A rampant Benfica eased into the Champions League quarter-finals as Goncalo Ramos double helped secure a 5-1 second-leg home win over Club Brugge.
Rafa Silva, Joao Mario and David Neres were also on target as Benfica ruthlessly stamped out any hopes of a Brugge comeback with a sparkling display at the Estadio da Luz on Tuesday, sealing a 7-1 aggregate victory.
Scott Parker s side faced a daunting task after suffering a 2-0 defeat in the first leg, and their goal lived a charmed life early on when Joao Mario s flick was disallowed for offside.
Brugge s resistance was broken when Silva s clever footwork gave him the space to nudge into the far corner, before Ramos lashed home a second.
Ramos doubled his tally to make it 3-0 and Joao Mario added a fourth from the penalty spot after Gilberto was felled by Abakar Sylla.
Neres slotted past Simon Mignolet to complete the rout, with Bjorn Meijer s excellent consolation strike the only blemish on Benfica s copybook.
21 -SL Benfica s Gonçalo Ramos (21 years, 260 days) is the second-youngest player to have being involved in 3+ goals in a knock-out stage match in the UEFA Champions League since 2003/04, after Erling Haaland (20 years and 211 days v Sevilla, 17 February 2021). Light.
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