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Benfica crush Brugge 5-1 to reach Champions League quarter-finals

7Mar

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Benfica crush Brugge 5-1 to reach Champions League quarter-finals

LISBON, March 7 (Reuters) - Clinical Benfica thrashed shell-shocked Club Brugge 5-1 to knock them out of the Champions League and reach the quarter finals 7-1 on aggregate at the Estadio da Luz on Tuesday. Benfica took the lead in the 38th minute through Rafa Silva who dribbled past two defenders and fired a left foot strike into the net after a counter-attack started by Goncalo Ramos who sped up the left channel before crossing to the far post. Ramos then scored either side of the break before Joao Mario extended the lead with a penalty in the 71st minute. Substitute David Neres grabbed the fifth six minutes later before Bjorn Meijer got a consolation Brugge in the 87th.

Club Brugge 0-2 Benfica: Joao Mario and David Neres secure comfortable first-leg away win for Portuguese visitors

15Feb

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Champions League, Football

Club Brugge 0-2 Benfica: Joao Mario and David Neres secure comfortable first-leg away win for Portuguese visitors

Match report as Joao Mario and David Neres scored to put Benfica 2-0 up at the half-way point of their Champions League last-16 tie with Club Brugge; Scott Parker suffered defeat in his first game as a boss in the Champions League. Goals from Joao Mario and David Neres saw Benfica win 2-0 away over Club Brugge in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie as Scott Parker started life as a Champions League manager with defeat. Joao Mario's 51st-minute spot-kick came after Benfica had spurned a host of good opportunities as they dominated the away encounter and ensured they have a lead to defend at home in the return in Lisbon on March 7. The penalty was awarded after Brugge's Scotland defender Jack Hendry had brought down Goncalo Ramos in a clumsy challenge. Neres took advant...

Benfica president Rui Costa slams Enzo Fernandez’s conduct during Chelsea transfer saga

3Feb

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Football, Premier League

Benfica president Rui Costa slams Enzo Fernandez’s conduct during Chelsea transfer saga

The west London outfit reignited a move for the World Cup winner with just a few days of the transfer window remaining, with Benfica having been adamant he was not for sale when initial approaches were made at the start of the month. Costa has now confirmed that he relented on that stance on the proviso that Fernandez would remain at the club until the summer, even accepting a smaller fee than the release clause and ensuring that the midfielder would earn the same salary being offered by Chelsea. But the 22-year-old had no intention of seeing out the rest of the season in Lisbon, with some reports even claiming he threatened to return to Argentina and never play for Benfica again. Costa has suggested that was indeed the case and once Fernandez had delivered his ultimatum the Benfica c...

Chelsea reach “agreement in principle” for Enzo Fernandez’s record UK transfer

31Jan

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Premier League, Football

Chelsea reach “agreement in principle” for Enzo Fernandez’s record UK transfer

David Ornstein is reporting the news that we have been waiting for all day – and all month, in fact. According to his Tweet, Chelsea have reached an “agreement in principle” for Benfica midfielder Enzo Fernandez. The player had to push hard on his end, and Benfica (to their credit) clung on until the end. His release clause was €120m, but Chelsea didn’t want to pay the lump sum up front. That has led to days of negotiations – and in fact will mean that Chelsea end up paying significantly more than that. The final deal will be something like €125m, a UK transfer record. https://twitter.com/David_Ornstein/status/1620551264139612161 The transfer deadline has now passed – but with enough elements already in place, an extension to complete the details won’t be an issue. As we reported ear...