5 – 0
“Vangelis Pavlidis opens the scoring after early Benfica pressure, capitalising on a corner routine to put the hosts ahead and set the tone for the evening.”
Pivotal“Pavlidis completes a devastating burst of second-half pressure with his second goal of the night, making it 3-0 and rendering the tie completely beyond doubt on aggregate.”
Pivotal“Pavlidis steps up to convert a penalty and register his fourth goal of the match, an extraordinary individual evening that cements Benfica's dominance.”
“Clément Lenglet converts from a corner to complete the rout at 5-0, capping an emphatic night for Benfica with their defender getting in on the act.”
Benfica
St. Gallen
Outstanding performance
Benfica•AttackerBenfica were ruthless from the outset, controlling 72% of possession and registering 25 shots across the evening as they dismantled a St. Gallen side that had little answer to the hosts' attacking intensity. Vangelis Pavlidis was the undisputed architect of the victory, opening the scoring in the eleventh minute before adding his second just after the hour mark, converting a penalty for his fourth, and completing an emphatic personal performance that leaves him as one of the standout European forwards of the qualifying rounds. St. Gallen's evening was compounded by Jozo Stanic's dismissal on 57 minutes — his second yellow of the night turning the tie into a ten-versus-eleven contest that Benfica exploited mercilessly. Clément Lenglet added a fifth from a corner late on to put the gloss on a 6-2 aggregate victory that never truly threatened to be in doubt.
How entertaining was this match?
Corner awarded.
assist: Dodi Lukébakio
Goal! Clement Lenglet scores, making it 5-0.
Corner awarded.
Amar Dedic replaces Alexander Bahr.
Jhon Duran is on, and Vangelis Pavlidis is off.
Dodi Lukebakio Ngandoli comes on for Rafael Ferreira Silva.
Andreas Schjelderup comes on for Jakub Kaminski.
Goal in the penalty shootout! Vangelis Pavlidis scores, making it 4-0.
Enoch Owusu is on, and Aliou Balde is off.
Corsin Konietzke comes on for Aliou Balde.
Corner awarded.
Goal! The score is now 3-0.
Richard Rios comes on for Leandro Barreiro Martins.
Goal! The score is now 3-0.
Goal! The score is now 3-0.
Offside.
Corner awarded.
Second yellow card issued to Jozo Stanic.
Substitution: Andrin Hunziker comes on for Christian Witzig.
Substitution: Leon Frokaj comes on for Carlo Boukhalfa.
assist: Jakub Kamiński
Goal! Vangelis Pavlidis scores, making it 2-0.
Corner awarded.
Yellow card shown to Chima Chima Okoroji.
Offside.
First half ends with the score at 1-0.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Joel Ruiz comes on for Tom Gaal.
Offside.
Offside.
Corner awarded.
Yellow card shown to Jozo Stanic.
assist: Rafa Silva
Goal! The score is now 1-0.
Offside.
Corner awarded.
Kick-off! The referee is Florian Badstubner.
