Benfica beat Tondela: Eagles into League Cup semis on Otamendi’s day | OneFootball

Benfica took action tonight, October 29, to begin defending the title they won in the last edition of the League Cup. In the quarter-final match, the team hosted Tondela. At the end of the 90 minutes, the team led by José Mourinho emerged victorious with a 3-0 win.

Not expecting an easy game, as the Special One himself explained during the press conference yesterday, where he stated he wouldn't make many changes. This was the lineup presented by José Mourinho against the Beira team: Samuel Soares, Aursnes, António Silva, Otamendi, Dahl, Barrenechea, Barreiro, Lukebakio, Sudakov, Schjelderup, and Ivanovic. In injury time, Pavlidis scored the final 3-0.

The team started stronger in the match, creating some opportunities, however, as the game progressed, Tondela also created some dangerous moments. But before the break, the Club from Luz took the lead in the 41st minute, with captain Nicolás Otamendi converting a penalty.

In the second half, the Eagles came out again with more hunger to make an impact and reached 2-0, but Georgiy Sudakov's goal was disallowed for offside by just one centimeter. Despite the opportunities, the score remained unchanged, until the 83rd minute when Dodi Lukebakio made it 2-0, scoring his first goal with the Eagles.

With this result, Benfica takes a step forward in reclaiming the trophy. Having overcome Tondela, the Eagles join Sporting and Braga in the final four of the competition, with only the winner of the match between Porto and Vitória Guimarães yet to be decided. The next commitment for the Club from Luz will be against Vitória Guimarães on November 1, for the 10th round of Liga Portugal Betclic.

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