Earthquake gives Bruno Lage a major scare at Benfica | OneFootball

A few hours after the match between Greece and Denmark, which ended with a victory for the visitors, the city of Athens was shaken by a strong earthquake that reached a magnitude of about 5.2 on the Richter scale. Although the tremor was felt in the region in question, the epicenter occurred in another geographical area.

Although the incident did not cause any injuries or significant damage, it did raise concerns within Benfica and for Bruno Lage, since their player, Vangelis Pavlidis, was in the area, as just hours before the earthquake, he had taken the field in the match against Morten Hjulmand, captain of Sporting, where the lion prevailed over the eagle.

Although the tremor was felt in the city of Athens, with the relevant authorities recording quakes with a magnitude of 5.2, the epicenter of the seismic activity occurred off the coast of Evia Island, about 50km from the Athenian coast. After the alert, which was given around 00:27 local time, additional aftershocks were observed, but with a lower magnitude.

It appears that everything ended up being fine, which will not add extra concerns for Benfica, since the Greek international should be very close to returning to Portugal, in order to rejoin the squad of the reds, who are preparing for the match against Santa Clara.

With this defeat, the national team of Benfica’s striker now occupies third place in Group C of the World Cup qualifiers, with three points. Hjulmand’s Denmark, captain of Sporting, is in the lead (four), tied with Scotland. Belarus is at the bottom, with zero points.

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