Benfica Girona FC Match Pre-season

Pre-season
Friendly match
FINAL SCORE
Benfica	4
Girona FC	2
Scorers
Vertonghen (57') Bah (60') Yaremchuk (67', pk) Rodrigo Pinho (89')	Stuani (52') Bueno (77')

Benfica played one more friendly match of the pre-season 2022/23, this time against Girona FC, at the Stade Municipal, in Yverdon-Les-Bains (Switzerland). Final score, 4-2.

COMMENTARY

90'+3' End of the match. Benfica-Girona FC, 4-2.

90'+1' Yellow card shown to Alex Sala for fouling Diogo Gonçalves.

90' Three minutes of added time.

89' 4-2. GOAL FROM BENFICA! Rodrigo Pinho. Diogo Gonçalves crossed and the striker, in an acrobatic finish, extended the lead.

80' Yellow card shown to António Silva.

78' Substitutions for Benfica: Meïte, Moreira Jr., Chiquinho e Henrique Araújo come off; Rodrigo Pinho, Musa, Paulo Bernardo and Diogo Gonçalves come on.

77' 3-2. Goal from Girona. Bueno scores.

69' Substitutions for Girona: Juan Carlos, Monjoell, Ureña and Stuani come off; Adrián Ortola, Joel Roca, Artero and Biel Ferrés come on.

67' 3-1 GOAL FROM BENFICA! Yaremchuk. The Ukranian striker buries the ball in the back of the net from the penalty spot.

66' Penalty kick for Benfica after Vallery had fouled Chiquinho in the box.

60' 2-1 GOAL FROM BENFICA! Bah. Good team play. Moreira Jr. recover the ball in the edge of the box, the ball goes to Bah, who completes the comeback with a left-footed strike.

57' 1-1 GOAL FROM BENFICA! Vertonghen. Chiquinho takes a corner from the right, António Silva insists, the ball goes to the Belgian defender who, with a first touch shot, draws the score.

52' 0-1. Goal from Girona. Stuani opens the scoring.

46' The second half is underway.

46' Substitutions for Benfica: Helton, Gilberto, Otamendi, Morato, Grimaldo, Florentino, Enzo, João Mário, Neres, Rafa and Gonçalo Ramos come off and are replaced by Odysseas, Bah, António Silva, Vertonghen, Gil Dias, Weigl, Meïte, Chiquinho, Moreira Jr., Henrique Araújo and Yaremchuk.

45'+2' Half-time. Benfica-Girona FC, 0-0.

45' Two minutes of injury time.

37' Yellow card shown to Samu Saiz for fouling Rafa.

2' Great opportunity for Benfica! Otamendi's long pass, João Mário controls the ball, assists Gonçalo Ramos, and the latter shoots to Juan Carlos' save.

1' Start of the match.

Benfica-Girona FC 4-2 Municipal Stadium of Yverdon Les-Bains (Switzerland)
Benfica XI
Helton, Gilberto, Otamendi, Morato, Grimaldo, Florentino, Enzo, João Mário, Neres, Rafa and Gonçalo Ramos
Substitutes
Odysseas (46'), Samuel, Vertonghen (46'), Bah (46'), António Silva (46'), Weigl (46'), Gil Dias (46'), Diogo Gonçalves (78'), Meïte (46'), Chiquinho (46'), Paulo Bernardo (78'), Moreira Jr. (46'), Yaremchuk (46'), Rodrigo Pinho (78'), Musa (78') and Henrique Araújo (46')
Girona FC XI
Juan Carlos, Arnau, Monjonell, Samu Saiz, Vallery, Aleix García, Juanpe, Terrats, Bueno, Ureña and Stuani
Used substitutes
Adrián Ortola, Alex Sala, Pau Victor, Artero, Biel Ferrés and Joel Roca
Unused substitutes
Oriol Comas, Domencech, Álex Almansa and Marc Aznar
At half-time		0-0
Refereeing team
Referee: Tobias Thies; Assistant 1: Stephane de Almeida; Assistant 2: Thomas Zihlmann
Goals
Benfica: Vertonghen (57'), Bah (60'), Yaremchuk (67', pk) and Rodrigo Pinho (89'); Girona FC: Stuani (52') and Bueno (77')