Sublime Roger Schmidt series comes to an end: Benfica crashes hard in Braga | Foreign football

Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus did not manage it in the Champions League and all Portuguese clubs also failed to beat Benfica in the first half of the season. Schmidt remained undefeated in no less than 28 games. In the absolute final phase of 2022, the German coach still got a beating. Benfica lost for the last time on May 7, 2022 against FC Porto, when Schmidt was still coach of PSV. Now SC Braga was too strong.

Benfica played with former Feyenoord midfielder Frederik Aursnes, world champions Nicolás Otamendi and Enzo Fernández and Portuguese striker Gonçalo Ramos, who scored three goals at the World Cup against Switzerland as a replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo. So they had to swallow a heavy defeat. Ricardo Horta, who was also at the World Cup with Portugal, scored two of the three goals for SC Braga. In the second minute, Abel Ruiz scored the first goal for the home team.

Benfica is still five points ahead of FC Porto, which already resumed the competition on Wednesday evening with a 5-1 win over Arouca. Benfica will play in the round of 16 of the Champions League against Club Brugge, with the first leg on February 15 at the Jan Breydel Stadium.