Alarm bells ring at Benfica after Gonçalo Oliveira's nasty injury | OneFootball

The match between Benfica B and Porto B, in the final round of Liga Portugal Meu Super, featured a frightening moment, when Gonçalo Oliveira, the Eagles’ defender, had to receive treatment on the pitch. However, the Portugal under-21 international was eventually taken away on a stretcher and ended up going to the hospital.

According to Record, it all happened in stoppage time of the match against the Dragons, where Nélson Veríssimo’s side were beaten 2-0. At that point, the young defender was treated on the pitch and helped by two members of Benfica’s medical department to the substitutes’ bench. However, as the same source explained, due to the complaints he was making, Gonçalo Oliveira ended up going to the hospital.

At the moment, the nature of his injury is unknown, a situation that will only be confirmed in the coming hours after several tests are carried out to determine the problem affecting the 19-year-old defender, seen as one of the latest gems of Benfica’s academy, but who has not yet had the chance to make his debut for the first team.

"Gonçalo has significant swelling in his ankle, he will be reassessed, and we hope it is nothing serious", said Nélson Veríssimo, Benfica B’s coach, in the aftermath of the Segunda Liga Clássico, while giving some information about the defender’s medical condition, after he had to be taken to the hospital for observation.

So far this season, playing for Benfica, Gonçalo Oliveira — valued at €2 million — has already made 33 official appearances: 24 in Liga Portugal Meu Super and nine in the UEFA Youth League. In the 2,882 minutes he has been on the pitch, the 19-year-old defender has scored four goals and provided two assists.

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