154. Home defeat to Porto
2-1 at home and 6-1 on aggregate, Benfica eliminated Ligue 1 side Lille and advanced to the quarter-finals of last season's UEFA Champions League, much to the excitement of the Benfica people, who immediately cheered wildly as if they had won the title.
At this time, the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League were officially born, and the Dutch family's PSV Eindhoven defeated Arsenal 2-1 on aggregate to advance to the quarterfinals. AC Milan and Celtic were both tied 0-0 over two legs, with AC Milan winning on penalties to advance to the quarter-finals.
Roma beat Lyon 2-0 over two legs to advance to the quarter-finals. Barcelona drew 2-2 with Liverpool over two legs, but Liverpool scored more away goals and advanced to the quarter-finals. Inter Milan drew 2-2 with Valencia over two legs, but Valencia scored more away goals and advanced to the quarter-finals.
Porto lost 3-1 over two legs to Chelsea and Chelsea progressed to the quarter-finals. Then there is the match between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, and these two teams are playing a lot of games.
First, Real Madrid narrowly defeated Bayern Munich 3-2 at home and won the first place. However, Real Madrid lost 2-1 away to Bayern Munich. In this way, Bayern Munich has scored more away goals and competed in the quarterfinals.
In this way, all the top eight teams were born: Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven, Benfica, Chelsea, Valencia, AC Milan, Roma and Bayern Munich.
The quarterfinals of the Champions League this season are all born, including two teams from Serie A, two Premier League teams, one La Liga team, one Portuguese Super League team, one Eredivisie team and one Bundesliga team.
This division seems to be somewhat unexpected, and it is really surprising that only one team in the current strong La Liga has made it to the quarterfinals, and all the two champions of the Spanish Super League have been eliminated. At this time, everyone reacted, and it was indeed very reasonable for La Liga fans and reporters to claim that UEFA was going to kill their La Liga.
It's a pity that Inter Milan is not angry, they didn't do Valencia. If Inter Milan fights for popularity, there will be no shadow of La Liga in the quarterfinals of this Champions League.
At this time, Valencia became the hero of all Spain, and all the Spanish media became the royal media of Valencia at this time, which made Valencians feel very comfortable.
Next is the draw ceremony for the quarterfinals of the Champions League, which is also the draw ceremony for this season's Champions League.
The possibility of this Champions League is very high, and Benfica seem to see hope of progressing to the last four, and they will be hoping to draw teams such as PSV Eindhoven or Valencia, where they will have a chance to progress to the next round.
AC Milan from Italy were the first to come out, followed by PSV Eindhoven, Roma and Chelsea, all four of which were lined up at once. Then the next thing is to draw their opponents, AC Milan is unlucky, they draw Bayern Munich, who eliminated Real Madrid, as soon as the result comes out, the Rossoneri and Bayern Munich are pale, this is definitely not the result they want, even they feel that they are hacked by UEFA, this draw is definitely inside.
PSV Eindhoven then drew Liverpool from the Premier League, and Liverpool were happy with the draw, their ideal opponents were one of PSV Eindhoven and Benfica, and they were happy with the result. Of course, PSV Eindhoven and Benfica are very unhappy.
Next is Roma, their opponent in the draw is officially Qiu Ze's Benfica team, for this draw, Benfica is also very dissatisfied, their faces are also very bad. Benfica will face the Italian duo.
If Benfica beat Roma, their next opponent is likely to be the Rossoneri, much to the dissatisfaction of Benfica's side, and Santos's face is dark.
Of course, there is no suspense for Zuihou, Chelsea have drawn Valencia, and no one has said anything from both sides, in their opinion, the signing is not bad, there is nothing to complain about.
The knockout rounds of the Champions League quarter-finals will begin in April, and there is almost a month to go, during which time these teams will have to focus on the league to prepare for the next Champions League quarter-finals and not to be shocked in the league.
For this signing, Benfica felt a little bad, but Qiu Ze felt that there was nothing. The team that can get to this position is not a fluke, they are still very strong, and whoever they are up against, it's almost the same.
Benfica will now have to focus on the league and will be looking to win three in a row in this month's campaign so that they can not be pulled away by Porto. At this time, Porto only have the league left, and they will definitely not give Benfica too many chances, if the Benfica people themselves can't grasp the chances, it will be miserable.
