With a goal by Uruguayan striker Darwin Núñez just under a quarter of an hour before the end of the match (77), Benfica surprised and eliminated Ajax from Amsterdam, qualifying for the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
In the first leg, played three weeks ago in Lisbon, the Dutch scored a positive result, a two-goal draw, but despite their superiority on Tuesday they were unable to score a single goal for the Portuguese team.
- Technical sheet of the second leg of the Champions League round of 16:
Ajax - Benfica 0 - 1 (2-2 in the first leg)
Stadium: Amsterdam Arena (Amsterdam)
Referee: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Goals:
Benfica: Nunez (77)
Admonitions:
Ajax: Timber (83), Blind (90+5), Gravenberch (90+5)
Benfica: Ramos (67)
Alignments:
Ajax: Andre Onana - Noussair Mazraoui, Jurriën Timber (Mohammed Kudus 90+6), Lisandro Martínez, Daley Blind - Edson Alvarez (Brian Brobbey 81), Steven Berghuis (Davy Klaassen 81) - Ryan Gravenberch - Antony Matheus Dos Santos, Sébastien Haller, Dusan Tadic (cap). DT: Erik Ten Hag.
Benfica: Odisseas Vlachodimos - GilbertoJunior (Valentino Lazaro 90+1), Nicolás Otamendi (cap), Jan Vertonghen, Alex Grimaldo - Adil Taarabt (Souahilo Meité 46), Gonçalo Ramos (Paulo Bernardo 90+1) - Julian Weigl - Rafa, Everton (Roman Yaremchuk 72), Darwin Nunez (Diogo Gonçalo Alves (81). DT: Nelson Veríssimo.
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