At 04:00 Beijing time on March 8, the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 final, Rafa Silva opened the scoring, Gonzalo Ramos shot 2 shots and 1 pass, João Mario scored 5 consecutive goals, Neres scored on the bench, Brugge was brought back by Meyer, and finally Benfica beat Club Brugge 5-1 at home to advance with a total score of 7-1 over two legs.
Schmidt, 55, who previously coached Chinese Super League side Beijing Guoan, took over Benfica last season and led the team to the last eight in his Champions League debut. In the group stage of the Champions League, Schmidt's side were unbeaten with 4 wins and 2 draws, and eventually beat Paris and Juventus to finish first in the group. Now, Benfica beat Club Brugge 7-1 on aggregate over two legs in the quarter-finals of the Champions League to advance to the last eight of this season's Champions League with six wins and two draws. According to statistics, this is the second time in 54 years that Benfica have reached the last eight of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons. The last time they reached the last eight of the Champions League in two consecutive seasons was in the 67/68 and 68/69 seasons, when they reached the final and stopped in the last eight respectively. Inter have scored five consecutive Champions League goals, contributing six goals and two assists in eight Champions League games this season.
Gonzalo Ramos, who stole Cristiano Ronaldo's place in the World Cup, scored his first Champions League goal, his 23rd goal in 34 appearances for Benfica this season. Inter parallel Joao Mario has also ushered in a big explosion, scoring five consecutive Champions League goals has risen to six, and he has now surpassed Haaland and Lewandowski in the Champions League top scorers list and tied for third place with Vinicius. Of course, five of Joao Mario's six goals came from penalties.
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In the opening two minutes, Joao Mario scored with a heel in front of the post, but VAR confirmed that his teammate was offside and the goal was disallowed.
In the 38th minute, Gonzalo Ramos ran long from the left to provide an assist, and Rafa Silva scored the opening goal to give Benfica a 1-0 lead.
In the second minute of first-half stoppage time, Gonzalo Ramos received a pass from Joao Mario and scored after several people in the box to give Benfica a 2-0 lead.
In the 57th minute, Grimaldo crossed from the left and Gonzalo Ramos snatched the goal to extend Benfica to 3-0.
In the 71st minute, Junior scored a penalty and João Mario hit the penalty to give Benfica a 4-0 lead.
In the 77th minute, Joao Neves received the ball in the middle and went to the left, and Neres adjusted slightly and shot low into the bottom right corner to give Benfica a 5-0 lead.
In the 87th minute, 19-year-old Dutch defender Meyer scored the team's first ever Champions League knockout goal for Club Brugge, changing the score to 1-5.
After that, neither side could change the score again, and Benfica beat Club Brugge 5-1.
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Benfica line-up: 99 Fracho Dimos, 6 Alexandre Ba (63'2 Gilberto Junior), 66 Antonio Silva, 30 Otamendi (74'91 Mourato), 3 Grimaldo, 61 Florentino Luis, 22 Chikinho (63'7 Neres), 27 Rafa Silva, 20 João Mario (74'87 Joao Neves), 8 Olsness, 88 Gonzalo Ramos
Brugge line-up: 22-Miniole, 77-Clinton Mata (63'6-O'Doo), 44-Brandon Meicheler, 94-Syrah, 17-Buchanan, 20-Vanaken (75'26-Ritz), 27-Casper Nelson, 19-Sowa (75'32-Noosa), 14-Meyer, 10-Noah Long (46'15-Onedika), 70-Yaremchuk (62'9-Hutgra)