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the PSV Eindhoven he wasted the table he put on the Benfica to advance to the Group Stage of the Champions League. the Dutch they needed a goal to advance, They played of premises and the Portuguese disputed the meeting with 10 men for more than 60 minutes. after a goalless draw with a 2-1 overall for the Eagles, Those from Eindhoven are left out of the most important continental tournament in Europe at club level.
The Farmers, where Erick Gutiérrez militates and that he didn’t play a single minute of the series although he appeared on the bench, they were better, they dominated from the first minute but did not know how to take advantage of the goodness that football and Benfica gave him to seize the passage to the Phase of Groups.
The Benfica goalkeeper was also key in eliminating the Grangers. Odyssey Vlachodimos became a hero, Made spectacular stops during the 90 minutes for take the Dutch out of their throats that they were running out of ideas.
Shots from all sides of the court, plays of all kinds and even so they could not hurt a Benfica that from the 32nd minute he was left with one man less for the expulsion of Lucas Verissimo.
The final minutes were very dramatic for PSV, They pushed the accelerators to the bottom, as far as they could, they reached the arch of the Eagles with danger with the support of their people, but fate had kept them another way away from the Champions League.
This is the third consecutive year of the PSV that stays with the desire to be in the Group Stage of the Champions League and will now have to settle for playing in the League, as the 2-1 overall score gave Benfica the pass to be with the elite of football the old continent.