As the minutes and shots went by, the records around Gonçalo Ramos tended to increase. 1-0 = second goal scored in Europe. 2-0 = third match in which he managed to score two goals in the same match for Benfica. 4-1 = first hat trick career as a senior in Luz. In two plays in the first half in which he reached the deflection in the area by a few centimeters and in two more plays in the second half in which he saw Olafsson deny the accurate shot, the striker was able to finish a game that will always be even better for his story -and so much so that, at the end of the meeting, and after many compliments to his teammates-, went to get the game ball for himself.
Three branches of peace for a Neres war (the Benfica-Midtjylland chronicle)
Since 1979, when Nené scored three goals against V. Setúbal, a Benfica player managed to score a hat trick in the first match of the season, with the peculiarity of being the third youngest Portuguese in history to get it in a European match after João Félix and Eusébio. And for those who had doubts about his ability to make a difference in the air, even having played a large part of the Eagles’ games last season outside of the ‘9’ position, he scored two headed goals for the first time. , something that happened with some frequency in the training path but that has been overshadowed in the seniors.
Since 1979/80, a Benfica player has not scored a ⚽⚽⚽hat-trick in the 1st game of the season:
1979 Baby (????FC Victory)
2022 Gonçalo Ramos (????MIdtjylland) pic.twitter.com/UDExEI6qgq— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) August 2, 2022
“It was a great way to start the season and show our football to the fans. Only in dreams could it be better than this, but now it’s time to focus on the next game. We fulfilled the first objective, to take advantage for the second leg”, number 88 highlighted at the end of the match in the quick interview area of BTV, before also commenting on the return to official matches. “It’s great to be back at Luz, it’s good to see we’re coming back strong,” the 21-year-old forward added.
???????? + youngsters scoring ⚽⚽⚽ hat-tricks in European competitions:
19 years old: João Félix (2019)
20 years: Eusebius (1962)
21 years, 1 month: Gonçalo Ramos (2022)
21 years, 10 months: Andre Silva (2017)
22 years, 1 month: Cadet (1990) pic.twitter.com/7l8pZLX9mB— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) August 2, 2022
Curiously, the great exhibition of Gonçalo Ramos comes at a time when his continuity in Luz is not a fact. The sale of Darwin Núñez, for a fixed 75 million euros with the possibility of having another 25 million variables, balanced the accounts between entries and exits, but the SAD continues to consider another exit to face the second consecutive year with the accounts in red and it is in the young striker where a large part of these possibilities are centered, after a first approach in June rejected in 30 million euros because there is this desire to reach a value close to 40 million… which is practically the amount that Benfica will receive for the group stage of the Champions League (38).
Gonçalo Ramos is the 3rd + youngster to score ⚽⚽⚽hat-trick for Benfica in UEFA competitions:
19 years old: João Félix ????Frankfurt, 2019)
20A: Eusebio ( ???? Norrköping, 1962)
21A, 1 month: GONÇALO RAMOS (????Midtjylland, 2022)
21A, 3M: Darwin Núñez (????Lech Poznan, 2020)
22A: Yurán (????Hamrun, 1991) pic.twitter.com/8QKMx9PPWD— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) August 2, 2022
“Like the other players, Gonçalo played a very good game. He scored three goals, but I felt like he could have scored two or three more… He is a center forward and likes to play in this position. He has several good players around him, like David Neres or João Mário, among others, who put him in good situations to score. He is very good in front of goal using the power and finishing quality of him. He was very important today”, Roger Schmidt told BTV at the end of the match, before admitting later in the press conference that he would like to keep the striker in the squad in 2022/23.
They scored 3+⚽goals in a match for Benfica in European competitions:
➡Eusebio
➡Jose Torres
➡Stones
➡Joseph Augustus
➡Baby
➡Jordão
➡Yuran
➡Pacheco
➡Joao Felix
➡Darwin Núñez
➡Gonçalo Ramos pic.twitter.com/aslyaS709f— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) August 2, 2022
“It was our task to bring confidence to the field after a very good pre-season. We knew before the referee’s initial whistle that the pre-season was over and that we would have to show up in a game that was not easy. Midtjylland is not an easy opponent to play. We created many scoring chances. We deserved to win and we played very good football. I’m happy. It was only the first step, we already knew that before. We wanted to achieve the best possible result and use our home factor. Now we have to be ready for the game on Friday. [Arouca] and then we can focus on the next qualifying round hand. it is not closed. We have to show the same spirit in Denmark to qualify,” he added.
1st ⚽⚽⚽hat-trick by Gonçalo Ramos for Benfica’s first team
⚠Gonçalo Ramos marks the 2nd hat-trick of his career: before, he had scored against Casa Pia, for Benfica B, in the II League, in September 2020 pic.twitter.com/gSUS6P93ig
— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) August 2, 2022
Source: Observadora
