Rift with Rui Costa, but hails Marco Silva's Benfica stamp | OneFootball

Benfica ended another European night celebrating after beating Aarhus 3-1 this Thursday in the first leg of the Europa League playoff. Jaime Antunes says the team already has "Marco Silva's touch".

"It was a great first half from Benfica. You can already see Marco Silva's touch. They only have themselves to blame for not having wrapped up the tie today with three or four more goals. The second half was all about controlling the result, but they have what it takes to get through. Benfica have an obligation to go to Denmark and win," said the former vice-president, who left the Club after a falling-out with Rui Costa, to the newspaper 'Record'.

, known as Black Gloves in the football world, says Benfica's win was deserved. "Benfica are building a team game by game, from the starting eleven to the players' confidence on the pitch. There is no doubt about who deserved to win — Benfica were better than Aarhus and took a big step on the road to the Europa League. They have everything they need to go through", it reads.

Yolanda Coluna, daughter of Mário Coluna, says Benfica were not very clinical with their chances. "It was a very well-contested match. Benfica put in a good performance, however they were very wasteful, we could have scored two or three more goals. The final result does not do justice to the game Benfica played, but the Aarhus goalkeeper's merit should also be highlighted," she said.

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