Despite the Benfica-Santa Clara draw, fans haven't forgotten the star | OneFootball

Last night, despite the surprising draw against Santa Clara, the fans of Benfica witnessed the long-awaited debut of Georgiy Sudakov, one of the summer transfer market additions for the Eagles. The Ukrainian international was, on several occasions, applauded by his new admirers.

By choice of Bruno Lage, as he is not yet fully integrated into the team routines, the number 10 started the match on the bench, but was brought on during the second half where, just about to enter, he heard a strong wave of support coming from the stands of the red Cathedral.

However, it was not the first time that Sudakov heard and felt the affection of the Benfiquistas. Before, the Ukrainian international had already been the center of attention while performing various warm-up exercises, before getting the opportunity to debut. Before the duel, when the speaker mentioned his name, the stands once again raised their voices and applauded the player.

In addition, today's edition of Record newspaper, dated September 13, writes that the Eagles' new footballer, who arrived from Shakhtar Donetsk, made a point of stepping onto the pitch of the Estádio da Luz, hours before the game, in the company of Anatoliy Trubin. The number 10 took the opportunity to take pictures of his new 'home'.

So far this season, Georgiy Sudakov - valued at 32 million euros - has played 11 matches between the Ukrainian team and Benfica: five in the Europa League qualification phase, three in the National Championship, two in the Conference League preliminaries and one in the Liga Portugal Betclic. In the 780 minutes he was on the pitch, the midfielder made two assists.

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