Ajax’s nightmare deprived them of their promotion. Sensational promotion of Benfica Lisbon

Neither of these two teams had an advantage after the first leg. So both teams needed a win to advance to the next stage of the Champions League.

Benfica better in the rematch. The Dutch pushed, but the effectiveness leaves much to be desired

The Dutch launched the attack from the very first minutes. They beat Benfica in possession of the ball, created more goals, dominated in almost every aspect. Watching this meeting, you can even conclude that the Portuguese hardly ever left their own half.

However, the most important thing was missing – goals. Ajax created nine chances, but fired only two on target at Benfica. Six of them were misses, one was blocked. The performance of Erik ten The Hague leaves much to be desired. Benfica did even worse. In the first 45 minutes, she did not make a single shot at Onana’s goal.

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The break did not change much. Ajax entered the second half as well as the first … literally. It started with a Dusan Tadic shot in the air. A quarter of an hour after the game resumed, Benfica created only one goal situation, but still without an accurate finish. Ajax, on the other hand, increased the balance sheet to 11 situations – to no avail.

it showed how to use the only good situation to score a goal. In the 76th minute, the Portuguese made one of the few counterattacks. The attack ended with a free kick. Grimaldo approached the set part of the game and crossed the ball to the fifth meter. There the highest jump was Darwin Nunez and directed the ball into the goal.

Ajax’s attackers were extremely ineffective – it was their nightmare. In the second half, the Dutch did not fire a single shot at the opponent’s goal. In addition, Onana could have positioned himself much better with a free kick. Benfica defended themselves tightly to the last second, which, with a bit of luck, resulted in a promotion to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.