THE Benfica hosted the Gil Vicente team this Thursday, at Estádio da Luz, in a match counting towards the quarter-finals of the League Cup, which was worth a place in the semi-finals of the competition, where the winner would meet FC Porto.
Marco Silva made eight changes to the team that started the match against Santa Clara, with Jhon Durán going into the game after being allowed to do so by the Disciplinary Board of the Portuguese Football Federation, with the coach adapting Samuel Dahl to right defense, given Alexander Bah’s physical overload.
The game even started with a more daring Gil, showing what he was coming to the Estádio da Luz for, in an attempt to shake up the Eagles’ start a little, but Trubin was paying attention.
The Ukrainian goalkeeper also had to be very concentrated in the 35th minute, starting the play in which Dodi Lukebakio scored the first goal of the match, with a simple pass from Samuel Dahl, for the Belgian international to shoot the goal defended by Samuel Portugal, a minute after the Eastern European giant’s defense.
But the beautiful goals seemed to come in a season of savings, as Sudakov scored the second in the 40th minute, with a shot from the edge of the Gilista area with an eye-catching kick that lifted the stands at Estádio da Luz, which saw another beautiful moment on the red pitch.
The result remained the same until half-time, but early in the second half it changed again, as Dodi Lukebakio was in a bad mood and once again stirred the emotions of the fans, when he applied an acrobatic shot, in the style of an adapted bicycle, to score the third of the match in favor of the eagles, who had to applaud Andreas Lausen’s finish, two minutes later.
This is because the Dane also ended up striking more than 30 meters from Trubin’s goal, who, despite his tall height, was unable to reach the Gilista’s shot, which entered the top right corner of the Ukrainian’s goal.
Lukebakio even tried to score another goal with acrobatics, but shot into the side net, before Jhon Durán took advantage of Rafa Silva’s rush to poke the ball over Samuel Portugal to close the score at 4-1.
Until the end, there was still an expulsion from the visiting side, after a tackle by Espigares on Rafa Silva, which earned the Barcelos defender a red card in the 85th minute.
With this result, Benfica will face FC Porto in the semi-final of the League Cup, which will take place at the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, in Leiria.
(News updated at 10:38 pm)
This Thursday, Estádio da Luz hosts the quarter-final clash of the League Cup between Benfica and Gil Vicente, in a game that counts for the last place in the final four of the competition.
Davide Rodrigues Araújo | 06:40 – 10/29/2026
