00:03A very warm welcome to the Beretsiterstadion where a football club from Eastern Switzerland
00:10has one of the great names of the European game coming to visit.
00:15FC St. Gallen against Sport Lisboa Ebenfica in the second qualifying.
00:21An organised 4-2-3-1 and that's the system that we expect again tonight.
00:29The referee, Luca Piretto of Italy, gets us underway and plenty of vociferous backing here.
00:39Amazing to think that it's less than a week since the World Cup stadion.
00:48Gets stashed up. He's in front of the back three but can swing a ball in as well which he
00:56does here.
00:57Balde found himself in space.
01:00Merrily left-footed just trying to lever that one with his right knee or thigh.
01:11Good chance here in the break and Benfica have the bodies coming forward.
01:16Sudakov lays that back.
01:17It's levered across and then a good save by the goalkeeper Aizigi.
01:22And the shot blocked Sudakov almost with the...
01:27You can just see the defenders get sucked and that ricochet fell fortuitously.
01:40Brilliant block.
01:44Balde was on the move there.
01:48Figueiredo picks it up.
01:49Gal was in there to try and win that back for St Gallen.
01:53Van Der Mesch on the end of it towards Balde and just flicks off of him.
01:57Takes some of the venom out of the atmosphere here.
02:00Maybe not venom energy anyway.
02:04Good run this one.
02:07Touch from Silva.
02:13Balls back into the box.
02:15Stood up by Figueiredo and it was blocked away.
02:19Albuca Alfa.
02:22Bommersin Pauly man.
02:26Thornton at the heart of that midfield.
02:28Wietzig just can't quite keep that one in.
02:32Trying to be first to a lot of these balls.
02:39Balde.
02:41Options in the middle.
02:45Stands it up to the far side.
02:46Van Der Mesch will be onto that one.
02:51Unable to do anything with the ball in Gal then.
02:54Adjacent football countries.
02:58Mobile, modern defender.
03:02Shot flashes over there from Pavlidis.
03:07Dash now.
03:10She's this one.
03:14Product of the Schalke Academy.
03:17From the Ruhr.
03:19Area of Germany.
03:21Ball in is headed over.
03:25With Gürtler or Hümey.
03:26Certainly playing with no fear the hosts.
03:31We feel the fortune favouring them slightly with Benfica with a few players out.
03:37Ball across and Wietzig heads over.
03:41Gold in opportunity for St. Gallen and it was the best chance we've had in the game so far.
03:46It's the best chance we've had in the game so far.
03:48Frauded across by Okoroji and Wietzig just ghosted in.
03:53Between the Benfica defenders.
03:57Daal and Silva with a hole in between them.
04:03Wietzig will feel they should have got that on target at least.
04:10One again.
04:12One again.
04:12Baldy for St. Gallen.
04:14Building up ahead of Steam.
04:15And what a goal that is.
04:23Brilliant moment at the buried cheater stadion.
04:32Aliu Baldy bends that one.
04:36Everything in the forward areas seems to have had him at the centre of it.
04:42And it was an attempt to play out from the back from Benfica.
04:46Once more though.
04:47St. Gallen win the ball high.
04:50Baldy timed his run to perfection.
04:53Silva at the offside trap was not timed so well.
04:57And then from an acute angle.
04:59How about that?
05:08His lone spell from Nice.
05:11Was turned into.
05:20Nice turn by Van Der Mesch.
05:23Daschner and Bukalva is in fact.
05:26Lovely flick.
05:28Wietzig.
05:29Great football here.
05:30And then just too close to the goal.
05:34Feel like it's important for St. Gallen in terms of the context of the tie.
05:39To make sure they take a lead into half time.
05:44Almost a free header at the back post there.
05:47But it comes the other way as St. Gallen pour forward.
05:51Baldy's on his bike.
05:53Beats Trubin to it.
05:55And Trubin got enough of a touch.
06:00Kaminski just lost it.
06:02And St. Gallen with bodies.
06:05Pouring forward quickly.
06:10Trubin.
06:12Just seemed to catch Baldy.
06:16As he went past him.
06:20Nothing illegal I don't think from the goalkeeper.
06:24And did really well to get an arm on it.
06:26Long history St. Gallen.
06:28The second oldest football club in continental Europe.
06:32Founded in 1879.
06:35But they've had just two league titles in that time.
06:38Here come Benfica the other way.
06:40And there is the equalising goal.
06:44Rafa Silva.
06:47Profiting from slackness from St. Gallen.
06:50And the lead only lasted six minutes.
07:00No question of offside Josoz Stanic.
07:06Didn't get up the field quick enough.
07:09And Rafa Silva just tucks that.
07:13The low Lauren Satiziki.
07:25And Ashner.
