Benfica thrashed by Chelsea, suffer first UEFA Youth League defeat | OneFootball

Benfica lost to Chelsea 5-2 on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 30, in a match counting for the second round of the UEFA Youth League. The Eagles traveled to London, to the Blues’ training center, for the second match of the European competition, after having beaten Qarabag in the first round.

The Clube da Luz started the match on the back foot when, in the 23rd minute, Shim Mheuka converted a penalty to score the first goal of the game. Benfica responded, managing to equalize in the 31st minute through Jaden Umeh. The break arrived with the score level.

In the second half, things went from bad to worse for Benfica. In the 55th minute, another penalty for Chelsea, and another goal by Shim Mheuka. The same player completed his hat-trick in the 64th minute – Benfica still reacted and made it 3-2 shortly after through Daniel Banjaqui, but from then on the match was controlled by the Londoners, who sealed the final score at 5-2 with goals from Ryan Kavuma-McQueen (78’) and Kobe Barbour (84’).

In this game, Clube da Luz started with a lineup of Diogo Ferreira, Daniel Banjaqui, Rui Silva, Michée Ndembi, José Neto, Rafael Quintas (Gil Neves, 71’), Tiago Freitas, Gonçalo Moreira (Stevan Manuel, 71’), Eduardo Fernandes (João Afonso, 61’), Jaden Umeh (Nilson Semedo, 74’) and Francisco Silva (Gustavo Ferreira, 61’).

The next match for the young Reds will be against Tondela, at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 4.

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