Atlético Madrid will head into UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw as Group C victors in the wake of showing signs of improvement of kindred qualifiers Benfica at the scene of their 2014 last annihilation.
Atlético had the ball in the net following 18 calm minutes, Diego Godín's delight cut off by a partner ref's raised banner. Godín's endeavor, the first of note, proclaimed a spell of Rojiblancos weight and two recoveries with hardly a pause in between from Júlio César, who palmed wide Saúl Ñíguez's drive from fresh before tipping over a rising Gabi exertion.
The Benfica danger was sporadic, their first-half endeavors wallowing once they came to the edge of the guests' punishment territory. Stefan Savić showed that point splendidly when executing a flawlessly timed test on Pizzi pretty much as the previous Atlético midfielder was going to pull the trigger.
Inside of minutes, Diego Simeone's men were deservedly ahead. Antoine Griezmann was the instigator, discovering Luciano Vietto with an astute ball down the side of the Eagles' guard. The Argentinian worldwide demonstrated awesome attention to select Saúl Ñíguez for a deliberate completion.
On the off chance that Benfica had worked before the break then they approached inside of seconds of the restart through substitute Kostas Mitroglou, who ventured inside a test before penetrating barely wide of Jan Oblak's close post.
Vietto, on the other hand, gave the Spanish side the security of a two-objective pad when he stole a walk on Jardel at the close post to deftly redirect Yannick Carrasco's teasing low conveyance past Júlio César. Mitroglou set up an exciting last quarter of an hour with a shot in off Oblak's left-hand post.
A changed assaulting power with Mitroglou and Raúl Jiménez now driving the line, Benfica squeezed for the equalizer that would have reviewed the gathering parity, going nearest when the last headed a left-wing cross wide with seven minutes remaining.
Keywords:
Saúl Ñíguez, Luciano Vietto, Atlético Madrid, UEFA Champions League, Benfica , Diego Simeone, Antoine Griezmann
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