The best business card was complicated: in 21 European qualifiers with victories away from home in the first leg, Benfica went through 20 times, only missing that win in the distant year 1968/69 when Rinus Michels’ Ajax with a Johnn Cruijff in Forward attack managed to get around the Light encounter. Better was almost impossible, despite first-half opportunities to increase the two-goal lead, Benfica came closer to entering the Champions League group stage than they did last season, which will mean an entry of cash of 36 million euros. Doubt: it will be enough to withstand Gonçalo Ramos, target bids close to the same amount?
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There are two points in common in the five official matches played so far by the Reds: 1) they always ended in victory, with one more equal (Casa Pia, 1-0) and three with three or more goals (in 4-1). and 3-1 with Midtjylland and 4-0 with Arouca); 2) the number 88 was always present on the match sheet, with goals or assists. In total, and with another goal against Dynamo kyiv in a kind of penalty in progress after David Neres was robbed, Gonçalo Ramos has five goals and two assists in the first five games of the season, after the records achieved by Pizzi and Jonas in Luz.
In the 5 games played this season, Gonçalo Ramos has scored or assisted:
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⚽ pic.twitter.com/gnj2LL9rX6— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) August 17, 2022
Benfica – ⚽They scored 5+ goals in the first 5 games played at that time:
➡ Rui Jordan
➡Baby
➡Vata
➡ Magnusson
➡Hassan Nader
➡Cardozo
➡Nolito
➡Jonas
➡Pizzeria
➡Gonçalo Ramos pic.twitter.com/rDWZC79CDN— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) August 17, 2022
In total, it has been almost 40 years since Benfica did not win the first five games in a row for two consecutive seasons with a total of 14 goals, and the striker was in half of those accurate shots.
Benfica scored 14 goals this season – Gonçalo Ramos was present in the half (5 goals and 2 assists) pic.twitter.com/5XPg0lU2Mt
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In the 21 games in which they won away from home in the first leg of a European round, Benfica qualified 20 times
⚠The only time Benfica was eliminated after winning away in the first leg: against Ajax, in 1968/69 (they won 1-3 in the first leg) pic.twitter.com/G6OZtmdqXk
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“This start of the season is what I expected. I always work to contribute to the team, be it with goals or assists… Scoring is not always the most important thing. The important thing is that we won, we played well, we were able to score one or two more goals and the important thing is the victory. Now, in Luz, we face the game in the same way. The next game is 0-0 from the start, regardless of the advantage. We are going to go after them in the same way and we want to win again”, he told CNN Portugal, before once again raising doubts about a possible exit: “I am 100% focused on Benfica”.
Benfica winning the first 5 games of the season in consecutive seasons:
➡1915/16 and 1916/17
➡1982/83 and 1983/84
➡2021/22 and 2022/23 pic.twitter.com/riiqWdYdOG— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) August 17, 2022
“It was an intense match as we expected, against a good team, with quality in transitions. Sometimes we needed the goalkeeper, the central defenders were fine. We’re just on break. We wanted to take a good first step, we did it and now we have to concentrate. We have to be as prepared as possible for the next leg of the tie,” Roger Schmit later told Eleven Sports. “We are halfway there. We had a good first game, the result is good but everything is possible. We have to be alert and focused. We want to bring things to fruition in our stadium. We still think that the Dynamo is a good team and we have to pay close attention,” he later told CNN Portugal.
2nd consecutive season that Roger Schmidt wins the first 5 games of the season – in 2021/22, he won the first 6 games, losing the 7th… against Benfica pic.twitter.com/SxA4QTXrBx
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When we see Ramos play, we feel that he loves playing for Benfica, as you can see. Football is a business and we cannot be sure what will happen. Right now, we’re focused on the next game and what’s going to happen. Vegetable garden? I have no room to think about transfers. There is a lot of work to do and prepare for the Dynamo game,” he said.
The statistics “guarantee” Benfica in the group stage of the Champions League: in the qualifying phase for the competition, a team that won, in the first leg, away from home by 2 + goals, was never eliminated (all phases) pic.twitter.com/zMhOzo3sHW
— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) August 17, 2022
Not even with a two-goal advantage away (or on a neutral field, in Poland) does the German coach give up the tie. Even so, and according to Playmakerstats, it took an earthquake to miss out on the Champions League: never in a qualifying phase for European competitions has a team with a two-goal lead achieved as a visitor ended up eliminated. in a record to be confirmed in Luz.
Source: Observadora
