The 1:1 in the first leg was a happy result for the Rangnick team. Atlético dictated the action for long stretches and had a number of chances, but had to accept the equalizer from United’s Elanga ten minutes before the end.
“We know what we did wrong in the first game. This time we will work even harder to beat Atlético”announced Manchester’s French world champion Paul Pogba.
Ajax recently sloppy in the league
Ajax can also make everything clear with a home win and move into the quarter-finals of the premier class.
Recently, however, the Ajax engine stuttered a bit. The Dutch Eredivisie leaders conceded twice each (3-2 wins each) against underdogs Waalwijk and Cambur in the league after conceding just five goals all season until the end of February.
Against Waalwijk even a last minute penalty by captain Dusan Tadic was necessary to win.
Worthwhile in the first leg was substitute Ukrainian Roman Yaremchuk’s equalizing goal for Benfica on the day war broke out in his home country. Yaremchuk made it 2-2 in the 72nd minute.
In the league Benfica came last Friday (11.03.3022) in the home game against table 14. not more than 1-1 and remains third in the table behind FC Porto and Sporting Lisbon.
Source: red