F.S.W.
Eindhoven and Eran Zehavi (replaced in the 88th minute) lost tonight (Sunday) 2: 1 against Benfica at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon in the first game of the playoffs in the promotion stage to the home stage of the Champions League, but there is no doubt that the Dutch can be optimistic.
Although the favorite hosts gained a double advantage already in the first half, after the break, Zehavi and his teammates managed to get the expensive foreign goal and they were really not far from a surprising and justified equality.
Benfica celebrates at home, tonight // Reuters,
Already after 11 minutes, Benfica got on the board.
Roman Yarmchuk found Rafa Silva, who rolled the host's justified goal into the corner.
In the 29th minute, Eran Zehavi had already celebrated the equalizer with his teammates, but the great goal he scored was disqualified due to a difference.
Eran Zehavi tries to score, tonight against Benfica // Reuters,
3 minutes before the break, the Portuguese doubled their advantage after a personal operation by Julian Weigel, who eventually managed to push Benfica's second.
In the 51st minute, the Dutch managed to score their precious goal - Cody Gakpo kicked a good ball from a distance of about 20 meters, the ball jumped on the grass and managed to mislead Odysseus and Ahudimus, who had to take the ball out of the net.
Benfica celebrates at home.
Will it be enough to reciprocate?
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By the end, PSV had quite a few chances to set up 2: 2, but only the unluckyness and exceptional ability of Valhudimus, left the result on honest.
In other games: Malmo - Ludogorets 0: 2, Young Boys - Frantzvarosh 2: 3.