On Tuesday, Benfica suffered their first defeat in the current Champions League season, losing 2-0 at home to Inter Milan in the first leg of the quarter-finals.
Nicolo Barella (51st minute) and Romelu Lukaku (82nd) gave victory to the Italians, who hosted Benfica on April 19, from the penalty spot.
Benfica suffered their first defeat of the season in the Champions League and their second successive defeat at home after losing 2-1 to Porto in the Liga I on Friday.
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90′Corner, Benfica. Awarded by Danilo D’Ambrosio.
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90′The blow was reflected not far from the lower left edge of the gate. Gonzalo Ramos (Benfica) shoots high with his left foot from the center of the box. Assisted by David Neres with passing pass.
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91′Alessandro Bastoni
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90′We will have 4 minutes of compensation!
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89′Corner, Benfica. Awarded by Matteo Darmian.
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89′Try blocked Gonzalo Ramos (Benfica) right footed shot from the center of the penalty area blocked. Assistant David Neres.
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85′Neres serves Grimaldo, who hits wide! Benfica to score at least one goal
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Denzel Dumfries
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84′Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) gets a yellow card.
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78′What a danger! Almost 0-2! Identical to Barella’s goal when Dumfries came on the 2nd post from a cross from Bastogne and headed for a great save by Vlachimos. The Dutchman still made a reload, but Morato was in the right place.
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74′Barella on the edge of the court shoots wide.
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72′Grimaldo! Great move by Rafa on the right, crosses, and Grimaldo tries to shoot, but the ball bounces. It will sing.
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69′The ball is in the box, Brozovic insists, and Benfica take the corner.
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66′Vlachimos! The Greek beat off a goal to Mkhitaryan, who entered diagonally, filed by Correa, and shot with his left foot, saving the goalkeeper of Benfica!
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Florentine
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63′Federico Dimarco
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63′Lautaro Martinez
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63′Edin Dzeko
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59′Orsnes passes the ball to Chiquinho, but the Portuguese shoots over the net.
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51′INSIDE GOAL! Bastogne’s cross from the left to the 2nd post, Barella heads overhead and leaves Vlachimos without reaction. Italian ahead…
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50′Yellow card to Brozovic for a foul on Rafa.
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44′Benfica takes a corner from the left, but does not pose a danger. Onana takes Chiquinho’s pass with ease.
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42′Grimaldo concedes another corner to Inter…
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40′New corner. Dimarco hit the 1st post and Joao Mario cut it.
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40′Corner kick, Internazionale. Awarded to António Silva.
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36′A promising attack from Benfica when Rafa got into an unconventional position after Gilberto’s pass.
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32′Cross/hit by Grimaldo and the ball goes wide!
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31′Florentino concedes a corner to Inter, but Benfica’s defense makes the move.
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25′What a danger! Acherbi! I hit from more than 30 meters with my left foot, and the ball still hit the upper net of Vlachimos, who seemed to control the shot…
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22′António Silva fouled Lautaro and received a card. The central defender was not ready for the second leg, unlike Florentino, Joao Mario and Gonzalo Ramos. If today they see a yellow card, they will not play in Italy.
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19′Joao Mario next door! Gonzalo Ramos delivers to a midfielder who hits first from the right and inside the penalty area and makes a cross, and the ball goes near the post!
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16′Rafa! Almost 1:0 in favor of Benfica. Rafa catches the ricochet, shoots first, and Onana instinctively defends herself! The Inter goalkeeper was in the right place…
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13′Florentine on top! The Benfica midfielder takes risks in the frontal zone, but the shot goes too far from the goal
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10′First corner for Benfica. Rafa started on the left and Darmian took the last line.
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9′Jacko almost dodges! The Bosnian appears in the center of the box after Dimarco’s cross and touches the ball, but misses the target.
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6′First corner in the match for Inter. Morato intercepts the cross from the right and cuts through the bottom line.
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82′Target!!! Benfica 0, Inter 2. Romelu Lukaku (Inter) scores a penalty kick with his left foot into the bottom right corner.
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78′Try blocked Denzel Dumfries (Inter) A left foot kick from the center of the penalty area is blocked.
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78′The shot was deflected towards the center of the goal. Denzel Dumfries (Inter) heads high from the center of the box. Assisted by Alessandro Bastoni with a cross.
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Before the gameThe match was interrupted due to injury to Rafa (Benfica).
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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