Glorioso 1904
·1 October 2025
Benfica suffer unlucky defeat, set bizarre record against Chelsea

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·1 October 2025
After managing to turn things around following their false start against Qarabag, Benfica suffered another defeat, this time against Chelsea. However, the loss suffered last night turned out to be 'historic' for the Eagles, since its circumstances are unprecedented in the 121-year history of the Club of Light.
Through its official account on the social network X, Playmaker, a portal dedicated to statistics, reported what happened on the Stamford Bridge pitch and revealed that this was the first defeat Benfica has suffered by one goal to nil, where the goal was scored by an Eagles player into their own net.
It should be noted that the author of this unfortunate situation was Richard Ríos, who, still during the first half of the match against José Mourinho's former team, ended up putting the ball into Benfica's net, thus securing the home victory for the Londoners, and perpetuating Benfica's negative record against Chelsea.
However, the situation did not leave the Colombian unmoved, as his attitude ended up standing out at the end of the match. As captured by television images, the number 20 went to the fans, where he apologized for the unfortunate goal that sealed the Eagles' defeat on English soil.
On the other hand, defeats by own goals are not unprecedented for the Club of Light. Although the 1-0 loss is a first, the same portal recalled that Benfica has already lost 2-0, where they twice put the ball into their own net. The 'incident' happened in 2019, in a match against Portimonense, where the Algarve team won by two goals to nil.
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