Basic stone laid: Benfica before moving into the play-offs - Jorge Jesus
At Benfica Lisbon, coach Jorge Jesus brought the actors Seferovic and Weigl well-known from the Bundesliga from the beginning, also newcomer Joao Mario found a place in the first eleven . The Russians around Coach Pinho Vitoria have been in regular playing for about two weeks and had the advantage of something on their side. In the first leg of the last qualifying round in front of the play-offs, both teams set out like the fire department, pizzi (6.) and Diogo Gonzalves (10th) at Benfica and Larsson (8.) at Spartak, however, awarded the best options. After that, it was a little quieter in front of the two goals , but in midfield, however, it was mostly intense. Rafa brings Benfica in front - harmless Russians Even after the break, Benfica was the slightly more grippy team and finally moving the light dominance into a goal around: Rafa played a dreamlike double pass with Joao Mario in the narrowest room and then compeded the ball under the lath (50th). That was a real impact train...