One of Nicolás Otamendi’s offenses for Benfica against Brugge

After Bayern Munich’s victory over Paris Saint Germain and that of Milan against Tottenham, the ball is back in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League with two matches. One is the one that takes place in the Jean Breydelscenario that puts face to face with Bruges of Belgium and Benfica of Portugal. Televisa Fox Sports. The referee is the Italian Davide Massa.

Despite the irregular rhythm at home, the Belgian team felt the rigor of the premises during the first minutes of the match against an opponent surprised from the first whistle. Portuguese striker Goncalo Ramos conspicuous by his absence at the start of the match and those led by Roger Schmidt they showed a disturbing lack in the generation of the game. A peculiarity that germinated in Enzo Fernandez, sold at the last market in Chelsea. On the other side, witches he took possession of the ball and had the most dangerous advances through striker Noa Lang.

This stunned start the glorious up to the average of the initial stage. A solo raid of Nicolas Otamendi the comeback began in the field of a team which, until then, could not leave its own ground. Within minutes, the Portuguese generated four missed chances by Fredrik Aursnes, António Silva and Rafa Silva, who bounced a shot off the post. The nervousness of Blues and Blacks This caused various errors in the defensive game, which made things easier for the visit and, within moments, the Primeira Liga leader started dominating the duel.

Benfica showed difficulty in his lack of marksmanship beyond a slight intervention by Simon Mignolet with a body shot. His record after the first 45 minutes ended on a favorable record, until his opponent took advantage of a set ball to show one of his strengths. An offense of Otamendi generated the execution of Language with an expedition located at the head of Denis Odoibut the header which ended in a goal was disallowed due to a correct midfield offside to silence the raging celebration by the fans one minute from regulation time.

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Trainings:

Stadium : Jean Breydel

Arbitrator: Davide Massa (Italy)

Television: Fox Sports

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