Benfica today lost 3-2 to Bayern Munich in a second round match of Group D of the Women’s Champions League, in Seixal, where they allowed the comeback in the last 30 minutes.
The Reds went 2-0 with goals from Nycole Raysla (42 minutes) and Cloé Lacasse (59), but were plotted by Maximiliane Rall (67) and Georgia Stanway (83 and 90+8), who condemned the game after Ana Vitória ( 89), from a penalty kick, can no longer place the eagles in front.
The Germans, as expected, took over the game from the start and Benfica was mainly busy blocking the paths to their goal, the first shot only took after more than half an hour of play, when Kika Nazareth (32) came from far away. shot, weak and in the direction of the visiting guardian.
However, it was the first sign that the eagles were looking for more than not conceding goals and Nycole Raysla (42) really opened the scoring by finishing a shot with a ruler and square from Kika Nazareth and Cloé Lacasse.
In the second half, Cloé Lacasse (59) made it 2-0 before the first hour of play, then a move started in Pauleta, where Ana Vitóra threw the Canadian, who already shot a low cross with the keeper inside the area. German nets let the ball pass through their hands.
Bayern Munich, however, came back into the discussion over the result with a corner kick from Carolin Simon, who found Maximiliane Rall (67) in the penalty area to narrow the difference on the scoreboard.
Although Jéssica Silva, who came on in the 60th minute, always kept the German defense in check, the visitors’ attack on Talbert’s goal increased and Georgia Stanway (83) used a succession of red ball losses to tie the score with a shot at the entrance to the penalty area.
But Benfica was unwilling to give up the win and went in search of the third goal, which only failed to appear because Maria-Luisa Grohs, villain in the Reds’ second goal, saved a penalty near the post that was won by Jéssica Silva and defeated by Ana Vitória (89).
The game was cut short at this stage and it proved in favor of Bayern Munich, who won in the last minute of added time, as Georgia Stanway (90+8) returned to take advantage of a succession of balls lost by the benfiquistas, in a no-go zone, to pour a bucket of ice water over Seixal with another shot from the center.
With this result, Benfica is in last place in Group D of the women’s Champions League, still without points, like Rosengard, while Bayern Munich is second, with six, the same as league-leader FC Barcelona.
game sheet
Match at Benfica Futebol Campus, in Seixal.
Benfica v Bayern Munich, 2-3.
– BenficaKatelin Talbert, Christy Ucheibe, Carole Costa, Lúcia Alves, Valéria Cantuário (Catarina Amado, 80), Pauleta, Kika Nazareth (Andreia Norton, 60), Andreia Faria, Ana Vitória, Cloé Lacasse and Nycole Raysla (Jéssica Silva, 60) .
Coach: Filipa Patao.
– Bayern Munich: Maria-Luisa Grohs, Maximiliane Rall (Tainara, 83), Glódís Viggósdóttir, Saki Kumagai, Carolin Simon (Julia Landenberger, 83), Sarah Zadrazil, Georgia Stanway, Lina Magull (Emelyne Laurent, 58), Linda Dallmann (Franziska Kett, 64), Klara Buhl and Lea Schüller (Jovana Damnjanovic, 64).
Coach: Alexander Straus.
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece).
Scorers: 1-0, Nycole Raysla, 42 minutes; 2-0, Chloe Lacasse, 59; 2-1, Maximilian Rall, 67; 2-2, Georgia Stanway, 83; 2-3, Georgia Stanway, 90+8.
Discipline: yellow card for Franziska Kett (74), Glódís Viggósdottir (79), Saki Kumagai (87), Carole Costa (90+3) and Lúcia Alves (90+3).
Attendance: about 1000 spectators.
Source: DN
