Campeonato Nacional side Braga inflicted Benfica's first ever defeat on 24 March 2019, winning 2–1 away in the first leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-final. Six days later, Benfica met Sporting CP in the first but unofficial female Lisbon derby between their main teams. The match was staged...
Rarely will you ever see a 17-year-old score a goal of such grace. But rarely will will you ever see a 17-year-old like Lamine Yamal. And before half-time he was at it again, charging the length of the pitch as if the Benfica midfield didn’t exist and then supplying Raphinh...
42' GOAL! Balde surges forward and sets up Raphinha to score! Barcelona 3-1 Benfica 49' Aktürkoğlu scores but Pavlidis was offside, so the goal is disallowed. 65' De Jong slides in to shoot, but misses the target 69' Gavi and Ferran Torres sub in, while Lew...
history: Benfica Macau 澳門賓菲加 not only was its first ever team to participate in AFC Cup group stage, but also the first Macau club to score points internationally, culminating with a 2nd place in the group stage, with 4 victories in 6 matches, all in the club’s debut participation...
Barcelona, who saw their weekend La Liga fixture against Osasuna postponed after the tragic passing of club doctor Carles Minarro Garcia, have had extra time to rest and recover. Robert Lewandovski was left out of the squad due to fatigue but is expected to return to the starting XI. ...
The hard work was done, Barça could go home with a valuable point, but this crazy game in Portugal still had another chapter to be written. First Ángel Di María went through on goal and Szczesny saved with his feet. Benfica then had a couple of chances to score, plus a shout for...
Also noteworthy is an away win against Real Madrid, in the 1996–97 EuroCup, the same season the Spaniards won the competition. The team finally decided to withdraw from the top tier and applied for the second league, the Proliga, which was the highest division run by the Federação...
Raphinha claimed Barcelona a 1-0 Champions League last-16 first leg win at Benfica on Wednesday, despite the Catalan giants playing most of the game with 10 men. Teenage defender Pau Cubarsi was sent off midway through the first half of the tight clash in Lisbon with the score goalless. ...
Barcelona have struggled in recent years to replace superstar Lionel Messi, but they have unearthed another gem from La Masia in Yamal, who was simply unplayable on Tuesday. At the age of 17 years and 241 days, Yamal is the youngest player in Champions Leagu...
"It was a tough game but we had plenty opportunities to score more after the second, couldn't do that, got sloppy and allowed them to get back into the game lifted by the crowd," Robertson told BT Sport. "Luis Diaz got a nice reception from the start, playing for one of their riva...