00:00An organised 4-2-3-1 and that's the system that we expect again tonight.
00:08The referee Luka Piretto of Italy gets us underway.
00:14And plenty of vociferous backing here.
00:18Amazing to think that it's less than a week since the World Cup Europa League qualified.
00:24And off the back of an unbeaten domestic season.
00:27And reasonably though they were only able to finish third.
00:32Behind intervention champions Porto and sporting club Lisboa.
00:38Stadion.
00:43Good stashed there.
00:46He's in front of the back three but can swing a ball in as well which he does here.
00:52And Balde found himself in space.
00:54Merrily left footed just trying to lever that one with his right knee or thigh.
01:05Good chance here in the break and Benfica have the bodies coming forward.
01:10Sudakov lays that back.
01:12Is levered across and then a good save by the goalkeeper Aiziki.
01:16And the shot blocked Sudakov almost with the...
01:22You can just see the defenders get sucked in.
01:24That ricochet fell fortuitously.
01:35Brilliant block.
01:38Balde was on the move there.
01:41Figueiredo.
01:43Fix it up.
01:43Gal was in there to try and win that back for St. Gallen.
01:47Van Der Mesch on the end of it towards Balde and just flicks off of him.
01:52Takes some of the venom out of the atmosphere here.
01:56Maybe not venom, energy anyway.
01:59Good run this one.
02:01Touch.
02:04From Silva.
02:08Balls back into the box.
02:10Stood up by Figueiredo and it was blocked away.
02:13Cal Bucalfa.
02:16From a Sampaoli man.
02:20Important.
02:21At the heart of that midfield.
02:23Wietzik just can't quite keep that one in.
02:27Trying to be first to a lot of these balls.
02:33Balde.
02:35Options in the middle.
02:39Stands it up to the far side.
02:41Van Der Mesch will be on to that one.
02:46Unable to do anything with the ball in Gal.
02:49Adjacent football countries.
02:53Mobile.
02:54Modern defender.
02:57Shot flashes over there from Pavlidis.
03:02National.
03:05Sees this one.
03:08The moment of the Schalke Academy.
03:11From the Ruhr.
03:14Area of Germany.
03:16Ball in is headed over.
03:19Gürtler, Hümey.
03:20Certainly playing with no fear the hosts.
03:25We feel the fortune fevering them slightly with Benfica with a few players out.
03:32Ball across.
03:33Ball across and Wietzik heads over.
03:36Golden opportunity.
03:37St. Gallen and it was the best chance we've had in the game so far.
03:41That.
03:42Frauded across by Okoroji and Wietzik just ghosted in.
03:48Between the Benfica defenders.
03:51Dahl and Silva.
03:56With a hole in between them, Wietzik.
04:01Will feel they should have got that on target at least.
04:05One again.
04:06Valde for St. Gallen.
04:08Building up ahead of Steam.
04:09And what a goal that is.
04:18Brilliant moment at the buried seater stadion.
04:26Aliu Balde.
04:29Bends that one.
04:31Everything in the forward areas.
04:33Seems to have had him.
04:35At the centre of it.
04:37And it was an attempt to play out from the back from Benfica.
04:40Once more though.
04:42St. Gallen win the ball high.
04:44Balde.
04:45Timed his run to perfection.
04:47Silva at the offside trap was not timed so well.
04:52And then from an acute angle.
04:53How about that?
05:02There's Lone Spell from Nice.
05:05Was turned into.
05:15Nice turn by Van Der Mesch.
05:18Dashner.
05:19And Dukalva is in fact.
05:21Lovely flick.
05:22Wietzik.
05:23Great football here.
05:25And then just too close to the goal.
05:28Feel like it's important for St. Gallen in terms of the context of the tie.
05:33To make sure they take a lead into half time.
05:38Almost a three header at the back post there.
05:42But it comes the other way as St. Gallen pour forward.
05:46Balde's on his bike.
05:48Beats Trubin to it.
05:49And Trubin got enough of a touch.
05:54Kaminsky just lost it.
05:57And St. Gallen with bodies.
06:00Pouring forward quickly.
06:06Trubin just seemed to catch Balde.
06:10As he went past him.
06:14Nothing illegal I don't think from the goalkeeper.
06:19Did really well to get an arm on it.
06:21Long history St. Gallen.
06:22The second oldest football club in continental Europe.
06:26Founded in 1879.
06:30Well they've had just two league titles in that time.
06:32Here come Benfica the other way.
06:34And there is the equalising goal.
