Schjelderup inspires Benfica to Champions League play-off v Real Madrid | OneFootball

Historic night for Benfica. On this day, Wednesday, January 28, the red team hosted and defeated Real Madrid 4-2, in the eighth round of the Champions League, with a brace from Andreas Schjelderup, a penalty from Pavlidis, and a finish from Trubin. Check out the match story.

Anatoliy Trubin, Amar Dedic, Tomás Araújo, Nicolás Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Fredrik Aursnes, Leandro Barreiro, Gianluca Prestianni, Georgiy Sudakov, Andreas Schjelderup, and Vangelis Pavlidis were José Mourinho's initial picks. During the match, the Special One also brought on Enzo Barreneche, João Rego, António Silva, and Franjo Ivanovic.

In a Stadium of Light buzzing with purpose, Benfica entered determined to take control of the match. However, around the 30th minute, the Eagles were caught off guard, with Mbappé opening the scoring for Real Madrid. Nonetheless, Schjelderup, at 36 minutes, and Pavlidis, at 45+4, with a penalty, put the Eagles in the lead at halftime.

In the second half, the Club of Light, buoyed by the lead, entered more decisively and even reached the third goal of the match, with a highly inspired Schjelderup. After equalizing the match, the Nordic player made it 3-1. However, the two-goal difference didn't last long, with Mbappé scoring again to reduce it to 3-2. At the final whistle, Trubin donned the hero's cape and secured the Eagles' victory.

With this result, the Club of Light closes the league phase of the competition with a victory against one of the favorites to win the tournament. In the end, Benfica accumulated nine points, achieving the goal of securing a spot in the playoffs by finishing in 24th position.

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