UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, March 15, 2022
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Ajax Amsterdam DLWWW 0
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2nd Leg - Benfica advance 3-2 on aggregate · Johan Cruijff Arena · 54,066 att.

Match Report

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Benfica beat Ajax to reach Champions League quarterfinals with late Nunez goal

Darwin Nunez struck late in the second half as Benfica beat Ajax Amsterdam on Tuesday night to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
10
2
Saves
0
31.3
Possession
68.7
4
SHOTS
16
1
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
180
Accurate Passes
503
277
Passes
596
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
11
7
Crosses
38
0.6
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
43
16
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
15
18
Tackles
24
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
6
40
Effective Clearances
6
40
Clearances
6

Head to Head

AJA leads series 1-0-2

Lineups

AJA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 24André OnanaG
  2. 21Lisandro MartínezCD-L
  3. 2Jurriën TimberCD-R
  4. 17Daley BlindLB
  5. 12Noussair MazraouiRB
  6. 23Steven BerghuisAM
  7. 8Ryan GravenberchLM
  8. 4Edson ÁlvarezRM
  9. 22Sébastien HallerF
  10. 10Dusan TadicAM-L
  11. 11AntonyAM-R

SLB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 99Odisseas VlachodimosG
  2. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  3. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro GrimaldoLB
  5. 2GilbertoRB
  6. 88Gonçalo RamosAM
  7. 28Julian WeiglLM
  8. 49Adel TaarabtRM
  9. 9Darwin NúñezF
  10. 7EvertonAM-L
  11. 27Rafa SilvaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Benfica. Soualiho Meité replaces Adel Taarabt.
  2. 67' Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 72' Substitution, Benfica. Roman Yaremchuk replaces Éverton.
  4. 77' Goal! Ajax 0, Benfica 1. Darwin Núñez (Benfica) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross following a set piece situation.
  5. 81' Substitution, Benfica. Diogo Gonçalves replaces Darwin Núñez because of an injury.
  6. 81' Substitution, Ajax. Davy Klaassen replaces Steven Berghuis.
  7. 81' Substitution, Ajax. Brian Brobbey replaces Edson Álvarez.
  8. 83' Jurriën Timber (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 90'+1' Substitution, Benfica. Paulo Bernardo replaces Gonçalo Ramos.
  10. 90'+1' Substitution, Benfica. Valentino Lazaro replaces Gilberto because of an injury.
  11. 90'+4' Daley Blind (Ajax) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 90'+4' Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+6' Substitution, Ajax. Mohammed Kudus replaces Jurriën Timber.

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