“Gianluca Prestianni broke the deadlock with a composed finish assisted by Alexander Bahr, settling Benfica early and extending their already commanding aggregate lead to 4-1.”
Pivotal“Rafa Silva doubled Benfica's lead early in the second half, making it 0-2 on the night and 5-1 on aggregate, effectively ending any mathematical hope AGF still harboured.”
Pivotal“Rasmus Carstensen — who had been booked in the first half — gave AGF a consolation from a corner, making it 1-2 on the night and briefly raising the crowd's spirits in what was otherwise a one-sided evening.”
“Within sixty seconds of AGF's consolation, Prestianni struck again — this time assisted by Clement Lenglet — to restore Benfica's two-goal advantage and immediately end any flicker of home momentum.”
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AGF
Benfica
Outstanding performance
Benfica•AttackerBenfica arrived in Aarhus with a three-goal aggregate cushion and played like a team who knew the job was done, yet still managed to impose themselves comfortably on a limited AGF side. Gianluca Prestianni gave the visitors an early foothold in the 19th minute, and though the first half remained competitive on the surface, Benfica's 58% possession and 41 dangerous attacks to AGF's 23 told the real story of who controlled the evening. Rafa Silva doubled the lead early in the second half to all but extinguish any lingering home hope, and when Rasmus Carstensen pulled one back in the 60th minute — capitalising on a corner to give the sparse home support a moment — Prestianni responded within sixty seconds to kill the tie stone dead. AGF, who struggled to create anything of substance all night with zero big chances created, could not live with Benfica's quality, and the Portuguese side advance 6-2 on aggregate into the next round of the Europa League with room to spare.
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Corner awarded.
Substituting Alessandro Circati for Clement Lenglet.
Frederik Emmery replaces Gift Links.
Jhon Duran is on, and Vangelis Pavlidis is off.
Dodi Lukebakio Ngandoli comes on for Gianluca Prestianni.
Colin Rosler replaces Luka Callo.
Andreas Schjelderup comes on for Rafael Ferreira Silva.
Goncalo Moreira is on, and Georgiy Sudakov is off.
Corner awarded.
Substitution: Sebastian Jorgensen comes on for Mikael Neville Anderson.
Magnus Knudsen is on, and Kristian Malt Arnstad is off.
assist: Clément Lenglet
Goal! Gianluca Prestianni scores, making it 1-3, assisted by Clement Lenglet.
Goal! Rasmus Carstensen scores, making it 1-2.
Corner awarded.
Goal! Rafael Ferreira Silva scores, making it 0-2.
Stefen Tchamche is on, and Janni Serra is off.
First half ends with the score at 0-1.
Rasmus CarstensenYellow CardYellow card issued to Rasmus Carstensen.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Yellow card shown to Mouhammade Camara.
Enzo Barrenechea receives a yellow card.
VAR review results in the cancellation of the penalty for Enzo Barrenechea.
assist: Alexander Bah
Goal! Gianluca Prestianni scores to make it 1-0, assisted by Alexander Bahr.
Kick-off! The referee is Daniel Siebert.
