Goncalo Ramos tormented Brugge – 2+1. How is he doing after the World Cup

The best young striker in Europe.

Benfica crushed Brugge – 7:1 on aggregate.

The Portuguese closed all questions in the first half: they scored 2 goals, the total score was already 4:0. Both goals were scored by Goncalo Ramos, the same guy who replaced Ronaldo at the start of the Portuguese national team at the World Cup and scored a hat-trick.

First, Ramos found Rafa Silva in the penalty area – the partner figured it out and opened the scoring. And before the break, Goncalo himself strung two defenders and hammered the ball into the net. It looks especially impressive close-up – the finest work is visible.

Immediately after the break, Ramush made a double. This time he closed the cross – no chance for Simon Mignolet.

Ramos could have left with a hat-trick if he had been the team’s full-time penalty taker. Benfica earned a 11-meter kick in the second half, which was converted by João Mario. If anything, the former Loko midfielder has scored in 5 Champions League matches in a row. No one has done this at Benfica since Eusebio.

The Portuguese calmly brought the matter to a 5-1 defeat – the Belgian team only had enough prestige to score a goal.

Benfica, the team that sold Enzo and Darwin, earned 200 million and reached the 1/4 Champions League for the second time in a row. She also did it beautifully.

Ramos is the best young striker in Europe. Statistics confirm

For Ramos, a double in the Champions League is very important – before this match, the young Benfica striker in the 2022/23 Champions League had only a Maccabi goal in the group stage. But at once Goncalo shipped 4 balls in qualifying.

Ramos became the second youngest player to contribute three goals in the Champions League play-offs (2+1) – the Portuguese is now 21 years and 260 days old. Only Erling Haaland was younger when he tore apart Sevilla in 2021.