07:27Good ball across.
07:29And the header is over.
07:31It was one qualifying round clash.
07:33The halftime score.
07:35St. Gallen one.
07:36Benfica one.
07:42Home side thought they were on the way to
07:45having a cushion at halftime.
07:48When Alieu Balde put them ahead eight minutes before the break.
07:52But in the 43rd minute.
07:54Rafa Silva got the equaliser for Benfica.
07:58Just to spoil the party a little bit for St. Gallen.
08:01But they've played with great energy and without any fear.
08:06And Enrico Masson will be I'm sure very pleased with what his team have shown.
08:11Balde the goal scorer trying to.
08:15Header is a decent one.
08:17And now a chance to break forwards for Benfica.
08:23Kaminski cuts that one back towards Sudakov.
08:27It's well defended.
08:31Results.
08:33He goes on a run.
08:36Pavlidis.
08:37He's flying to the floor.
08:42Enfica keep the impetus in the attack though.
08:44And here is the Greek striker Pavlidis.
08:48Figueiredo.
08:49Can't quite figure it out.
08:54Deshner.
08:57Dashes across to the other side.
09:00In-swinger with the right bit this time.
09:03Towards the back post.
09:03Aston.
09:04Was well met by Bukalfa.
09:06He's throwing himself.
09:12You see that one again.
09:14Just crossed in front of the goalkeeper.
09:16Bukalfa.
09:20Stevanovic.
09:23Vizic.
09:28Well you are with that beat.
09:30Create and cause a few problems.
09:33PC player with a lot of creativity.
09:37And here he is right away.
09:39Gouveia.
09:41Just forced wide enough.
09:48Fall on Okuroji.
09:50Thought the St. Gallen players.
09:51But nothing doing.
09:52Says the referee.
09:54Sudakov.
09:56Options lining up for Benfica.
09:59And then Gouveia.
10:01Couldn't quite curl it in.
10:03A whip that Balde managed.
10:05In the first half.
10:09I've lost Alessandro Wucht.
10:12Who was sold.
10:15To the German Bundesliga in the summer.
10:17To Hoffenheim.
10:21So I imagine.
10:27Brokeye's ball in.
10:33Where they finish 29th in the league phase.
10:36A couple of seasons ago.
10:39Ball forward.
10:41And Sudakov just finds the site netting.
10:44For my other manager.
10:49Masson can make his.
10:51On two separate occasions.
10:53But if you've got just one more.
10:54Set of changes left.
10:56Ball bounces through.
10:58And almost all the way through.
11:00Gouveia.
11:01Popped up.
11:02Atizigi forced him into.
11:04A quick decision.
11:07Manu Silva.
11:09Has committed.
11:10Yet to pick up a booking.
11:15Aschner though.
11:17Just needs to get one of these deliveries right.
11:20Into the far post.
11:22And headed into the net.
11:24That delivery.
11:25Was spot on.
11:29And there is the goal from Tom Gall.
11:35One of the tallest players on the field.
11:38And he delivers.
11:40Exactly what he's there to do.
11:42When an attacking set piece opportunity presents itself.
11:46St. Gallen.
11:47Back in front.
11:53Dashner.
11:54Plenty of mustard on that one.
11:57Benfica didn't get their marking right.
11:59And Gall.
12:00Had nobody around him.
12:08No doubt about who scored it.
12:11His name getting chanted around the stadium.
12:14And look at the delight on those faces.
12:19Like his opposite number just managed to.
12:22A telling one.
12:25Different approach.
12:26Pokes it down the side.
12:28And then the attempted cross is into the home support here though.
12:36No one meets that one.
12:37And then the shots charged down Alexander Baer with a great opportunity for Benfica.
12:45You can see there.
12:52Not currently on the field for Masson's team.
12:56Down to nine men, St. Gallen.
12:58This would be controversial.
12:59Benfica coming forward.
13:01St. Gallen just have to try and get the ball clear.
13:05And by Rafa Silva.
13:15Gets it back from Rafa Silva.
13:18And then it's closed down.
13:23Here's Sudakov standing over it.
13:27So is Samuel Dahl.
13:30And it's Sudakov.
13:33Straight off the wall.
13:34Dancing feet from Sudakov.
13:37And St. Gallen now with a chance to potentially spring a counter.
13:41Benfica running out of time here.
13:45Dahl with the left foot.
13:47Gets it all sorts of wrong.
13:57There it is.
13:58St. Gallen have beaten Benfica in the UEFA Europa League second qualifying rounds.
14:05Homes.
14:07They've also rings it in the UEFA's match.
14:08A massive result...
14:09...for this...
14:10If you want...
14:12You want...
14:16You want...
14:17You want...
14:19You want...
14:20You
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