Ten-man Benfica resisted a Juventus onslaught in a scoreless draw in Turin to qualify for their second successive Europa League final after a 2-1 aggregate win on Thursday. With a home final on the horizon Juventus had made winning the Europa League…
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Italian champions Juventus proved too strong for a spirited Lyon in the Europa League quarter-finals on Thursday, while Sevilla and last season’s runners-up Benfica also clinched their places in the last four. Juve’s main focus is on retaining the Serie…
Tottenham crashed out of the Europa League on Thursday but not before giving Benfica a huge scare as English interest in the continent’s second-tier tournament ended. Benfica survived a dramatic late onslaught in Lisbon to reach the quarter-finals with…
Benfica survived a dramatic late onslaught from Tottenham to reach the Europa League quarter-finals with a 2-2 draw in Thursday’s last 16 second leg in Lisbon. After winning the first leg 3-1 at White Hart Lane last week, Jorge Jesus’s team appeared…
Tottenham Hotspur are right up against it as they travel to Portugal to face Benfica in the Europa League on Thursday, while Fiorentina will hope to get the better of Italian rivals Juventus. Tim Sherwood’s Tottenham side must overturn a 3-1 first-leg…
The bronze statute of Benfica legend Eusebio in front of Lisbon’s Stadium of Light was covered with flowers, scarves and messages as Portugal mourned the iconic striker’s death on Sunday. Widely regarded as Portugal’s greatest player before the meteoric…
Known as the “Black Panther” or simply “the King”, football legend Eusebio, who has died at the age of 71, reigned over Portuguese football in the 1960s, bringing glory to both his club Benfica and his country. The top scorer in the 1966 World Cup and…