Brugge
gifted
their
visitors
two
huge
chances
at
Jan
Breydel
Stadium
and
were
duly
punished.
Jack
Hendry’s
foul
on
Goncalo
Ramos
allowed
Joao
Mario
to
score
from
the
spot
six
minutes
after
the
restart,
with
Simon
Mignolet
only
able
to
push
the
ball
in
off
the
crossbar.
Fredrik
Aursnes,
Antonio
Silva
and
Rafa
Silva
passed
up
opportunities
in
the
space
of
six
first-half
minutes,
but
Neres
was
on
hand
to
ensure
their
misses
did
not
prove
costly
when
he
capitalised
on
Bjorn
Meijer’s
mistake
in
the
88th
minute.
Scott
Parker
–
the
third
English
manager
to
take
charge
of
a
non-English
team
in
the
Champions
League,
after
Bobby
Robson
and
Gary
Neville
–
saw
his
side
have
a
Denis
Odoi
goal
disallowed
for
offside
before
the
break.
But
Brugge
never
did
enough
to
test
Benfica,
who
won
a
third
straight
game
in
the
competition
for
the
first
time
since
the
2005-06
campaign.
Parker
has
won
just
one
of
his
eight
games
in
charge
of
Brugge,
and
they
face
a
tough
ask
in
the
second
leg
on
March
7
if
they
are
to
go
and
extend
their
dream
run,
especially
given
Benfica
are
unbeaten
at
home
in
all
competitions
this
season.
Benfica
seal
a
win
in
Belgium
????#UCL
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UEFA
Champions
League
(@ChampionsLeague)
February
15,
2023
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