In these three rounds, Benfica's opponents have been strong and weak, with reality against Leiria, then away to Amadora and Zuihou at home to Porto. This is a very difficult schedule for Benfica, the first two opponents are okay, the strength is not very strong, there are not too many problems to win. The problem is the first three games.
Benfica play the third game at home to leaders Porto is likely to decide the title of this season's Portuguese Super League with Zuihou. However, Benfica was unable to play in full force, because in the middle of the week after this game, Benfica began the knockout round of the Champions League quarterfinals.
If they don't hold back in the league, it will be difficult for Benfica to compete with Roma. Of course, if they want to have reservations in the league, it will be difficult for Benfica to compete with Porto. At this time, Benfica is in a dilemma, is it the league, or the Champions League?
This is a headache for Santos, he is certainly not willing to give up in the league, and he does not want to give up in the Champions League. Now that we've come to this point, can't Weishenme go any further?
It's very tangled, Santos feels like he's going to lose a lot of his beard during this time, which is really fucking tangled. Forget it, it's not there yet, and we'll talk about it when the time comes.
Benfica first hosted Leiria, who won comfortably 2-0 at their home ground, with Qiu Ze providing an assist and Nuno scoring twice with 61 Gomes. Porto won 2-1 to keep a point ahead of Benfica.
In the 22nd round of the league, Benfica challenged Amadora away, and Benfica had reservations for next week's match against Porto. At this time, Santos still decided not to give up on either side, and he wanted to go on both sides, so, at this time, he began to rotate Benfica's main players to rest.
Qiu Ze only played half of the game in this game, he handed out an assist, and Benfica also relied on his assists to beat Amadora 1-0 and continue to keep the pressure on Porto.
At this time, the good news came that Porto had lost at their home stadium and they lost 1-0 to Sporting Lisbon. At this time, Benfica's sworn enemies in the same city actually stood up to help Benfica, which made the Benfica people excited.
In this way, Benfica are at the top of the league table with 54 points, while Porto are temporarily behind Benfica by two points, relegated to second place. Sporting Lisbon, on the other hand, are third in the league with 46 points, and their chances of fighting for the game are really out of play.
In this case, Benfica can breathe a sigh of relief, but this head-to-head match against Porto will be crucial. If Benfica beat Porto, then Benfica will be five points ahead of Porto, so Benfica's advantage will be very large, and it is unlikely that Porto will want to overtake them.
Of course, if the two sides draw, Benfica will still be two points ahead of Porto, and of course, if Porto win, then Porto will be one point ahead of Benfica.
The five-point advantage was a great stimulus for Santos, and he decided that he was going to fight Porto in this game, and for the sake of this five-point advantage, he had to fight. At this time, he can't think about the Champions League games ahead. Of course, he will not give up the Champions League in his heart.
On his home turf, Santos is confident he can beat Porto. However, at the beginning of the game, Porto scored first, much to the surprise of Santos and Benfica fans, and the game went much better than they expected.
Santos was frowning on the sidelines, staring closely at Porto's No.7 Quaresma, and it was this guy's goal that left Benfica on the back foot, and he wanted to rush up and strangle this guy to death.
In this game, the Benfica people can't accept defeat, they finally overtook Porto, they don't want to be overtaken by Porto like this, so Santos waved his hand, signaling Benfica's players not to have reservations, crazy attack, they have to win this game, who the fuck cares about the Champions League or not the Champions League.
After receiving the instructions of the manager, Benfica fans attacked wildly, one by one like a wild beast out of the cage frantically pounced on Porto, Benfica still has some advantages at Benfica's home stadium. However, Porto's attack still made it difficult for Benfica.
On several occasions, Benfica went close to being scored by Porto to continue to extend the scoreline. This worried Benfica fans, and on the sidelines, Santos was frowning, which was beyond their expectations.
However, it has come to this point, he can't take it back, and the Benfica don't want to attack with all their might, as if they have piled up their physical energy in this game.
The Porto pair gradually felt the pressure, and finally in the 70th minute of the game, their goal was breached, and it was Benfica's Qiu Ze who scored.
Benfica got a very good free-kick opportunity, Qiu Ze did not waste the opportunity, and directly curled the ball into the Porto goal to equalize the score.
After the equalizer, Benfica were in high spirits and attacked frantically, hoping to take advantage of the victory and chase down the score. However, they did not score again until the end of the game, and in the end, Benfica drew 1-1 at home to Porto.