This Saturday, Benfica hosts Sp. Braga, at 6 pm, in a match on the 31st round of the Betclic League. Check out Roger Schmidt’s options for the meeting, as well as Rui Duarte’s choices.
BENFICA’S ELEVEN: Trubin; Bah, António Silva, Otamendi and Aursnes; Florentino, João Mário, Di María, Rafa and David Neres; Arthur Cabral.
Substitutes: Samuel Soares, Álvaro Carreras, Morato, Kökçü, Tengstedt, Rollheiser, Marcos Leonardo, Tiago Gouveia and João Neves.
ELEVEN FROM SP. BRAGA: Matheus Magalhães; Victor Gómez, Paulo Oliveira, Niakaté and Cristián Borja; João Moutinho, Zalazar, Alvaro Djaló, Ricardo Horta and Cher Ndour; Simon Banza.
Substitutes: Lukas Hornieck, José Fonte, Bruma, Joe Mendes, Vítor Carvalho, Adrián Marín, Rony Lopes, Pizzi and Yan Said.
Follow the game HERE.
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Goal from Sp. Braga. Ricardo Horta, inside the area, shoots hard and the ball ends up passing under Trubin’s legs, after suffering a slight rebound. The Benfica fans called for Banza’s positional offside, but João Pinheiro scored the goal. Credit to the work of Djaló, on the right, passing Otamendi and then crossing for the Portuguese forward.
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20′Corner, Braga. Granted by Anatolii Trubin.
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20′Now it was Trubin’s turn to be forced to stretch to avoid Ricardo Horta’s goal. The forward, already inside the area, shot hard, but the Ukrainian saved it for a corner.
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19′Match interrupted due to injury to João Moutinho (Braga).
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16′Corner, Benfica. Granted by Matheus.
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16′Ángel Di María, from outside the area, shot at goal, Matheus saved, but incompletely and the ball ended up hitting the goalkeeper’s face and going out through the end line.
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14′Another good opportunity for Benfica, which was only stopped by Niakaté, who intercepted Rafa’s shot. This moment culminated in an excellent move by the Reds that started on the left, passing through João Mário, who then left Rafa in a good position to shoot. But the Sp. Braga defender avoided the goal;
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10′Arthur Cabral (Benfica) hits the post with a header from in front of the goal. Assisted by Alexander Bah with a header resulting from a corner.
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9′Corner, Benfica. Granted by Matheus.
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8′Ángel Di María responded on the other side, with a shot with his left foot, but it went over the goal
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7′Shot saved on the left side of the goal. Ricardo Horta (Braga) right footed shot from outside the box. Assistance from Rodrigo Zalazar.
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7′Rodrigo Zalazar, following a corner, hit the ball badly, but it rebounded to Horta who easily shot it to Trubin
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6′Corner, Braga. Granted by Nicolás Otamendi, anticipating Zalazar who appeared, again, on the right.
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3′Match interrupted due to injury to Arthur Cabral (Benfica).
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