadium in the most anticipated match of the 1/8 finals of the Portuguese Cup.
Here are the duels between Roger Schmidt and Arthur Jorge:
ELEVEN BENFICA: Trubin; Aursnes, Antonio Silva, Otamendi and Morato; Joao Neves and Cocciu; Di Maria, Rafa and Joao Mario; Arthur Cabral
Subs: Samuel Soares, Jurasek, Guedes, Chiquinho, Musa, Marcos Leonardo, Tomas Araujo, Thiago Gouveia and Florentino.
ELEVEN FROM SP. BRAGA: Lukas Hornicek; Victor Gomez, Paulo Oliveira, Serdar and Borja; Vitor Carvalho, Joao Moutinho and Zalazar; Rony Lopez, Ricardo Horta and Abel Ruiz
Subs: Matheus, Jose Fonte, Andre Orta, Roger, Alvaro Djalo, Mendes, Adrian Marin, Pizzi and Castro.
- Live game
- Beginning of part 2
- Interval
- 45 minutesThe opportunity was missed, Orkun Kokcu (Benfica) shot with his right foot and left, at a difficult angle and very far.
- 45 minutesA chance missed by António Silva (Benfica), who struck with his right foot in front of goal from a free-kick.
- 44′This is the goal! Benfica scores thanks to Arthur Cabral. The striker received the ball in the penalty area, dodged Serdar and from a small angle fired a strong shot into the back of the goal with his left foot. Guardian Hornicek helped because the photo didn’t look very good. It should be noted that in the end he celebrated literally in the arms of Benfica fans.
- 42′This is the goal! Benfica scores thanks to Rafa Silva. The inevitable Rafa. But great credit goes to Kokcu, who launched his colleague at speed, and he, with his usual speed, broke through the Braga defense and, in front of Hornicek’s eyes, made the score 1-1.
- 37′The match was interrupted due to an injury to Abel Ruiz (Braga).
- 35 minutesThe match was interrupted due to an injury to Abel Ruiz (Braga).
- 35 minutesThe match was interrupted due to an injury to João Neves (Benfica).
- 33′Corner, Benfica. Courtesy of Paulo Oliveira.
- 33′The very fast Rafa launched a counterattack, but decided to shoot from the penalty area; the ball bounced off Paulo Oliveira for a corner. The Benfica player had Di Maria on the right and Arthur on the left but decided to shoot, which did not seem to be the best option.
- 31′Offside, Braga. Ricardo Horta attempted a through ball but found Abel Ruiz in an offside position.
- 30 minutesCorner, Benfica. Contributed by Christian Borja.
- 28 minutesThe opportunity was intercepted and Arthur Cabral (Benfica) fired a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area. The assist was made by Rafa with his head.
- 21′The match was interrupted due to an injury to Serdar Saatchi (Braga).
- 15 minutesAntonio Silva also threatened with a dangerous header from a corner, but the Braga goalkeeper was alert and saved the shot for the ensuing corner.
- 15 minutesCorner, Benfica. Contributed by Lukas Gornicek.
- 14 minutesCorner, Benfica. Courtesy of Victor Gomez.
- 12 minutesBenfica are trying to react, and Joao Neves was already close to the goal. The midfielder shot powerfully and accurately from the penalty area, but the ball flew a few inches from the left post of the Braga goal.
- 12 minutesCorner, Benfica. Contributed by Christian Borja.
- 7′This is the goal! SP Braga scores thanks to R. Zalazar. After a corner kick, the ball fell to the Uruguayan, who took a strong shot on the edge of the penalty area, the ball bounced off Otamendi and Joao Mario and gave Trubin away. The first match is over.
- 7′Corner, Braga. Courtesy of Anatoly Trubin.
- 7′The shot was deflected into the center of the goal. Victor Gomez (Braga) fired a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area.
- 3′Offside, Braga. João Moutinho played a through ball that put Cristian Borja in an offside position. But Braga could create a danger to Trubin’s goal in a counterattack.
- two’The opportunity was missed: Angel Di Maria (Benfica) shot with his left foot from outside the penalty area. Help from Nicholas Otamendi.
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