It has been a tough few weeks for Andreas Schjelderup, who has taken his punishment for sharing something he should not have shared. He is in the heat of the Norwegian national team despite some protests and he is in the heat of his club Benfica. Fredrik Aursnes played from the start in the meeting with Nacional, while the other Norwegian in the club, Andreas Schjelderup, started on the bench and stayed there for a long time.
Andreas Schjelderup was thrown into the game by José Mourinho only in the 77th minute when Benfica were down against Nacional. In injury time, it was the Norwegian who provided the assist as the team turned around to a 2-1 victory in Madeira.
The Italian giant Juventus, who have been watching the 21-year-old left winger for quite some time now, sat in the stands and saw that the game turned around when Andreas Schjelderup was brought on.
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Benfica struggled after Jesús Ramirez put Nacional in the lead in the 60th minute. Schjelderup was one of the players Mourinho bet on to turn the game around. The equaliser finally came in the 89th minute, when another substitute, Gianluca Prestianni, found the back of the net. But it was in the 95th minute that Schjelderup really made his mark on the game. He precisely laid the ball forward to striker Vangelis Pavlidis, who became the match winner with his goal.
After the final whistle, Mourinho was wild with joy and ran around to embrace his players.
“This is Benfica! he shouted, accompanied by some expressions of power that are not suitable for print.
With the win, Benfica is in third place in the league, three points behind Porto and on the same points as city rival Sporting. The two teams play their matches in the 12th league round on Sunday.
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