This Mehdi Taremi tackle on Otamendi saw the Porto player receive a red card in their fixture against bitter rivals Benfica on 15 January, 2021. The Taremi red card vs Benfica came in the 73rd minute, with VAR and the referee taking a long look before the decision to send him off
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xG PAOK Benfica 0.59-1.14 Champions League Qualifying 2020 | Expected Goals Shots Map & Full Time Post Match Stats
Here is a look at the xG stats from PAOK vs Benfica in the Champions League. PAOK won the game 2-1- an upset given the odds before the fixture, and a look at the expected goals statistics and match stats reveals that Benfica had their chances, but didn’t take them. xG PAOK 0.59-1.14 Benfica (Actual … Read more
Portuguese newspaper front page headlines and reaction to Benfica losing to PAOK in UCL | Abola, Record, O Jogo & Correio da Manha
Here is a look at the front pages from the big Portuguese newspapers (Abola, O Jogo, Record and Correio da Manha) on 16 September, 2020 following the PAOK 2-1 Benfica Champions League loss that saw SLB knocked out of the Champions. Benfica invested nearly 80 million euros in the summer to strengthen their squad, but were knocked out by a goal from Andrija Zivkovic, a player they themselves released on a free transfer to cut costs. Not surprisingly, Zivkovic’s past connection with Benfica and the economic damage to SLB due to the goal dominated the newspapers.
ABOLA Front page reaction PAOK 2-1 Benfica
Abola pointed out the irony that a former Benfica player had knocked the club out of the Champions League.
Record newspaper headline to PAOK vs Benfica
Record pointed out that Zivkovic had cost the club 40 million euros more!
