BOLA – Benfica beats Caldas on penalties (Portuguese Cup)
At the beginning of the journey in the Portuguese Cup, Benfica had to suffer until the sigh to overcome Caldas, from Liga 3, having had to repeat the last tiebreaker method, by penalties, after the equality to one ball prevailed for 120 minutes. of football.
In the decision, the reds converted all the penalties — Enzo Fernández, Ristic, Aursnes and João Mário were not — while the home team was prevented from the first shot from the 11-meter mark, by Marcelo Marquês.
The first half was quite weak for Benfica, with the best goal situation going to Caldas, as João Rodrigues threw a bomb at the post, a good 40 meters from the goal, in the 38th minute.
Roger Schmid, played well in the second part of the Pet, with Diogo Gonçalves and equipped the second delivery of Diogo Gonçalves to Musa, with the Croatian putting the eagle ahead at 18, but an unfortunate reception of the ball by António Silva, at 74′, left a ball to the amusement of Gonçalo Barreiras, to sign an equality, this in the minute after an excellent free-kick by Grimaldo, taking the ball to the post.
Petar Musa, in the 56′ and soon after, in a double dose, in the 57′, wasted the 2-0 and already in the 83′, he was again unable to beat Wilson Soares for Benfica’s second goal.
This was followed by extra time, half an hour of play where the high moment was Enzo Ferndez’s cross, at 98′, but the knot just didn’t get undone and from the eleven meter mark the contest was to the meters, with a more efficient Benfica guaranteeing the ticket for the 4th round (16th finals) of the Portuguese Cup.