06:38Rafa Silva profiting from slackness from St. Gallen.
06:45And the lead only lasted six minutes.
06:54No question of offside.
06:58Offside Josoz Stanic.
07:01Didn't get up the field quick enough.
07:04And Rafa Silva just tucks that.
07:08The low Lauren Satiziki.
07:19Daschner.
07:22Good ball across.
07:23And the header is over.
07:26It was qualifying at round clash.
07:28The halftime score.
07:29St. Gallen one.
07:31Benfica one.
07:37Home side thought they were on the way to having a cushion at halftime when Aliu Baldei put them ahead
07:45eight minutes before the break.
07:47But in the 43rd minute Rafa Silva got the equaliser for Benfica.
07:52Just to spoil the party a little bit for St. Gallen.
07:55But they've played with great energy and without any fear.
08:00And Enrico Masson will be I'm sure very pleased with what his team have shown.
08:06Baldei the goal scorer trying to.
08:10Daschner.
08:13Dashes across to the other side.
08:16In-swinger with the right boot this time.
08:19Towards the back post.
08:20And was well met by Bukalfa.
08:22Who's throwing himself.
08:28You see that one again.
08:30Just crossed in front of the goalkeeper.
08:37Stefanovic.
08:40Vizic.
08:44Well here with that beat.
08:46Creating cause a few problems.
08:49PC player with a lot of creativity.
08:54And here he is right away.
08:55Gouveia.
08:57Just forced wide enough.
09:04Foul on Okuroji.
09:06Thought the St. Gallen players.
09:08But nothing doing says the referee.
09:10Sudakov.
09:12Options lining up for Benfica.
09:15And then Gouveia couldn't quite curl it in.
09:19Whip that Baldei managed in the first half.
09:25I've lost Alessandro Vogt.
09:28Who was sold through the German Bundesliga in the summer to Hoffenheim.
09:37So I imagine.
09:43Broke eyes.
09:44Ball in.
09:49Where they finish 29th in the league phase.
09:52A couple of seasons ago.
09:55Ball forward.
09:57And Sudakov just finds the side netting.
10:01For my other manager.
10:05Masson can make his.
10:07On two separate occasions.
10:09Benfica just one more set of changes left.
10:12Ball bounces through.
10:14And almost all the way through.
10:16Gouveia.
10:17Popped up.
10:18Atizigi forced him into.
10:20A quick decision.
10:23Manu Silva.
10:25Has committed.
10:27Yet to pick up a booking.
10:31Aschner though.
10:33Just needs to get one of these deliveries right.
10:36Into the far post.
10:38And headed into the net.
10:40That delivery.
10:41Was spot on.
10:45And there is the goal from Tom Gall.
10:51One of the tallest players on the field.
10:54And he delivers.
10:56Exactly what he's there to do.
10:58When an attacking set piece opportunity presents itself.
11:02St. Gallen.
11:03Back in front.
11:09Dashner.
11:10Plenty of mustard on that one.
11:13Benfica didn't get their marking right.
11:15And Gall.
11:17Had nobody around him.
11:24No doubt about who scored it.
11:27His name getting chanted around the stadium.
11:30And look at the delight on those faces.
11:35Like his opposite number.
11:37Just managed to.
11:38A telling one.
11:41Different approach.
11:42Pokes it down the side.
11:44And then the attempted cross is.
11:51You can see there.
11:54Not currently on the field.
11:56For Masson's team.
11:58Down to nine men.
11:59Singallin.
12:00This would be controversial.
12:01Benfica coming forward.
12:03Singallin just have to try and get the ball clear.
12:06Down by Rafa Silva.
12:15Back.
12:17Gets it back from Rafa Silva.
12:20And then it's closed down.
12:23Here's.
12:26Sudakov standing over it.
12:28So's Samuel Dahl.
12:32It's Sudakov.
12:34Straight off the wall.
12:36Dancing feet from Sudakov.
12:39And Singallin now with a chance to potentially spring a counter.
12:43Benfica running out of time here.
12:47Dahl with the left foot.
12:48Gets it all sorts of wrong.
12:58There it is.
13:00Singallin have beaten Benfica.
13:03In the UEFA Europa League second qualifying rounds.
13:08A massive result for the.
13:18Gets it all sorts of wrong.
13:20Gets it all sorts of wrong.
13:21Gets it all sorts of wrong.
13:21Gets it all sorts of wrong.
13:21Gets it all sorts of wrong.
13:21Gets it all sorts of wrong.
13:21Gets it all sorts of wrong.
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