Benfica will face molde for the UEFA Cup 2nd Round 1st Leg, after the surprise defeat against Beira Mar at Estádio da Luz.

Players called:

Keepers: Moreira, Bossio

Defenders: Miguel, Armando, Argel, Hélder, Ricardo Rocha, Cristiano

Midfielders: Carlitos, Roger, Alex, Fernando Aguiar, Petit, Tiago, Zahovic, Simão, Geovanni

Forwards: Nuno Gomes, Fehér, Sokota

my bet: 2-0

I Bet 1-1

Very odd that Molde would happen to draw another Portuguese team after playing Leiria...:confused:

We'll be looking to erase the poor image left against Beira-Mar, so I think we'll win this one comfortably....hopefully at least 2 or 3 to zero..

Good luck to Benfica! (H)

... and try not to embarrass us this time! :p :crazyboy: :alex: :dragan:

Sokota don't play today because he get an injury in yesterday's training session...:rolleyes:but he will recover to play against Alverca on sunday

Fehér or Zahovic are the main candidates to play.

My predicton is : Benfica-Molde :2-1...

1-0 i think

OFFICIAL LINEUPS

BENFICA:
Moreira
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Miguel
Ricardo Rocha
Hélder
Cristiano
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Petit
Tiago
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Geovanni
Zahovic
Simão
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Nuno Gomes

Manager: José António Camacho

MOLDE:
Lilleback
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Thorsteinsson
Singsaas
Ljung
Stigsson
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Berg Hestad
Mork
Kihlberg
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Gustafsson
Strande
Raket

Manager: Odd Berg


GO BENFICA!!!
:D

GOALLLLLLL

1-0 NUNO GOMES

:rockman:

SIC commentators are so biased rofl, Nuno Gomes trips on his leg and they go ohhh thats a really bad tackle.

Anyway Nuno Gomes is playing really good :rockman:

Half time: 1-0

GOLOOOOOOO

2-0 GEOVANNI

:rockman: :rockman:

Geovanni 2 - 0

:Bow: Nuno Gomes :Bow:

NUNO GOMES 3 - 0 OMG WHAT A GAME FOR HIM

3-0

NUNO GOMESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

(H)

3-1 Berg Hestad

LOL our defence is sad...

full time: 3-1

i think we will pass to the 3rd round. but that goal...:kader:

my ratings (0 to 10):
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Moreira 7
Miguel 7.5
Rocha 7.5
Hélder 7
Cristiano 7.5
Petit 7.5
Tiago 6.5
Geovanni 7.5
Zahovic 8
Simão 6.5
NUNO GOMES 8
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Roger 6.5
Carlitos 7
Alex 6

Good win, but that goal sure was silly to give up..:rolleyes: with 3-0, we would have had this round won, but now it's still going to be a tough game in Norway.

Great game from Nuno Gomes and even Geovanni :)

Benfica?? 3-1?? ON THE WINNING SIDE.... AT HOME!????;) :p

I'm glad for Gomes, hope he gets back his form(and he damn well better at Aveiro next week!!).

Tiago and Kihlsted

CONGRATS BENFICA!!!

You kinda sucked by the end of the game, but you proved to be much better than these guys!!! not playing with forwards?? i cant imagine how did they beat Leiria?!?! :kader:

See you in the next round! btw ur stadium looks great, great ambience and it wasnt full!!!

We need a better defense, everytime the last 20 minutes they always look like they forgot how to play futebol.:kader:

And Sokota suxs! How big does the net have to be for him to put the ball in an open net all season long:kader: Next we Mantorres coming back hopfully he can strut his stuff and combo wth NUNO:rockman:

Maybe Rui Costa might come back in Janurary since he has been benched 5 games in a row for AC Milan,:rolleyes: Imagine if SLB benchied Simao and Nuno!!!

Originally posted by Virgo
SIC commentators are so biased rofl, Nuno Gomes trips on his leg and they go ohhh thats a really bad tackle.

Dude, you should have listened to TSF (radio - I was travelling during most of the game)! :rolleyes:

Anyway, it's sad to see how portuguese players react (not only Benfica's) when they suffer a goal and are left in a tough situation; especially our National Team... What lack of character all of them have; legs shaking, can't string a couple passes...
It's not bcs I'm from Porto, but I think we're the only exception to the rule, and we got all those games we came from behind this season to prove it!

Ah, well, Benfica could have secured a position on the next round, but at least they got the 3 points. Good win anyway. ;)