Benfica in bulldozer mode crush Qarabag in the Youth League | OneFootball

This morning, September 16, the youth team of Benfica, which usually competes in the under-23 category, began their participation in the UEFA Youth League, by hosting Qarabag. In a one-sided match, the reds thrashed the emblem from Kazakhstan by 7-1.

After an impressive turnaround, consummated in front of Estrela Amadora, by 4-1, last Saturday, the reds arrived in full force for today's duel, where Vítor Vinha once again bet on his best eleven. These were the choices of Benfica's coach: Diogo Ferreira, Daniel Banjaqui, Rui Silva, Gonçalo Oliveira, Tiago Parente, Rafael Quintas, Miguel Figueiredo, Stevan Manuel, Gonçalo Moreira, Jaden Umeh and Francisco Silva.

In the debut of the first round of the league phase of the Youth League, the Benfica team that played at Seixal's Field No.1, started at full steam, giving no chance to the opponent. At halftime, Vítor Vinha's pupils were already winning by 6-0, thanks to the goals from Miguel Figueiredo (6'), Gonçalo Moreira (15', 17', 26' and 38' GP) and Francisco Silva (20').

In the second half, given the already very expressive result, the coach of the reds made several substitutions at halftime and, even so, Benfica did not slow down and still managed to reach 7-0, through Michée Ndembi, at the 61st minute. Before the final whistle, Gazibayov still scored Qarabag's consolation goal. The score remained unchanged until the final whistle.

With this very expressive thrashing, Benfica starts in the best possible way in European competitions, thus taking the lead in the initial round of the league phase. After this duel, the eagles will play two matches for the National Championship, against Alverca and Sporting and, later, they return to European competitions, with a clash against Chelsea.

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