Benfica loses in Kazakhstan and is out of the Futsal Champions League
Benfica was this Wednesday eliminated from the Futsal Champions League, after being thrashed in the end rooms at Kairat Almaty, 6-2, at a meeting that was solved only in the prolongation.
In a final-eight that runs in Zadar, in Croatia, it was the training Kazako the first to open the marker thanks to a Gadean goal at 15 minutes. Afonso Jesus would match the marker seconds later.
Already in the second half, Edson returned to Kazakhstan’s team at 30 minutes, but a goal from Tiago Brito five minutes from the end took the departure for extension, a situation that happened already after the Kazaks have played two minutes without less A player by higuite expulsion after a hard entrance over Chishkala.
With the game in the added time, the Kairat team was stronger than the incarnate team and secured a place in the semi-finals of the competition. Dauren Tursagulov returned Kairat on advantage to seconds from the end of the first part of the extra time.
Gadia raised to 4-2 the result for the Kazaks. Already with the Portuguese team playing with an advanced goalkeeper, the Kairat reached 5-2 by Fernandinho, and 6-2 by Orazov, thus ending Benfica in the Champions League.
Sporting, European champion in 2018/19, is also present in the “final of 8” facing the Russians of the KPRF Moscow on Thursday, from 7:00 p.m. (Lisbon). The final is held on Monday.
