Benfica star Axel Witsel reflects back on the draw against FC Twente – Portuguese Primeira Liga News
Benfica midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 in the UEFA Champions League play-off.
The Eagles took on FC Twente in the first-leg of their Champions League play-off, with manager Jorge Jesus looking to qualify for the group stages of the prestigious competition.
Although the match proved to be a stern test for Benfica, they eventually managed to score two away goals and have the advantage over their Dutch rivals ahead of the second leg at Estadio da Luz.
Free flowing football was on display at De Grolsch Veste Stadium, and the most beautiful move was constructed by the resilient Reds side.
Players like Nicolas Gaitan and Oscar Cardozo exchanged some neat passes in the build-up, while Nolito netted the goal but the credit for changing the score-line goes to Axel Witsel, who was undoubtedly at his best for the Lisbon outfit.
The Belgian star had opportunity to get on the score sheet for the first time after a brilliant team move but chose to unselfishly pass the ball to striker Nolito, something which he claims is his preference.
"It was a beautiful move that started back there. Several of the Benfica players played the ball and I ended up coming face to face with the goalkeeper Twente [Mihaylov],with the possibility of shooting, but I saw Nolito on the side and preferred to pass
him the ball,” the former Standard Liege man was quoted as saying.
Benfica now not only boast a talented team at their disposal but recent results suggest that the players have instantly gelled together and can be a force to be reckoned with.
However, defeating the likes of FC Twente will not matter to the club who are in the hunt for silverware in the Portuguese Primeira Liga and are armed to the teeth with quality players like Luisao, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joan-Capdevila-c18631 and Axel Witsel.
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