Getty Images November 25, 2025, 9:45 p.m

The Lisbon club improved their chances for the spring European competition away from home.

Benfica won for the first time in this Champions League draw.

Samuel Dahl opened the scoring at the start of the meeting, and Leonardo Barreiro doubled the advantage of the guests in the last minute of regular time. As a result, a confident victory for Jose Mourinho’s wards.

Anatoly Trubin made 4 saves and received a rating of 7.4. Georgy Sudakov played 80 minutes and earned a rating of 7.1.

Ajax — Benfica 0:2

Goals: Dal, 6, Barreiro, 90

Ajax: Jarosz — Reger (Moreau, 82), Schutalo, Bass, Weindal (Mokio, 60) — Klaassen (Gluh, 74), Itakura, Taylor — Bunida (Fitz-Jim, 74), Weghorst, Godts (Dolberg, 74)

Benfica: Trubin — Dedych, Silva, Otamendi, Dahl — Barrenechea, Rios — Aursnes, Barreiro (Silva, 90), Sudakov (Araujo, 81) — Pavlidis (Regu, 90)

Warning: Wegghorst — Dahl

Galatasaray — Union St. Gillois 0:1

Goal: David, 58

Galatasaray: Cakir — Sholloi, Sanchez, Bardakci, Jacobs (Unai, 53) — Torreira, Sarah — Sane, Gundogan, Yilmaz — Icardi

Union St. Gillois: Cherpen – McAllister, Burgess, Sykes — Halaili, Zorgan, Van De Perre, Nyang (Leysen, 90) — Ait El-Haj (Shoofs, 71) — Floruch (Buffal, 71), David (Rodriguez, 59)

Warning: Gundogan, Torreira, Sanchez, Unai — David, Halaili

Withdrawal: Unai, 89