FULL-TIME. Benfica-Boavista

Benfica-Boavista, game from the Semi-finals of the League Cup at Estádio Municipal de Leiria. 1- all draw at the end of the 90 minutes, Benfica wins 3-2 on penalty shootout and qualifies for the final!

COMMENTARY

PENALTY SHOOTOUT

Weigl (Benfica) shoots and scores! 3-2. ✔️ BENFICA IS IN THE FINAL!

Hamache (Boavista) shoots and scores. 2-2. ✔️

Vertonghen (Benfica) shoots and misses. The hits the post. ❌

Abascal (Boavista) shoots and scores. 2-1. ✔️

Meite (Benfica) shoots and scores! 2-0. ✔️

De Santis (Boavista) shoots and misses. The ball goes wide of the left post. ❌

Grimaldo (Benfica) shoots and scores! 1-0. ✔️

Musa (Boavista) shoots and misses. Save from Odysseas. ❌

Pizzi (Benfica) shoots and misses. Save from Bracali. ❌

Sebastián Pérez (Boavista) shoots and misses. Over the crossbar. ❌

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Yellow card shown to De Santis after the final whistle.

90'+6' End of the second half. We will have a penalty shootout.

90' Four minutes of stoppage time.

90' Goal opportunity for Benfica: great play by Meïte on the left, the ball reaches the central zone, where Pizzi shoots with his right foot to a huge save by Bracali for a corner.

88'Substitutions for Benfica: Yaremchuk comes off, Pizzi comes on.

84' Substitutions for Boavista: Gustavo Sauer out , Ntep in.

83' Substitutions for Benfica: Everton and João Mário come off and are replaced by Nemanja and Meïte.

63' Substitutions for Benfica: Paulo Bernardo and Diogo Gonçalves come off, Gil Dias and Gonçalo Ramos come on.

53' 1-1. Goal from Boavista. Gustavo Sauer scores from the penalty spot.

51' Morato fouls Musa in the box. Penalty for Boavista.

46' Makouta is yellow carded for fouling Weigl.

46' The second half has started.

45'+1' Half-time in Leiria: Benfica is beating Boavista by 1-0.

45' Injury time: one minute.

39' Goal opportunity for Benfica: Diogo Gonçalves assist Everton in the box, but the winger shoots over the bar.

36' Abascal sees the yellow card.

29'Yellow card shown to Paulo Bernardo after fouling Gustavo Sauer.

17'Yellow card shown to Musa.

16' GOAL! BENFICA! EVERTON! The number 7 steals the ball from the Boavista defenders and slams it into the back of the net.

8' Goal opportunity for Benfica: Paulo Bernardo finds Yaremchuk in the box, the striker shoots with his right foot but Bracali saves.

1' The match begins at the Estádio Municipal de Leiria!

BENFICA SQUAD LIST

GK: Odysseas and Helton Leite;

DF: Vertonghen, André Almeida, Grimaldo, Gilberto, Morato, Ferro and Valentino;

MD: Pizzi, Rafa*, Julian Weigl, João Mário, Everton, Paulo Bernardo, Nemanja, Gil Dias, Diogo Gonçalves, Meïte and Adel Taarabt;

FW: Yaremchuk, Henrique Araújo and Gonçalo Ramos.

* Tested positive in a COVID-19 test. 

Referee

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