“The teams scored five goals, but the Eagles were able to take advantage of the numerical advantage.”, — write: champions.football.ua
“Monegasque” opened the scoring in the 13th minute, when Eliss Ben-Sehir scored with a productive shot in the goal of Ukrainian Anatoly Trubin.
The Eagles responded early in the second half when Vangelis Pavlidis took advantage of a poor pass to his keeper, who also made a poor play, before rolling the ball into an empty net.
After that, the teams exchanged goals once more, but both times they were disallowed for offside.
Then in the 58th minute, the French remained in the minority after a second yellow card from Wilfried Singo. However, this did not prevent them from scoring – Sungutu Magassa put the French forward in the 68th minute.
In the 84th minute, Artur Cabral equalized the numbers on the scoreboard, and in four minutes, Zeki Amduni brought victory to the Eagles. Let’s note two assists by Angel Di Maria.
After five rounds, Monaco has scored 10 points and is in eighth place, while Benfica has nine points and 14 points.
Monaco — Benfica 2:3
goals: Ben-Sehir, 13, Magassa, 68 – Pavlidis, 48, Cabral, 84, Amduni, 88.
Monaco: Majecki — de Oliveira, Singo, Kerer, Enrique (Mawissa-Elebi, 58) — Kamara (Magassa, 58), Zakaria (Ilenikhena, 90) — Akliush, Golovin, Ben-Sehir (Salisu, 63) — Embolo (Balogun, 63).
Benfica: Trubin — Ba, Otamendi, Araujo, Carreras — Florentina (Amduni, 66), Eursnes (Ba, 86) — Di Maria (Rollheiser, 90), Kekciu, Aktürkoglu — Pavlidis (Cabral, 66).
Warning: Zakaria, Kerer, Singo, Mavissa-Elebi — Florentin, Carreras, Aktürkoglu.
Withdrawal: Shingo, 58 (second yellow).