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Alvaro Carreras received his first style of European motion yesterday when he was included within the beginning line-up for Benfica’s first leg tie in opposition to Toulouse.
The Portuguese facet narrowly gained the match 2-1 with a penalty on the demise from Angel Di Maria within the 98th minute after the Ligue 1 facet had been decreased to 10 males simply two minutes earlier than.
Benfica had initially taken the lead through one other penalty from the previous United winger halfway by the second half however the French facet quickly discovered an equaliser within the 76th minute by Mikkel Desler.
The facet from the Estádio da Luz had been dominant all through as they clocked 27 pictures to Toulouse’s six and in addition loved the lion’s share of possession with 59% of the ball.
United’s younger Spaniard made solely his second begin for Benfica since becoming a member of in January and being his first European tie, it can certainly have been particular.
The 20 yr outdated performed 59 minutes of motion earlier than being subbed off across the hour mark when the scores had been nonetheless stage.
He was awarded a rating of 6.8 on Sofascore for his night time’s work.
As a result of residence facet’s dominance of the ball, Carreras stored the ball properly with a cross completion fee of 85%.
He was additionally closely concerned within the Eagles’ construct up play, as he had 42 touches of the ball.
The teenager even had a shot heading in the right direction that was saved properly by Toulouse keeper, Guillaume Restes.
The left again additionally contributed defensively as he made two clearances and in addition made one interception.
Carreras was not so efficient in his duels although as he solely gained 50% of his floor duels and 0% of his aerial battles.
That is definitely one thing that he’ll need to make extra affect on, as his mortgage continues.
The younger defender was additionally wasteful from his crossing, as neither of his two makes an attempt discovered their supposed goal.
The United academy product will probably be hoping to retain his beginning berth as Benfica tackle Vizela on Sunday night within the league.
