{"id":500357,"date":"2026-02-17T21:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/real-madrid-defeats-benfica-0-1-in-lisbon-and-takes-the-lead-in-the-tie\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T21:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:47:10","slug":"real-madrid-defeats-benfica-0-1-in-lisbon-and-takes-the-lead-in-the-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/sports\/football\/real-madrid-defeats-benfica-0-1-in-lisbon-and-takes-the-lead-in-the-tie\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid defeats Benfica 0-1 in Lisbon and takes the lead in the tie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LISBON, Portugal.\u2013<\/strong> Real Madrid took a firm step towards the round of 16 of the <strong>UEFA Champions League<\/strong> by winning 0-1 against Benfica in the first leg of the \u2018playoff\u2019, played at the Est\u00e1dio da Luz in front of more than 65,000 spectators<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/Brasil certifica favoritismo al vencer a Paraguay mientras Argentina iguala con Venezuela\">Brazil confirms favoritism by defeating Paraguay while Argentina draws with Venezuela<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe white team showed defensive solidity and greater clarity in decisive moments, prevailing with a goal from the Brazilian <strong>Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior<\/strong> at the beginning of the second half.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Even match in the first half<\/h3>\n\n\nThe match started with alternating dominance. Benfica created danger down the flanks, especially with Andreas Schjelderup and Gianluca Prestianni, while Madrid sought depth with \"Federico Valverde\" and \"Eduardo Camavinga\".\n\nGoalkeeper <strong>Thibaut Courtois<\/strong> was key in preventing the opening of the scoring with a decisive intervention against a low shot from Fredrik Aursnes. In the final stretch of the first half, Madrid raised the intensity and tested goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin on several occasions, who held the tie before halftime.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vin\u00edcius breaks the balance<\/h3>\n\n\nThe difference came in the 49th minute, when Vin\u00edcius signed off on a high-level individual action: he faced his marker, entered the area and defined a cross to beat Trubin and put the final 0-1.\n\nMinutes after the goal, referee Fran\u00e7ois Letexier activated the anti-racism protocol following a complaint from Vin\u00edcius himself for alleged insults from the field. The game was stopped for several minutes before resuming normally.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">White control and Mourinho's expulsion<\/h3>\n\n\nMadrid controlled the pace of the match in the second half, with a standout performance from midfielder <strong>Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni<\/strong>, who neutralized multiple offensive attempts by the Portuguese team.\n\nIn the 84th minute, Benfica's coach, <strong>Jos\u00e9 Mourinho<\/strong>, was sent off for angrily protesting a refereeing decision, so he will not be able to manage from the bench in the second leg at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u.\n\nThe match concluded after more than 100 minutes, considering added time, with a minimal advantage for the team led by Real Madrid, who will seek to secure qualification at home.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technical Sheet<\/h3>\n\n\n<strong>Benfica (0):<\/strong> Trubin; Dedic, Tom\u00e1s Ara\u00fajo, Nicol\u00e1s Otamendi, Dahl; Schjelderup (R\u00edos, 73\u2019), Aursnes, Barreiro; Rafa Silva (Sudakov, 73\u2019), Prestianni, Pavlidis.\n\n\n<p><strong>Real Madrid (1):<\/strong> Courtois; Trent Alexander-Arnold, R\u00fcdiger, Huijsen, \u00c1lvaro Carreras (Carvajal, 98\u2019); Arda G\u00fcler (Brahim, 86\u2019), Valverde, Tchouam\u00e9ni, Camavinga (Pitarch, 93\u2019); Vin\u00edcius and Mbapp\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n<strong>Goal:<\/strong> 0-1, min. 49: Vin\u00edcius.<br><strong>Referee:<\/strong> Fran\u00e7ois Letexier (France). Booked Vin\u00edcius and Mbapp\u00e9; Prestianni for Benfica. Sent off Jos\u00e9 Mourinho.<br><strong>Stadium:<\/strong> Est\u00e1dio da Luz, Lisbon.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LISBON, Portugal.\u2013 Real Madrid took a firm step towards the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League by winning 0-1 against Benfica in the first leg of the \u2018playoff\u2019, played at the Est\u00e1dio da Luz in front of more than 65,000 spectators You may be interested in:Brazil confirms favoritism by defeating Paraguay while Argentina [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40943],"tags":[611,40231,41186],"class_list":{"0":"post-500357","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-football","7":"tag-deultimominuto","8":"tag-dominican-republic","9":"tag-theperiodicodelatruth"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"EFE","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-EFE_logo.svg-96x96.png","categories_name":["Football"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}