Benfica coach Roger Schmidt and striker David Neres will play in the group phase of the Champions League this season. A 3-0 triumph sufficed for the Portuguese, who did not let the credentials for the billion dollar ball be threatened for a while. Neres played well with Benfica and therefore made sure that, like previous PSV coach Schmidt, he can bet Ajax in the group phase. That must be chosen by Thursday’s draw. Viktoria Plzen likewise commemorated.
Benfica currently did great organization recently in Poland, where the very first leg match versus Dynamo Kyiv was played. It then won 0-2 and took that huge result in the return leg, where the last Champions League group phase component needed to be dipped into its Estádio da Luz. It appeared that Schmidt’s development wished to get the job done rapidly, as it right away took control. After Neres saw a bike kick deflected, Nicolás Otamendi scored with a header after half an hour: 1-0.
Even prior to half-time, Rafa Silva benefited from the disharmony in the Ukrainian defense and with 2-0 objectives in his pocket it was currently particular that Neres, Schmidt and Benfica might reserve their ticket to the Champions League. The only concern was how huge Lisbon’s success would be. Neres headed his very first match with a cool surface from individually with Georgiy Bushchan to make it 3-0 and his very first main objective for Benfica, however Dynamo were spared even more suffering.
BENEFICIAL GOAL! It’s going extremely quick in Lisbon: Benfica comes 3-0 through an excellent objective from David Neres! Dinamo Kyiv should inspect that it does not end up being a beast mark. #UCL pic.twitter.com/0RdEkQCoLu
— VTBL? (@vtbl) August 23, 2022
Red Star Belgrade– Maccabi Haifa 2-2
The very first leg in Israel ended with Tjaronn Chery’s Maccabi winning 3-2 therefore Red Star, buoyed by Belgrade’s sold-out and dynamic Rajko Mitic Stadium, ferreted out an equaliser. That was available in the very first half through Aleksandar Pesic, who fired a shot after Sean Goldberg’s bad clearance. Even prior to the break, Mirko Ivanic put 2-0 on the plate after an excellent attack through the center of the field and the Serbians appeared to be resting on the roses, however absolutely nothing ended up being real.
Dolev Haziza missed out on a penalty shot in first-half injury time, however was eased to see that Daniel Sundgren’s long shot was mishandled by the Serbian goalkeeper a couple of seconds later on: 2-1. In the 2nd half it stayed amazing for a very long time, however in the ninety minute Maccabi struck. An own objective from Milan Pavkov plunged the Serbian bowl into grieving and brought the Israelis and Chery into the group phase of the Champions League for the 3rd time.
Viktoria Plzen– FK Qarabag 2-1
Qarabag, who drew 0-0 recently, took a 0-1 lead in the 38 th minute: Filip Ozobic shot the ball out of the air as soon as behind goalkeeper Jindrich Stanek. In the 2nd half, nevertheless, Viktoria Plzen turned the video game around. Jan Kopic adjusted and fifteen minutes later on Jan Kliment even put 2-1 on the board: a high cross was returned to the Czech striker, who beat the Qarabag goalkeeper with a basic leg motion. That was it, permitting Viktoria Plzen to get ready for the Champions League group phase. The Europa League stays for Qarabag.
