Watch out, Benfica! St Gallen lose nine-goal thriller | OneFootball

St. Gallen, Benfica’s opponent in the second qualifying round of the Europa League, were thrashed 6-3 by Paulo Fonseca’s Lyon in a pre-season friendly. The Swiss side had beaten SCR Altach and Winterthur in their first two pre-season matches.

The match was played at the French club’s training centre and by the 18th minute, Enrico Maassen’s team were already trailing 3-1, showing major defensive weaknesses even in the early stages of the game. At half-time, the score was 4-2 to the French side, with a hat-trick from Rémi Himbert.

The Swiss team pulled it back to 4-3 at the start of the second half, but never managed to impose their game and ended up conceding two more goals, scored by Alejandro Rodríguez and Enzo Molebe, who made the final score 6-3.

Even before the official start of the 2026/27 season, the Swiss club will face Norwich next Friday, the 17th, in another friendly. The match will take place at Kybunpark stadium in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Benfica. The second match is scheduled for the 30th, at the same time, at the Estádio da Luz - which could be empty.

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