"The Eagles" sent 10 goals into the "Mattress Makers" goal four unanswered goals.
Benfica defeated Atletico Madrid on their home field in the second round of the main stage of the 2024/25 Champions League. The match at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon ended with a score of 4:0.
Already in the 13th minute of the match, Kerem Akturkoglu put the Portuguese club ahead.
After the break, the hosts strengthened their lead in the score – Angel Di Maria converted a penalty in the 52nd minute.
The “eagles” did not stop there and scored two more goals against the “mattress makers”. In the 75th minute, Alexander Ba made the score a rout, and in the 84th minute, Orkun Kokdzhu put the finishing touches on this match.
Ukrainian goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin came out in the starting lineup of “Benfica” and played the entire match on the field, although he did not have much work, because the Spanish club did not hit his goal once during the entire game.
Review of the match “Benfica” – “Atletico”
Thanks to this victory, Benfica (6 points) moved up to third place in the overall standings of the main round of the Champions League. “Atletico” is in 23rd place, having 3 points.
It should be noted that in the first round of the most prestigious European tournament, the Lisbon team beat “Crvena Zvezda” (2:1), and Diego Simeone's charges defeated “RB Leipzig” (2:1).
In the third round of the Champions League, Bruno Lage's team will meet the Dutch “Feyenoord” at home on October 23, and the “mattress makers” will host the French “Lille” on the same day.
The eight best teams of the main stage of the Champions League will reach the 1/8 finals. The clubs that take places from 9th to 24th in the overall standings will play paired play-off matches for a place in the 1/8 finals. The rest will finish their performance in European competitions.